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The author's rating method is based on 3 metrics: power, accuracy, and recoil.

Of course there are other variables.

1 posted on 06/29/2021 2:20:50 PM PDT by PROCON
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Just another thread designed to go off topic immediately LOL

If there was an apocalypse and I had to gather all the numbnuts in my neighborhood and hand them a rifle, I would give each of them an AK.

Real world people, real world.


69 posted on 06/29/2021 4:43:35 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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Of course there are other variables.

And other calibers. Has anyone tried the 6.5 Grendel? Asking for a friend.

74 posted on 06/29/2021 4:50:25 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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Author picked the wrong 7.62


76 posted on 06/29/2021 4:58:26 PM PDT by Rio
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They both have their purpose. Saying that one is better than the other is silly.


80 posted on 06/29/2021 5:06:44 PM PDT by throwthebumsout
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“Which is the better long-distance round: 5.56 or 7.62?”

You’re kidding!


91 posted on 06/29/2021 5:25:58 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Neither is an effective long distance round.


97 posted on 06/29/2021 5:47:17 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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Hold on a minute, I’ve got a rifle in each caliber.

Bang .......Baang!

Hmmm.....inconclusive.

I need more ammo for testing. (opening browser tab to Lucky Gunner)


112 posted on 06/29/2021 6:56:37 PM PDT by Sapwolf (Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
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One variable should be the age & experience of the shooter...
At my advanced age, everything is “long distance”...

While we (and children. grandchildren, & great grandchildren) have a virtual Baskin & Robbins of tools to chose from, the first one I would grab for that 400-500 shot will be my trusty M-1 Garand and for anything longer than 500 it will be time for the AR-50 ...

7.62 and .223 will certainly get their turn as distances diminish...

If the range targets have helmets and/or body armor, definitely 7.62...
May not penetrate, but will definitely tip them range targets over...


114 posted on 06/29/2021 7:32:56 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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For most common situations, better than 7.62x39 but not x51. 5.56 75gr or heavier match can reach out pretty good. 6.5 Creedmoor wins, BTW. ;)


116 posted on 06/29/2021 8:42:02 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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A buddy has an AR in 7.62x39—the AK round. Shoots pretty good. Kick ain’t bad at all. I think he played with the buffer tube recoil spring and weight, though.


117 posted on 06/29/2021 8:55:42 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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Far Away Targets.
.
Never heard it put
that way before.


119 posted on 06/29/2021 9:19:11 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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The other 7.62, aka .308 Winchester.


137 posted on 07/01/2021 11:39:16 PM PDT by meyer (I swear to protect and defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic!)
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