I've recently come to learn where Olympic Arms makes a 7.62mm x 39mm Russian upper receiver for an AR.
Anyone know anything more about this round on an AR? It sounds kind of intriguing to be able to use an "AK round" in your AR, but if I remember correctly the Russian round doesn't have the best of ballistics behind it past 300 yards or so, (as compared to that of the 5.56mm at least?)
Might be intriguing per se if you could get the larger punch of the 7.62mm while still retaining 30 round magazines and the accuracy of your AR (as compared to that of when fired out of the AK.)
You can drop an AK in the dirt, kick it a few times, and still then pick it right up and it will usually fire, where as your AR is lot more picky with dirt in the chamber, but that AR is a lot more accurate; (age old question: is it the round or the weapon?)
http://www.olyarms.com/index.php?pag...mart&Itemid=37
Anyone know anything more about this round on an AR? It sounds kind of intriguing to be able to use an "AK round" in your AR, but if I remember correctly the Russian round doesn't have the best of ballistics behind it past 300 yards or so, (as compared to that of the 5.56mm at least?)
Might be intriguing per se if you could get the larger punch of the 7.62mm while still retaining 30 round magazines and the accuracy of your AR (as compared to that of when fired out of the AK.)
You can drop an AK in the dirt, kick it a few times, and still then pick it right up and it will usually fire, where as your AR is lot more picky with dirt in the chamber, but that AR is a lot more accurate; (age old question: is it the round or the weapon?)
http://www.olyarms.com/index.php?pag...mart&Itemid=37
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