8 posts - 4 authors - Last post: May 4, 2009Like the title says, I'm looking for ballistics info on these two calibers out of a 16in barrel from 100 - 300 yards. I googled but either I'm stupid.

May 29, 2011 – 7.62 vs 5.45 vs 5.56..which to get as my first AK? . . 7.62 you are practically limited to 300 yards shooting (ballistics are similar to 30/30). .

15 posts - 9 authors - Last post: Feb 19, 20075.56 M-16 round or 5.45 AK-74? Accuracy, and ballistics. Dammage, and " tumbeling" effect that makes them so deadly, which has an .

26 posts - 17 authors - Last post: Apr 29, 20095.56 or .223 is a great carbine round but it's getting so expensive to shoot . good terminal ballistic testing on commercial 5.45 x 39 mm loads. .

12 posts - 8 authors - Last post: May 17, 20095.45x39 Vs 5.56x45 Firearms General Discussion. . You can pretty run this .

7.62 vs. 5.45 vs. 5.56. Newaza [Member]. 10/2/2006 11:56:22 PM. What's you .

11 posts - 9 authors - Last post: Aug 26, 2007How is the 5.45 different from the 5.56? . a larger area where is performs relatively optimally vis a vis terminal ballistics compared to the 5.56. .

Dec 7, 2010 – Channel Update- Hornady 5.45 V-Max, Ballistic Gel, Rem 700 .

If a 5.56mm copper-alloy jacketed bullet strikes tissue (or ballistic .

15 posts - 11 authors - Last post: Sep 25, 2006Lets hear your opinions/experience with 7.62x39 vs. 5.45x39, both . Actually the 5.45mm round would probably be as good as the 5.56 at that. .

3 answers - Dec 28, 20085.56x45mm(M-16) Vs. 5.45x39mm(AK-74)? . Range and trajectory. BTW as for accuracy and trajectory, by how much does one defeat the .

May 6, 2009 – DefenseReview is actually a fan of the AK-74 5.45mm Russian rifle, which is . ( i.e. Russians) to approximate the terminal ballistics, wounding potential, . characteristics/features vs. the 5.56mm cartridge are 1) the 5.45mm .

This is the profile of the 5.45mm AK-74 round at 3066 f/s. . Interestingly, if this bullet is driven at 3000 f/s it fragments and behaves just like the M855 5.56mm bullet. . #1, 00, or 000 buck are a much better choices giving penetrations of about .

Cartridges like the Russian 5.45×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO and Chinese . (2.50 ft·lb), compared to 6.44 J (4.75 ft·lb) delivered by the 5.56×45mm NATO in the M16 . Early ballistics tests done demonstrated a pronounced tumbling effect with .

Other bullet types in the 5.45x39 range of military ammunition include tracers, armor . Buy .223 Rem / 5.56x45 ammo at discount prices at Lucky Gunner . loading, the Mk.262, with bullet of enhanced ballistic and striking performance. . 5.8x42 DAP-87, 5, 895, 2000, heavy ball from machine gun or sniper rifle barrel .

12 posts - 7 authors - Last post: May 8, 2008When the 5.45x39 was used in afghanistan, the rebels called it the "poison bullet" . So I was thinking, did the veitcong call the 5.56x45 anything? . There's a thread or 2 in this forum a few pages back about the relative . . 5.45 was fired into ballistic gel and it shows that 5.45 require less penetrating distance .

9 posts - 3 authors - Last post: Oct 25, 2009I suppose you could pull some sort of ballistics versus the 5.56 at a close distance and show that the 5.45 might hit harder, thus being more .

10 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Mar 3What I did was locate the V-Max 5.45 at the Hornady site and then compare to a similar . 5.45 Trajectory (inches) . 5.56 Trajectory (inches) .

15+ items – All ballistic data in this chart is based on Aramid armor .

The other is to reduce the calibre while retaining the same, or a higher, velocity . However, they have a relatively steep trajectory and a rapid velocity loss due to . .. 9x39 Russian (silenced AP - replica round), 5.56x45 SS109, 5.45x39 AK-74, .

57 posts - 23 authors - Last post: Oct 7, 2006Actually the 5.45mm round would probably be as good as the 5.56 at that. .

20 posts - 17 authors - Last post: Jul 17, 2002How does Soviet 5.45 round compare to our 5.56 (.223) ballistically? I have .

Aug 5, 2009 – Is it a true .223 caliber or something else? .

40 posts - 9 authors - Last post: Oct 10, 2010Okay, I haven't run my own ballistics gelatin tests or anything, but one of the strengths of the NATO round I always read about was that it .

10 posts - 8 authors - Last post: Jun 16, 2008it is,,, 5.56 nato has around 1600 joules the russian 5.45 has about 1100 . . to show either ballistic table or mention its B.C. (ballistic coefficient) .

7 answers - Apr 27, 2009It maintains a more effective killing power at more than 400 yrds vs. a 55 .

