[IEDmagnet]

Anybody ever shoot "Golden Tiger?"

 

[AK74Guy]

Never shot it, but it's made by Vympel ....

 

[5thShock]

Greetings all. May the Great Spirit smile on this council fire and this far-flung, electric tribe.
Yes. shot it. Not much of it but it strongly seemed to be more consistent than the lacquered Wolf I shot the same day. It is my understanding that the FMJ is a M43 type boat tail and has the airspace in the nose and should have the same tendency to yaw on impact as the Wolf FMJ M43.

 

[ACMcom]

I've shot a couple of hundred rounds. It seems to me that it is more accurate than Wolf.

 

[Guest]

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[JOHNO]

What Distributors carry it?

 

[Guest]

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[Templar]

It's good stuff.

AIM Surplus had it a couple of years ago.

 

[IEDmagnet]

I just picked up 2k rnds locally for 139.00/1000 that was 10.00 less than what they were selling wolf hp for. I remember not that long ago seeing this same thing for 89.00/ case. Anyway I needed the ammo.

 

[Ghost]

I picked up a couple thousand if it and can say it's good ammo. I like it a little better than Wolf. It's more accurate than Wolf out of my AK.

 

[FreeRangeYODA]

made by VYMPEL plant in AMURSK . russias' most modern ammoplant . which is why the reports of it being noticably more accurate than others .

the FMJBT bullet is similar to WOLFs FMJBT , with the airspace tip but they seem to put a nice basecrimp on it while wolfs is just tubular . into water this design @100M turns to 90deg by 4.5" after immersion and is sideways through and through . sometimes that close the bullet flattens , twists or can look unfired except for the soot smear , riflings and the occasional drop of lead hanging out its butt . @500M is sideways by 3.5" and sideways through and through .

the normal axis spin converts to radial spin if sufficient flesh/liquid substance exists at the RMS of the 4.5"/3.5" penetration range , at 90deg yaw , to cause lead flow within the jacket . if so , it flows into the hemisphere facing impact and the "space" migrates into the trailing hemisphere . if insufficient substance , it just continues to tumble to base first sometimes making two or more loops because its severly baseheavy .

this kind of bullet action doesnt make the huge wounds that fragmenting bullets do but , its action is utterly reliable at any realistic range and nearly as damaging as a fragmenting bullet to liquid filled internal organs hit directly .

the range this bullet and the good 762x39 softpoints give about the same damage is around 175M . after that range , the softpoints dont expand much but still penetrate point first while the Wolf/Vympel bullet is still 1.040" long and .31" wide unflattend .

premo shtf ammo :bow:

 

[IEDmagnet]

Excellent! I just put 200 rnds of it through my Mak-90, it does seem to be a bit on the dirty side. Perhaps I'll go get some more. Seems a bit steep though. :roll:

 

[THS]

Shoot it a lot, good stuff, it is pretty consistent.

 

[FreeRangeYODA]

 

[Dr Zero]

Sportsmans Guide used to have it I bought 1k awhile back

 

[Broncodarts]

I shot a bunch through a friends FA AK seemed OK to me :grin:

 

[TheRealSundance]

It's some good ammo. Wish I could get some more.

 

[SixM]

For anyone in the Detroit area, Gibralter Trade show (Taylor), a guy has 4-5 cases @ $160 I believe, $85 for 500 for sure. I couldn't bring myself to pay that, I still have a little Barnaul left to keep me for a while.

 

[Guest]

I like the Golden Tiger more than any other cheap ammo Ive shot.
Ive shot it through my SKS and my AK's very accurate.

I never notice the "dirty" part but whatever.

I'd buy more but the only that sells it near me is $6.95 a box.
For that I shoots some old steele core I have laying around. :evil:

Buy it cheap stack it deep.

 

[maschinengewehr]

A buddy of mine bought a case of Golden Tiger at Knob Creek. We shot it all up and I didn't notice any difference in it and the Ulyanovsk I had been shooting. Seems to be good ammo, just like the Uly. I'd rate Uly and Golden Tiger well above Wolf though. I've seen a wide variety of quality control issues with Wolf. Buy the Golden Tiger with confidence.