7.62x39 mm gelatin test: Barnaul 125gr JSP

[AndrewWiggin]

7.62x39mm Barnaul 125 gr jacketed soft point fired from 16" barreled WASR-10/63 into calibrated 10% gelatin.

BB calibration: 588.7 fps, 3.6"

Impact velocity: 2,523 fps
Penetration: 13.6"
Retained weight: 111.0 gr
Max expansion: 0.793"
Min expansion: 0.603"

[bfoosh006]

Thank You as always.

That is dang good performance for its price point.

[AndrewWiggin]

My pleasure.

[mr h]

glad to see its fairly effective ammo, too bad my only 762 doesnt care for the SP's too much. the nose hangs up on feeding sometimes.

[AndrewWiggin]

Fusion is the best performing round I've tested so far in 7.62x39mm. it is a soft point, but the nose is narrow and there is little exposed lead. That might work for you. If not, SST (Zombiemax) is a close second, but probably not as barrier blind.

[mr h]

that is exactly where in went with SD 762 ammo, found some hornady SST ammo. cycles perfect.

[AndrewWiggin]

Good to hear. Did you see my gel test for SST?

[mr h]

i have but i bought the ammo before i came here.

[fz1boxer]

wow
looks like a good sd round,2523 fps from a 16" thats moving for 125 grain ammo.
thanks for the time and effort you put into these interesting test's.

[AndrewWiggin]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching. Please note that I often get velocities that are a bit higher than what other people see because I test in AZ. Higher temperatures often result in higher velocity. I even thought my chronograph could be out of calibration so I tested it by shooting through mine and my friend's at the same time. It turned out that my chrono was actually reading about 30-40 fps slower than his.