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AR15/10 Rifles
7.62x40wt Brass
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<blockquote data-quote="bmorgil" data-source="post: 908232" data-attributes="member: 40821"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">That is awesome good news! I love my 7.62x40WT. By far the best cartridge for an AR15 carbine. Any idea when brass will be around? Do you have any contacts or a web site? If you have one of these AR's you already know it is the best caliber for the AR platform. A very balanced cartridge that usually takes a 308 125 grain bullet and sets it on a slightly compacted load. I am getting 500 fps over Bill's current recipes. As he stated his loads are well below max. You don't need to take it to max however. I am using a full case of 1680 to the bottom of the neck. I put a 125 grain Hornady SST on top. The Chrony says average velocity is 2720 fps. Of course work it up slowly. Very mild recoil. No signs of over pressure. This is the cartridge for serious CQB work and has no issue dropping a big Ohio whitetail or a Texas pig out to 250 yards. The perfect AR15 package. I think if we had this round on the AR from the start there would have never been a 22 caliber Military version. The 125 grain 30 cal bullets hit hard. The lead based SST gives great bullet length for the 1 in 12 and 1 in 10 twists and it is a faster flatter shooting bullet than the all copper or powdered metal bullets which get a little long. There are so many 308 bullet choices. It is a shame that some jumped to quickly into the Whisper or the ACC Blackout as neither can come close in velocity or accuracy. It is the fastest 30 cal AR by far when loaded to itsfull potential. It will go sub orsupersonic. Really a nice package. Had it for two weeks before I took off the Whisper barrel and the AAC barrel and sold them. No need for those anymore that's for sure!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Can't wait if you can give me a way to get a hold of them! (Carolina Brass)Some new brass with Annealed necks would be a dream come true. Of course it'sno big deal to turn 5.56 cases into 7.62x40WT. 100 of them took me an hour anda half. Deadly accurate. Not at all fussy like it's Whisper or AAC cousin.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bmorgil, post: 908232, member: 40821"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]That is awesome good news! I love my 7.62x40WT. By far the best cartridge for an AR15 carbine. Any idea when brass will be around? Do you have any contacts or a web site? If you have one of these AR’s you already know it is the best caliber for the AR platform. A very balanced cartridge that usually takes a 308 125 grain bullet and sets it on a slightly compacted load. I am getting 500 fps over Bill's current recipes. As he stated his loads are well below max. You don't need to take it to max however. I am using a full case of 1680 to the bottom of the neck. I put a 125 grain Hornady SST on top. The Chrony says average velocity is 2720 fps. Of course work it up slowly. Very mild recoil. No signs of over pressure. This is the cartridge for serious CQB work and has no issue dropping a big Ohio whitetail or a Texas pig out to 250 yards. The perfect AR15 package. I think if we had this round on the AR from the start there would have never been a 22 caliber Military version. The 125 grain 30 cal bullets hit hard. The lead based SST gives great bullet length for the 1 in 12 and 1 in 10 twists and it is a faster flatter shooting bullet than the all copper or powdered metal bullets which get a little long. There are so many 308 bullet choices. It is a shame that some jumped to quickly into the Whisper or the ACC Blackout as neither can come close in velocity or accuracy. It is the fastest 30 cal AR by far when loaded to itsfull potential. It will go sub orsupersonic. Really a nice package. Had it for two weeks before I took off the Whisper barrel and the AAC barrel and sold them. No need for those anymore that's for sure![/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Can't wait if you can give me a way to get a hold of them! (Carolina Brass)Some new brass with Annealed necks would be a dream come true. Of course it’sno big deal to turn 5.56 cases into 7.62x40WT. 100 of them took me an hour anda half. Deadly accurate. Not at all fussy like it’s Whisper or AAC cousin.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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