Thread: So how far can you usefully shoot a 7.62x39?

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

As per title.

Interested to know how far you can usefully use the 7.62x39 round.

My SKS was capable of ummmm, Milk jug at 50m type accuracy.

Then Jacinda bought it off me.
(How in the world is she gonna test fire and learn to shoot all these rifles? She has a husband, a child and a country to run)

I'm sure I coulda hit a barn door at any range under 350 m with it .(as long as it wasn't open.....)Yes you can hit a barn at long range. It has to be a long barn and you need to be inside...(I can hit any barn from the inside or conversely if its a poor shooter it could not hit a barn door from inside a barn made of doors....

So how far can you usefully fling a 7.62x39 round?. By usefully, I mean to about consistently about 3 ish MOA accuracy.

I'm guessing this is one for the handloaders.

Decent ammo and in a decent barrel etc accuracy can be pretty good. Brothers one hits around 1 moa using Hornady SST. Cheap (inconsistent) ammo in a sloppy barrel is not a good mix.

What are you using now? A CZ with good ammo should do rather well.