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7.62x25 ammo

hk-91hk-91 Member Posts: 10,050
edited January 2007 in Ask the Experts
where,s it all at? cant seem to find any s&b or any other at a good price right now. any ideas? thanks [:(]
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  • hk-91hk-91 Member Posts: 10,050
    edited November -1
    I'm thinking of buying a 7.62x25 cal pistol but i dont know anything about them. are they more powerfull then a 9mm. what kind of velocity do they have. i seen some in shotgun news for about 120.00. is that a good price on them
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  • hk-91hk-91 Member Posts: 10,050
    edited November -1
    Thinking about a CZ52.
    Have seen adds saying ammo is PLENTIFUL + CHEAP.
    Approx. 2500 "Ending Today" auctions and found
    only 1 listing.
    Looked at "ALL auctions" and found only 3 or 4.
    Prices were not that bad since I won't shoot it
    THAT much,but I don't know about the "PLENTIFUL" part.
    Is avalability expected to increase?

    IT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT MAKES THEM AFRAID.
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  • hk-91hk-91 Member Posts: 10,050
    edited November -1
    I just ordered a Yugo Tokarev and am new to that style of gun. Does anyone feel like offering suggestions as to ammo and a good holster.
    I am told the Polish ammo is of poor quality and so I ordered Romanian surpluss ammo to get used to the gun. My question is in regards to hp or sp ammo. Is there anything out there that would make this a good ccw gun?
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    It is a good price and a potent round. A lot of the surplus ammo out there is junk, but most any pistol you'll find it the caliber will be of good quality.

    Don't have ballistic info on hand, but it has a pretty high velocity for handgun bullets- more so than the dimensionally similar bottlenecked 7.63 Mauser for example. I believe it has a slight edge on the 9mm but again, don't have the data handy.
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The factory load for these runs about 365 ft lbs muzzle energy, with an 87 gr bullet. 9mm Parabellum runs about 400 ft lbs, heavier bullet. Lot of penetration, not a lot of stopping power.
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  • Old FoolOld Fool Member Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you reload you can push a 110gr Hornady XTP at 1688 fps. That will leave a mark[:D]

    Good luck
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  • abcguns2abcguns2 Member Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    O.K. , this a strange caliber , smaller bullit and higher velocity , have heard rumors of dsome of the current surplus ammo being even hotter (machine gun ammo?),we have sold several of the cz52's , they seem to be of very good quality with a few minor glitches , inexspensive and fun ...One draw-back , ammo is not available just any-place (mart stores,ect.)and who really knows what/where/when on this surplus ammo...
    Henry : hard/trcky to take down ??? drop mag , push down take down buttons , retract and remove slide ??? just about as simple as anything else ???If you like one of these , just buy it and have fun !
    Thanks !!!
    d.a.stearns
    Gunsmith / LEO
    Niota , Tn
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  • A J ChristA J Christ Member Posts: 7,534 ✭
    edited November -1
    Shot myself with one of those. Hurt for a while. Didn't have the brain working good one saturday afternoon, was out shooting up an old water tank. Was done and leaving, had 1 round left, fired it into the bottom of the tank which was dished. Sent the bullet right back at me, hit my leg and stopped just under the skin, was lucky. Wife wanted to go to the emergency room, got to thinking that I'd not only spend the rest of the weekend filling out paper work and dealing with the cops but woul dnever hear then end of it from my buddies. Pulled it out with tweezers, washed it in peroxide and made a note to never shoot at the dished bottom of a water tank again.
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  • dtknowlesdtknowles Member Posts: 810 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Surplus or reloaded 7.62 x 25 ammo muzzle energy is greater than 450 ft. lbs. safe for Tokerev's and CZ 52's the factory stuff is made safe for hundred year old Mausers. The only 9 mm Para loads I have seen that break 400 ft. lbs. are the +P stuff, the best of the standard loads are in the mid to high 300's.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The surplus stuff chronographs about 1550fps out of a Tokarev.
    Dont buy the 1950s ammo unless it's really cheap because of a lot of case neck splitting. It's safe enough though.
    I noted Wolf 7.62x25 ammo is just now coming in but at higher prices than surplus.
    Ever since shooting through a railroad tie overseas with Chinese SMG ammo, I've been impressed with the Tokarev.
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    It killed alot of Germans in WW2, that is for sure. The Russians were thinking for a time on returning to an updated 7.62x25mm due to its superb penetration, but opted for the 9mm in the Grach Pistol.
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