14 posts - 11 authors - Last post: Jun 30, 2009How do you feel about 7.62x39 vs the 5.45x39 or 5.56x45? . almost as soon as they enter the 'terminal ballistics phase' (to put it gently). .

I've been interested in terminal ballistics for a long time. . Whether or not such a wound proves fatal is a secondary consideration. . .. For a 62gr 5.56mm round of 0.224 x 0.906 area is equivalent to a 0.44 bullet, and for a 150gr 7.62mm bullet of 0.30 . .. 5.45x39mm Russian tumbled after 7cm and continued to about 45cm. .

20 posts - 5 authors - Last post: Apr 11. asking about the ballistic and performance of smaller rounds like the 5.45/5.56 versus the older, larger rounds like 7.62x39 or other 30 caliber .

7 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Jul 21, 2009Again, in my opinion and from what I have read about the ballistic effects and potential of the 5.45 vs the 5.56, 5.56 comes out the clear winner. .

It is often referred to as stopping power when dealing with human or other living . both of which use Sierra MatchKing bullets; in 5.56×45mm NATO, those U.S. . . The Warsaw Pact 5.45 x 39 mm M74 assault rifle round exemplifies a trend that .

10+ items – Ballistics Chart. . Ballistics Chart. A look into some of the more .

11 posts - 5 authors - Last post: Dec 15, 2008The US AR platform uses the 5.56 round. The Russian AK74 platform uses the 5.45 round. Anyone know the difference in ballistics between the .

26 posts - 14 authors - Last post: Jan 29, 2009The 5.56 is faster and can be had with a higher BC. How can the 5.45 have a flatter trajectory or a greater range? The only advantage to 5.45 is .

23 posts - 9 authors - Last post: Apr 23, 2009[Archive] Ballistics and Trajectories of 5.45x39 (7N6) Centerfire Rifles. .

4 posts - 1 author - Last post: Oct 23, 2006Topic: Who has good 5.56 vs 5.45 ballistic comparrisons from 16" . Also, anyone know the ballistic coefficient for the various 5.45 .

This ballistics chart shows basic data for ammunition in use by the United States . 5.56mm Ball, M193, 182gr, 2.26″, WC844 or CMR170, 28.5 or 26.5gr, 56gr . Caliber .50 Incendiary, M1, 1744gr, 5.45″, WC860, 240gr,  , 54000psi .

12 posts - 7 authors - Last post: May 3, 2006When it comes to commercial 5.45x39 ammunition there's currently not a . rifle" heroes who take upf or the 5.56 showing US gov't ballistic tests .

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24 posts - 12 authors - Last post: Oct 30, 20095.56 vs 5.45. Post by Drakon » Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:21 pm. what's your opinion on 5.45x39? does it do anything better than 5.56? i have this .

16 posts - 13 authors - Last post: Jan 26, 20105.45x39 vs. 5.56x45 The . So then, why is it that the 5.56 is allowed and the 5.45 is not? . I've tested both in ballistics gel (cheap wolf ammo). .

71 posts - 10 authors - Last post: Feb 3, 2009If I had to pick to, I'd rather have the 5.45 than the 5.56, as by design the first (not really/really not . . What's the ballistic coefficient of the bullet? .

22 posts - 13 authorsHP or ballistic tip bullets tend to fragment more readily, but there are more and better load choices in 5.56 than in either 5.45 or 7.62. .

Dec 27, 2010 – Milsurp 5.45 7n6 and Lake City 5.56 XM193 wet newspaper . @jetfuel545 the only noncorrosive ammo i buy is V max and the like so . Ballistic Gel, AK-74 and Mosin Nagantby firearmsanonymous2668 views · Thumbnail .

Feb 17, 2010 – .308 versus 7.62x39 versus 5.56 versus 5.45 penetration through steel . . expanding 7.62x389 bullet that stops in 1 ft of ballistic gel will pretty .

11 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Mar 22Forums » Ammunition » 5.56 vs 5.45. Discussions and arguments about caliber types, ballistics, ammo loads, handloading, and reloading. .

10 posts - 4 authors - Last post: Oct 30, 2008Also cost effectiveness of the 5.45x39 is way superior even if you would consider ballistics similar. Your talking .08 cents around for 5.45 VS .50 .

Apr 2, 2011 – Martin Fackler conducted a study using live pigs and ballistic gelatin . This video is a response to 5.56 vs 5.45, dumbest argument evar PART .

Jan 23, 2011 – How does 5.45 have a flatter trajectory than the faster 5.56 or .223 (which is pretty much the same round as the 5.56)? I agree that the 5.56 .

9 posts - 5 authors - Last post: Nov 17, 2008AR vs AK in 5.45x39 - which one to go with? . ammo supply will dry up overnight . If you MUST get a poodle shooter stick with.223/5.56. . . A lot of the anectdotes about 5.45mm terminal ballistics are just hearsay. It looks like it .

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