5.45 or 7.62

st33ve0 · Post by **st33ve0** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:04 pm

I'm wanting to get an AK sometime soon, I like the cheaper price and other benefits of the 5.45, but I also like the availability of the 7.62. Are the mags for both the same, or is there a different mag for the 5.45?

apochachuva · Post by **apochachuva** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:48 pm

st33ve0 wrote:I'm wanting to get an AK sometime soon, I like the cheaper price and other benefits of the 5.45, but I also like the availability of the 7.62. Are the mags for both the same, or is there a different mag for the 5.45?

They use different magazines

MisterWilson · Post by **MisterWilson** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:56 pm

Get bof.

A-Rok · Post by **A-Rok** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:05 am

The thing that sells 7.62 to me is knock-down power. I'm a firm believer in a one hit KO.

mcmillanman5 · Post by **mcmillanman5** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:21 am

It seems to me that there are ups and downs to both. The 5.45 is currently cheaper to shoot with the surplus of corrosive military ammo that is available in the US. I would say that the 7.62 mags typically cost less and there seems to be more of them than the 5.45 mags.

Another difference would be recoil, the 5.45 has less felt recoil. While the 7.62 may be a bigger round the 5.45 is no slouch. If I were going to get one It would be the 5.45 simply based on the ammount of ammo you could get for a relativly small amount of money as compared to some other calibers.

st33ve0 · Post by **st33ve0** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:50 am

mcmillanman5 wrote:It seems to me that there are ups and downs to both. The 5.45 is currently cheaper to shoot with the surplus of corrosive military ammo that is available in the US. I would say that the 7.62 mags typically cost less and there seems to be more of them than the 5.45 mags.

Another difference would be recoil, the 5.45 has less felt recoil. While the 7.62 may be a bigger round the 5.45 is no slouch. If I were going to get one It would be the 5.45 simply based on the ammount of ammo you could get for a relativly small amount of money as compared to some other calibers.

That's kinda where I'm at too. I like how cheap the ammo is, but if the mags are prohibitive it may not be worth it. Honestly the recoil of my SKS in 7.62 isn't bad at all so I doubt it'd bother me that much.

csfirearms · Post by **csfirearms** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:27 am

I'm selling my 5.45 because I have 7 ak in the 7.62. My Tantal has been sitting in the safe for the last 3 years gathering dust. I just love the 7.62 better and ammo is really not that much cheaper.

CSF

dtom29 · Post by **dtom29** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:49 pm

If you only have one AK it should be 7.62. After your second(Oh yes, there will be a second) Then go for a 5.45........JMO

Wraith · Post by **Wraith** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:03 am

dtom29 wrote:If you only have one AK it should be 7.62. After your second(Oh yes, there will be a second) Then go for a 5.45........JMO

Agreed. I've owned several variants in both 5.45 and 7.62 and I always seem to come back to the 7.62. Yes there is a little more felt recoil but something about a .30 caliber hole makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Reed503 · Post by **Reed503** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:40 am

Have had a 7.62 for quite a while, just got my 5.45 the other day. Its been hard to find mags for it though...

Wraith · Post by **Wraith** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:43 pm

Reed503 wrote:Have had a 7.62 for quite a while, just got my 5.45 the other day. Its been hard to find mags for it though...

It's going to be hard to find mags for just about anything right now since AK and AR mags are being snapped up left and right.

RX7-2nr · Post by **RX7-2nr** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:33 am

dtom29 wrote:If you only have one AK it should be 7.62. After your second(Oh yes, there will be a second) Then go for a 5.45........JMO

^yeah, that

jlwilliams · Post by **jlwilliams** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:08 am

st33vo, if you already have an SKS, why not stick with the 7.62. It is nice to have multiple guns in one cartrige IMO. Just more economical and efficient when it comes to buying bulk ammo. This is what's kept me from buying a 5.45, having other guns in 7.62. Just don't want to start buying another round.

csfirearms · Post by **csfirearms** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:41 am

Pic of my complete Krink.

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