5.45 A few questions

[Winterborn]

Ello forum

Recently I have been doing alot of research on my next purchase of some type of AK, I've been reading about the 5.45 chambered variants but there seems to be alot of contradictory info out there for them. What is everyones personal experiences with the 5.45 round and how does it relate to the more common 5.56 and 7.62russian rounds. Anyways thanks in advance


--winter

 

[Nomad.2nd]

Shoot 10,000 rounds (Over 7.62x39)
And get the gun for FREE!


Hard to beat... it's what got me into it.

 

[thatwhichisnt]

5.45 is a sick little bullet. Very close to the 5.56, but tumbles instead of fragments. With ammo being dirt cheap I would totally get a 74.

 

[#1bambam]

5.45 is a sick little bullet. Very close to the 5.56, but tumbles instead of fragments. With ammo being dirt cheap I would totally get a 74.

If by "very close to the 5.56" you mean way better than, Then I agree with your post Nick.

 

[Mr_Willson]

love it.

ammo price is CHEAP

 

[Nolacopusmc]

Is the 5.45 a better performer ballistically in the AR or AK platform?

 

[ryan]

Is the 5.45 a better performer ballistically in the AR or AK platform?

personally I think it would be more accurate in an ar form, but if the SHTF I would grab an ak anyday over an ar.

 

[SKYWLKR]

5.45 is a slammin round!

Just try and avoid US barreled guns and kits unless you know it has a true and properly chambered 5.45 barrel.

 

[Winterborn]

Skywlkr would the arsenal series of rifles be correct. what about all this I keep hearing about corrosive ammo and such destroying guns?

 

[Nomad.2nd]

Skywlkr would the arsenal series of rifles be correct. what about all this I keep hearing about corrosive ammo and such destroying guns?

People not cleaning them right...

ALL ammo ~ WW2 and prior was corossive.

 

[dwr461]

The AK74 is a real baby to shoot. Great rifle it seems more accurate than most AK variants. Great round.

Dave

 

[Winterborn]

And will 5.45 continue to stay common or is the general belief that its gonna dry up?

 

[blackrussian]

I doubt it will dry up, as its the main assault rifle round for the Russian military.

 

[Nomad.2nd]

And will 5.45 continue to stay common or is the general belief that its gonna dry up?

It may dry up...

You never know.

BUT:

It's cheap enough to stockpile (Personally I don't care if they never import another round... I've got 10 years + worth of shooting put back)

Hornady is making ammo now.

Wolf is importing non-corossive

IIRC there's another source out there somewhere.

I wouldn't make it my 'only AK'... but for training...

Get it.

 

[Winterborn]

see nomad I am wanting to make this my primary go to rifle

 

[Nomad.2nd]

see nomad I am wanting to make this my primary go to rifle

I like .30

If An AR was one of your options (You were OK with that)

Go for the 74...

 

[thatwhichisnt]

5.45 is a slammin round!

Just try and avoid US barreled guns and kits unless you know it has a true and properly chambered 5.45 barrel.

A lot of those problems have been solved. When the barrel import ban hit there was a lot of bad barrels out there, but the problem seems to have worked itself out now.

 

[Akajun]

Not true nick, there are still plenty of bad barrelled tantal's out there as century would nto take them back or fix them. They keep getting passed around till someone gets stuck with one and replaces the barrell. Now the new 545 junk gun is the Lancaster Rough Rider. They had a bunch of barrells with small shanks. To fix this they have been knurling the shank so it swells in the trunion or tack welding it to the trunion.

If you want a good 545 ak, get a kit with the original barrell and have it built, get a Saiga and have it converted or not, or buy a quality upper end ak from Arsenal, Red Jacket, etc.

 

[SKYWLKR]

+1

Not true nick, there are still plenty of bad barrelled tantal's out there as century would nto take them back or fix them. They keep getting passed around till someone gets stuck with one and replaces the barrell. Now the new 545 junk gun is the Lancaster Rough Rider. They had a bunch of barrells with small shanks. To fix this they have been knurling the shank so it swells in the trunion or tack welding it to the trunion.

If you want a good 545 ak, get a kit with the original barrell and have it built, get a Saiga and have it converted or not, or buy a quality upper end ak from Arsenal, Red Jacket, etc.

 

[Akajun]

+1

Your lucky I dont have you arrested for stealing that package from Eganex. That kit will build up a fine rifle. I build one exactly like it last year.