im looking for a good 7.62x39 hunting cartridge for taken out white tail in eastern WA. ive heard mixed reviews on various ammo but not to many actual tests on gel or critters. some ammo I snagged up recently has been:
- brown bear 125gr SP
- Hornady Z-max
- PPU 123gr SP RN
since buying this ammo ive learned that the Z-max stuff is basically V-max which is not good for large game so ill shoot it up as novelty ammo and keep the nice brass for reloading. now I just watched a video about golden bear SP ammo and it performed very poorly in ballistic gel which is a real concern. any idea if golden bear and brown bear are using the same bullet? (looks the same to me from pictures)
now I cant find squat on the PPU SP RN cartridge, its like it just popped out of thin air! I picked up 5 boxes recently and its one strange looken bullet. the price wasn't bad and its reloadable brass if the bullet doesn't turn out great. any one have any detailed test information on this cartridge?
another cartridge ill try if I can find some is the Hornady steel cased SST rounds. I know the SST bullet used in other cartridges has a good history on taken medium/large game such as deer. has any one used the 7.62x39 SST with success?
thanks all
-matt
- brown bear 125gr SP
- Hornady Z-max
- PPU 123gr SP RN
since buying this ammo ive learned that the Z-max stuff is basically V-max which is not good for large game so ill shoot it up as novelty ammo and keep the nice brass for reloading. now I just watched a video about golden bear SP ammo and it performed very poorly in ballistic gel which is a real concern. any idea if golden bear and brown bear are using the same bullet? (looks the same to me from pictures)
now I cant find squat on the PPU SP RN cartridge, its like it just popped out of thin air! I picked up 5 boxes recently and its one strange looken bullet. the price wasn't bad and its reloadable brass if the bullet doesn't turn out great. any one have any detailed test information on this cartridge?
another cartridge ill try if I can find some is the Hornady steel cased SST rounds. I know the SST bullet used in other cartridges has a good history on taken medium/large game such as deer. has any one used the 7.62x39 SST with success?
thanks all
-matt