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Hmmm:
Calguns Folks -

Thank heavens for Calguns.org, right?!?  How long has Calguns.net been down now, 72 hours??   :o  :-[  :'(

Okay, onto my question.  I have both a new AK and a new AR 7.62x39 upper, and I am looking for ammo for them.  After some reading, I am thinking that WPA would be good to shoot, while GT would be good for storage.  What do you guys think?  Any issues with either choice?

Regarding Wolf, there seem to be different kinds:

123 Grain WPA Wolf Polyformance ammo - Made in Russia by Barnaul - FMJ Projectile (http://www.sgammo.com/product/762x39-ammo/1000-round-case-762x39-fmj-123-grain-wpa-wolf-polyformance-ammo-made-russia-barn)

123 Grain Wolf Performance Ammunition - Made in Ukraine - FMJ Projectile (http://www.sgammo.com/product/wolf-or-wpa/1000-round-case-762x39-full-metal-jacket-123-grain-wolf-performance-ammunition-m)

123 Grain WPA Wolf Polyformance ammo - Made in Russia by Barnaul - HP Projectile (http://www.sgammo.com/product/762x39-ammo/1000-round-case-762x39-hollow-point-123-grain-wpa-wolf-polyformance-ammo-made-ru)

124 Grain WPA Wolf Ammo - Military Classic - Made in Russia by Barnaul - FMJ Projectile (http://www.sgammo.com/product/wolf-or-wpa/1000-round-case-762x39-fmj-124-grain-wpa-wolf-ammo-military-classic-made-russia-)

124 Grain WPA Wolf Military Classic - Made in Russia by Barnaul - HP Projectile (http://www.sgammo.com/product/762x39-ammo/1000-round-case-762x39-hollow-point-124-grain-wpa-wolf-military-classic-made-rus)

124 Grain WPA Wolf Military Classic - Made in Russia by Barnaul - SP Projectile (http://www.sgammo.com/product/762x39/1000-round-case-762x39-soft-point-124-grain-wpa-wolf-military-classic-made-russia-bar)

125 Grain WPA Wolf Polyformance - Made in Russia by Barnaul - SP Projectile (http://www.sgammo.com/product/wolf-or-wpa/1000-round-case-762x39-soft-point-125-grain-wpa-wolf-polyformance-made-russia-ba)

What are the qualitative differences between the different projectiles above?  Which do you like and why?

Other than the projectiles, what are the differences between these types (if any)?

big cannon:
I go with bulk surplus.

beanz2:
in 7.62X39, it is hard to beat Golden Tiger and Yugo M67.  Clean the rifle well after M67 and you should be good to go. If the prices are close, skip Wolf and go for one of these.

I shot soda cans with Herters steel case 7.62 this past weekend and for the life of me, I could not hit anything :(
Then I switched to 5.56 and hit them with almost every shot.


I've had better luck with Barnaul 5.45 products, but I mainly use their Bear branded or spam can (no longer available) products. Can't say the same about Wolf 5.45 ammo made by Barnaul though.

Milk and cookies:
Buy it cheap and stack it deep

Hmmm:

--- Quote from: beanz2 on November 25, 2015, 06:51:02 PM ---in 7.62X39, it is hard to beat Golden Tiger and Yugo M67.  Clean the rifle well after M67 and you should be good to go. If the prices are close, skip Wolf and go for one of these.
--- End quote ---

If M67 is $.03/round more than GT, and corrosive, I should pass on it, right?  Unless I am shooting at a range where non-magnetic is required....

In fact, GT is so close to Wolf and M67, there's no point in looking at anything else.

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