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bamaranger · July 12, 2010, 10:39 PM

There is no 7.62 x31 ctg, commercially anyhow.

There is a 7.62x 51, which is sometimes called 7.62 NATO. In civies its .308Win

There is the 7.62 x 39 Soviet, which is the AK/SKS round, which sometimes appears in sport bolt rifles.

And just to confuse things there's the 7.62x54R, Russian, the pre -WWI bolt rifle ctg of the Mosin-Nagant. (and WWII, and still current in MG's and the Draganov)

Maybe we all knew that, but nobody set it straight that I saw.

July 12, 2010, 10:39 PM	#9
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,300	get the numbers right There is no 7.62 x31 ctg, commercially anyhow. There is a 7.62x 51, which is sometimes called 7.62 NATO. In civies its .308Win There is the 7.62 x 39 Soviet, which is the AK/SKS round, which sometimes appears in sport bolt rifles. And just to confuse things there's the 7.62x54R, Russian, the pre -WWI bolt rifle ctg of the Mosin-Nagant. (and WWII, and still current in MG's and the Draganov) Maybe we all knew that, but nobody set it straight that I saw.