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fext · May 24, 2012, 09:44 AM

I'm somehow biased against Soviet / Russian stuff, but some thought:
AFAIK the 7,62x54R is still an issued ammo for russian machine guns and rifles. They do keep this round for longer than 100 years, they did used it in Tzar era and use it until now. So I'd guess that there will be some milsurp 7.62x54R ammo available in the future, too. Also it is not true that you can't reload it, indeed you can but you can't reuse the milsurp cases. But you can buy some other ammo and you will have reloadable brass.
The 7.62x39 ammo, i.e. the AK47 round is not being used any more and it was replaced by 5.45x39 (AK74). But it looks like there is a lot of 7.62x39 ammo available in storages and they do sell it on the civilian market. So it is the 7.62x39 ammo (AK47) which was discontinued, not the more powerfull 7.62x54R round (SVD).
This said, I'd prefer to buy some Marlin XL in .308Win and not the Mosin - if I wanted an cheap rifle which is a fun to shoot. The .308 Win milsurp ammo shoots ways better than any milsurp 7.62x54R round.

May 24, 2012, 09:44 AM	#2
fext Member Join Date: May 15, 2012 Posts: 64	I'm somehow biased against Soviet / Russian stuff, but some thought: AFAIK the 7,62x54R is still an issued ammo for russian machine guns and rifles. They do keep this round for longer than 100 years, they did used it in Tzar era and use it until now. So I'd guess that there will be some milsurp 7.62x54R ammo available in the future, too. Also it is not true that you can't reload it, indeed you can but you can't reuse the milsurp cases. But you can buy some other ammo and you will have reloadable brass. The 7.62x39 ammo, i.e. the AK47 round is not being used any more and it was replaced by 5.45x39 (AK74). But it looks like there is a lot of 7.62x39 ammo available in storages and they do sell it on the civilian market. So it is the 7.62x39 ammo (AK47) which was discontinued, not the more powerfull 7.62x54R round (SVD). This said, I'd prefer to buy some Marlin XL in .308Win and not the Mosin - if I wanted an cheap rifle which is a fun to shoot. The .308 Win milsurp ammo shoots ways better than any milsurp 7.62x54R round.