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TruthTellers · December 30, 2018, 04:10 PM

The American is available in AR magazines. The 7.62x39 Ranch is still stuck using Mini-30 mags.

If you already have an AR and mags, no reason not to get the 5.56 one. You can easily stretch out to 500 yards with that rifle, the 7.62 would be limited to 300 yards and Idk of any subsonic factory ammo for the x39.

I was very interested in the x39 Ruger American at one point, but when I thought about it, if all the foreign steel ammo gets banned from import then ammo price for x39 will double overnight (quadruple if buying from Cheaper Than Dirt) and if I was forced to reload a .30 caliber rifle, I'd rather do it for .308 Winchester than 7.62x39.

December 30, 2018, 04:10 PM	#20
TruthTellers Senior Member Join Date: October 22, 2016 Posts: 3,888	The American is available in AR magazines. The 7.62x39 Ranch is still stuck using Mini-30 mags. If you already have an AR and mags, no reason not to get the 5.56 one. You can easily stretch out to 500 yards with that rifle, the 7.62 would be limited to 300 yards and Idk of any subsonic factory ammo for the x39. I was very interested in the x39 Ruger American at one point, but when I thought about it, if all the foreign steel ammo gets banned from import then ammo price for x39 will double overnight (quadruple if buying from Cheaper Than Dirt) and if I was forced to reload a .30 caliber rifle, I'd rather do it for .308 Winchester than 7.62x39. __________________ "We always think there's gonna be more time... then it runs out."