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The Soviet 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine. The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo 7.75x39mm experimental round[1], and possibly by the late-war German 7.92 mm Kurz ("Kurz" meaning "short" in German). Shortly after the war the world's most recognized assault rifle was designed for this cartridge: the AK-47. The cartridge remained the standard Soviet load until the 1970s, and is still by far the most common intermediate rifle cartridge used around the world.[citation needed] Its replacement, the 5.45×39 mm cartridge, is slightly less powerful but longer ranged (due to its much higher velocity) and is more controllable in fully automatic fire (due to the lower recoil). The change was in part a response to NATO switching from the 7.62x51mm cartridge to 5.56x45mm NATO.
The original Soviet bullets are boat-tail bullets with a copper-plated steel jacket, a large steel core, and some lead between the core and the jacket. The cartridge itself consists of a berdan-primed, tapered steel case which seats the bullet and contains the powder charge. The taper makes it very easy to feed and extract the round, since there is little contact with the chamber walls until the round is fully seated. This taper is what causes the AK-47 to have distinctively curved magazines. While the bullet design itself has gone through a few redesigns, the cartridge itself remains largely unchanged.
7.62x39 ammunition has typically been inexpensive, about the least-expensive centerfire rifle ammunition on the market at just over 10 cents a round for high-quality imported Russian brands and now 17 cents a round for quality imported ammo after a sharp price rise on mil-spec ammo in this caliber in early 2006. It is cheaper than most handgun rounds and even some expensive target .22 rimfire ammunition. However, in 2005/2006, prices began to soar (almost doubling in the US) due to the United States placing a massive order to supply the fledgling Afghan and Iraqi armies. Even so, as of Jan. 2007, it remains the least-expensive centerfire rifle ammo on the market.This cartridge has endeared itself to shooters in spite of its limited ballistics, which are analogous to the .30-30, because of the many inexpensive good semiautomatic rifles available for it that cost far less than the .30-30 Winchesters and Marlins that long were the least-expensive deer rifles in the U.S., and its minimal recoil.
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