If You Absolutely HAD To Choose:

[planeflyer21]

Between a rifle in one different caliber, would you choose 7.62x39 or .300 Blk?

What say ye enablers?!

 

[shepp]

I choose x39 because of the abundance of cheap ammo. 

 

I would like to do a .300blk some day tho too. Which I could do easily with this faxon upper

[Robocop1051]

If I reloaded and/or shot suppressed, I'd go .300Blk. You can't deny it's a better performing projectile. 

 

Unfortunately, I do neither, so I chose the x39

[shepp]

31 minutes ago, Robocop1051 said:

If I reloaded and/or shot suppressed, I'd go .300Blk. You can't deny it's a better performing projectile. 

 

Unfortunately, I do neither, so I chose the x39

I was gonna say that too I don't reload another reason for picking x39

[jtallen83]

I had no use for either until Iowa passed the suppressor law then I had to do a 300 BO build. Now I just have to make it run right!

[Robocop1051]

I think even if suppressors were legal here, since I don't reload, I'd probably go with a .45ACP build over the .300Blk. 

 

I really REALLY like the 300Blk, but it is just too hard to feed in Cali and I don't get to take advantage of any of the advantages. I owned a 14.5" for a while, but I eventually ditched the barrel for other projects. 

[Sisco]

7.62x39. I can feed it cheap, and I can get a rifle to shoot it cheap. Just don't ask it to do what it wasn't designed to.

[sketch]

I have 2 of each i should grab a break for the x39 and try the can? Im going .300 i guess? I reload and its hollyweird quiet!

[washguy]

Ive got both...I was leaning 300 but my buddy went on a helicopter hog hunt this spring and used his 762x39 with that old

Russian white brick so called" hunting ammo"  lol....the heli pilot asked him what in the heck are you using to roll those hogs?  The pilot sees all types of rifles and ammo ,and was impressed with the 39...good enough for me!     Wash

[Rsquared]

I like the 300. It runs both subs and supersonics. Shooting it suppressed is WAAAYYYY cool. 30 cal out of an AR-15 size rifle is a boat load of fun.

[NTXshooter]

I have both and reload.  For SHTF, definitely x39.  Lots of ammo available.  Here's a question, why couldn't you load x39 for suppressed?  Then you would have cheap stuff to shoot all day and suppressed when you need to.  The same suppressor should work with x39 and 300.

[shepp]

11 minutes ago, Rsquared said:

I like the 300. It runs both subs and supersonics. Shooting it suppressed is WAAAYYYY cool. 30 cal out of an AR-15 size rifle is a boat load of fun.

I give you that, I shot shibi's in AZ ???

[survivalshop]

 I chose the 300BLK , I don't own a firearm that shoots Combloc ammo . My AK is chambered for 5.56 Nato. The 300BLK is my only departure from NATO ( or its Commercial spec. ) ammo.

[planeflyer21]

8 hours ago, survivalshop said:

 I chose the 300BLK , I don't own a firearm that shoots Combloc ammo . My AK is chambered for 5.56 Nato. The 300BLK is my only departure from NATO ( or its Commercial spec. ) ammo.

This is along my lines of thinking already.  'Murica!

[beachmaster]

Whether or not you reload, I would go /39... and I am going /39.

Cheaper to shoot usually = cheaper to reload.

Besides, we are all doing /39, so that's what is cool!

[Sisco]

Wouldn't bother reloading, I can buy steel case ammo for a 7.62 X 39 a lot cheaper than I can reload. It is not much more expensive than 22 rimfire at times. $7.99 here for 22 box of 50. I have gotten 7.62 X 39 as cheap as $4.32 for 20. 16 cents a round for 22, 21 cents a round for $7.62. Even at $5 a box it's 25 cents a round. 

[Robocop1051]

What's this world coming to when two .22lr = one 7.62x39

how about 5 = 1 .308!!!

[planeflyer21]

6 hours ago, Robocop1051 said:

What's this world coming to when two .22lr = one 7.62x39

how about 5 = 1 .308!!!

Rimfire is obsolete.  The only relic clinging to meaningful life is the .22 and family.  The old codger hoarders hosed all future generations with their greedy ways.  What had been comfortable increases in cost were lost in the pimpish gougery of those hoping to augment their social security/retirement, by scalping bricks of .22 at ridiculous prices.

The manufacturers and retailers have seen this and, while prices have dropped, they are hovering at $30-40/brick.  Because they have seen what people will pay.  And many times that is a reduced brick, like the Winchester 333 box.

At this point in time it is cheaper for me to look at alternatively chambered firearms across the spectrum, than it is to continue training beginners with .22 rimfires.  The logical choice is 9mm Luger for handguns, 5.56/.223 for rifles.  Both of which are highly competitive with .22 rimfire now, when bought in bulk.

Bulk which is increasingly difficult to even locate with .22 rimfire.

[JJ109]

I bought a 22lr brick last week at my local dicks sporting goods for $21.00 which i thought was reasonable. But prices have increased quite a bit over the years. 

[planeflyer21]

57 minutes ago, JJ109 said:

I bought a 22lr brick last week at my local dicks sporting goods for $21.00 which i thought was reasonable. But prices have increased quite a bit over the years. 

One of the new "bricks", 333 or 300?  Or the old standby of 500 or more?

[beantown]

I wouldn't be reloading it so I'd have to go with 7.62X39.

Edited December 10, 2016 by beantown

[JJ109]

[JJ109]

They also had Winchester bricks of 525 for $28.99 

[MikedaddyH]

I reload for 300blk , 7.62x39 , .308 & 300wsm. So the access of brass would be the most important factor, 300blk wins because .223rem is everywhere in the USA. Making it cheap to shoot.

7.62x39 is the least expensive to buy and can be found anywhere on the planet. So if you don't reload it would be your choice.

I like the 308win because it will kill anything it hits , one and done ! But sometimes you have to break out the Big Bertha driver and the 300wsm is that choice for me. The other two options are 30-06 and 300winmag but that's a different size receiver.

[Robocop1051]

I almost bought an upper in .17WSM just because the price of ammo vs .22lr was close enough to consider the transition.