From: Tony Christney <tchristney@t...>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 09:57:30 -0700
Subject: AK-47 rounds: was RE: Low Tech Scenarios
> At 12:19 AM 5/20/98 -0400, you wrote: /**********************************
AK-47 rounds: was RE: Low Tech Scenarios
From: Noah Doyle <nvdoyle@m...>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 17:31:50 EDT
Subject: Re: AK-47 rounds: was RE: Low Tech Scenarios
> In a message dated 98-05-20 13:25:31 EDT, Tony writes: << I believe that the AK-47 used 7.63mm rounds, of course, I'm no expert, so I could be way off. I seem to recall firing an AK with 7.62mm rounds but the owner said that that was only because it wasn't very easy to get the 7.63 stuff. Could have all been BS and I wouldn't have been the wiser... > [quoted text omitted] Er, sounds like BS to me. AFAIK, the AK series up to the -74 used a 7.62x39 round. There were a couple of related odd ducks, like the Czech 7.62x45, but it didn't last long (political protest through ammo specs! Gotta love the Czechs). The -74 went with a 5.54 round, dunno the length, books are packed. Anyway, you can now get AK-types that fire 5.56 NATO standard. All sorts of wierd stuff out there...