changing AK caliber ...

[justashooter]

Originally Posted by PA Rifleman

There are plenty of experienced folks on this board that will be able to answer this question with authority.

No, 5.56x45 will not function in an AK. This old saw never seems to die.

as a guy who has built 40-50 AK's of all types, and currently has over a dozen, i can speak with some authority about them. you can get a 5.56X45 (223) round to go off in an AK. I did it by accident last spring.

one of my boys was loading mags and mixed a 5.56 steel cased wolf round in a mag full of 762X39. he handed it to me and i went through the motions. the 5.56 was quiet, and expanded to fill the chamber. the bullet prolly tumbled down the bore and left it at a few hundred FPS. i had to knock the case out with a cleaning rod.

[deth502]

http://www.gunco.net/forums/f244/

[mojo]

Originally Posted by deth502

http://www.gunco.net/forums/f244/

I'm waiting to get signed up with gunco ... once I get my auth email I will check that out.