7.62 x 39 ammo Anyone have any experience with this brand?
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rbernie
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That's Uly (aka Ulyanovsk), arguably the finest 7.62x39 steel-cased ammo you can buy from Russia.
The blue and white packaged Ulyanovsk from a spam can is some of the WORST 7.62x39 I have ever shot. Suppression fire only! The can I had had corrosive primers and cartridges from different lots. I suspect it was repackaged mil surp.
The Uly always worked fine for me, but at the time there were much cheaper options. Now it's largely unavailable and everything else costs as much as Uly used to, and often more 
Some Russian Hollow Points just don't operate the way we think God intended them to. The Ulyanovsk HP is different. It will blow up quick.
$285 per case is pretty steep!
You can get a case of Golden Tiger, any of the Bears, or Wolf for just over $200 nowadays. A couple months ago it could be found for under $185 shipped. *Ammoman*
You can get a case of Golden Tiger, any of the Bears, or Wolf for just over $200 nowadays. A couple months ago it could be found for under $185 shipped. *Ammoman*
Uly is usually the worst that comes out of russia, not the best. Their 7.62x39 and 5.45x39 have proven horrable in my personal use. Barnual and Vympel being the best, Klimovsk, Novosibirsk and Tula being OK, and Ulyanovosk the worst. Best to worst in that order.
Personally i like the Vympel better than Barnual, but it is more widely agreed upon that barnual is most peoples prefrence.
Ulyanovosk is the worst in terms of FTFires, consistancy, dirty ect... my main complaint with uly has been the 3-5 failure to fires i have had with diffrent rifles over many many rounds. The best current production 7.62x39 that can be imported to the states right now is not made in russia, its the romanian. The best perioud is the Yugo M67 surplus. The best that isn't made anymore is Laupa or Port/FMP.
$285 for a thousand rounds of that stuff, is well a rip off. thats 28.5 cents per round, you can get hollowpoint wolf (also made by Uly BTW) for $179 per thousand of 17.9 cents a round from AIM. a few monts ago golden tiger was $159
Personally i like the Vympel better than Barnual, but it is more widely agreed upon that barnual is most peoples prefrence.
Ulyanovosk is the worst in terms of FTFires, consistancy, dirty ect... my main complaint with uly has been the 3-5 failure to fires i have had with diffrent rifles over many many rounds. The best current production 7.62x39 that can be imported to the states right now is not made in russia, its the romanian. The best perioud is the Yugo M67 surplus. The best that isn't made anymore is Laupa or Port/FMP.
$285 for a thousand rounds of that stuff, is well a rip off. thats 28.5 cents per round, you can get hollowpoint wolf (also made by Uly BTW) for $179 per thousand of 17.9 cents a round from AIM. a few monts ago golden tiger was $159
My Arsenal SAM-7 has liked just about everything I feed it.
I like golden tiger because i got a decent deal on a couple cases a few months back. I also like Brown Bear.
I like golden tiger because i got a decent deal on a couple cases a few months back. I also like Brown Bear.
The Uly Hollow Point seems to expand and fragment quite readily. On a gallon water jug it blew itself and the jug apart in exactly the same way that a 223 Soft Point did at the same distance. Check this out:
www.theakforum.net/phpBB2/viewtopic...0&postorder=asc&highlight=fragtastic&start=25
"the MILITARY CLASSIC is good ammo , so are others but , the kicker is that the HOLLOWPOINT used in this is THE ONLY ONE that works like you'd think it should . not just ok either , devistating out to 100M or more and probly still expanding good at 300M .
14.5mm , me and other priviteers have been testing and following these since , like 2000 . they came out in '97 ULYANOVSK made ammo with the 'improved' M67 bullets , 8M1 'nipple' FMJ and the 8M2 FMJ .
loaded in the WOLF MILITARY CLASSIC is the 8M2 FMJ and the 8M3 HP . this whole line of bullets is/has M67 ballistics .
read the thread when you get time Rolling Eyes huuumm and maybe the HP stickey then i wont have to P.T. YOU ALL TO DEATH Hail"
Yoda did a lot of testing and enlightening.
www.theakforum.net/phpBB2/viewtopic...0&postorder=asc&highlight=fragtastic&start=25
"the MILITARY CLASSIC is good ammo , so are others but , the kicker is that the HOLLOWPOINT used in this is THE ONLY ONE that works like you'd think it should . not just ok either , devistating out to 100M or more and probly still expanding good at 300M .
14.5mm , me and other priviteers have been testing and following these since , like 2000 . they came out in '97 ULYANOVSK made ammo with the 'improved' M67 bullets , 8M1 'nipple' FMJ and the 8M2 FMJ .
loaded in the WOLF MILITARY CLASSIC is the 8M2 FMJ and the 8M3 HP . this whole line of bullets is/has M67 ballistics .
read the thread when you get time Rolling Eyes huuumm and maybe the HP stickey then i wont have to P.T. YOU ALL TO DEATH Hail"
Yoda did a lot of testing and enlightening.
You can get Golden Tiger for $180/1k plus shipping right now... shipping runs about $20-$25.
Wolf Military Classic is about the only ammo my Mini-30 doesn't like. It eats black boxed Wolf and Silver Bear with zero problems at all.
Wolf Military Classic is about the only ammo my Mini-30 doesn't like. It eats black boxed Wolf and Silver Bear with zero problems at all.
That exactly mirrors my own experiences, as I have posted elsewhere on this forum recently.
This also seems to be true across the board: SKS, vz-58, Saiga, SAR-1, Maadi, MAK-90, etc.
I have several reserved for hunting only . I had good results with it , it does blow up nicely like a grenade. I highly recommend it.
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That is an impressive wound Nathan. I bet that was a one shot stop.
Interesting. Some people really like it and some really don't. I guess I shall continue to use it and see what I find for myself. I have only punched paper with it so far. It is not smoky and it did not unusually dirty my gun. As for accuracy, I have nothing to compare it to. It is the only ammo that has ever been fired from my NHM-91. Keep the ammo exeriences and suggestions coming. This could be a handy thread.
Interesting. Some people really like it and some really don't. I guess I shall continue to use it and see what I find for myself. I have only punched paper with it so far. It is not smoky and it did not unusually dirty my gun. As for accuracy, I have nothing to compare it to. It is the only ammo that has ever been fired from my NHM-91. Keep the ammo exeriences and suggestions coming. This could be a handy thread.
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