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7.62 x 39mm dead?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow" data-source="post: 1136944" data-attributes="member: 7123"><p>No, but it's dying a very very slow death.</p><p></p><p>It's both the cartridge and the platform, but mostly the cartridge, as good cartridges will transcend a platform and be put into others (witness aks in various calibers including .223, and ARs in various calibers).</p><p></p><p>But in the long long run, I don't think there's ANY reason to pick 7.62x39 over 6.8 spc or .30 RAR or 6.5 Grendel. In the short run, there's no reason *except* inertia and the consequences of inertia (cheap ammo and existing platforms and nostalgia). And certainly, the platform is inferior with the advent of the "improved kalashnikovs" (such as the Robinson XCR, VEPR 'Super .308', etc.). Both will be overcome eventually, but inertia is extremely powerful, and thus it will likely take another 75 to 100 years before its considered dead or obsolete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow, post: 1136944, member: 7123"] No, but it's dying a very very slow death. It's both the cartridge and the platform, but mostly the cartridge, as good cartridges will transcend a platform and be put into others (witness aks in various calibers including .223, and ARs in various calibers). But in the long long run, I don't think there's ANY reason to pick 7.62x39 over 6.8 spc or .30 RAR or 6.5 Grendel. In the short run, there's no reason *except* inertia and the consequences of inertia (cheap ammo and existing platforms and nostalgia). And certainly, the platform is inferior with the advent of the "improved kalashnikovs" (such as the Robinson XCR, VEPR 'Super .308', etc.). Both will be overcome eventually, but inertia is extremely powerful, and thus it will likely take another 75 to 100 years before its considered dead or obsolete. [/QUOTE]
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