7.62 x 43 vs 7.62x39?

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Just bought some ammo from WWS and the crate is labelled 7.62 x 43 whereas the ammo is actually 7.62 x 39.

Does anyone know what that difference is?

[deg72]

ive heard a few different ones but im sure the 43 stands for m43 which is the bullet design but could be wrong. go to this lnk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62x39mm

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man that link got me on a wiki chase for a while

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hmm well it has stuff on the 7.62x39 but nothing for the 43...

[Grizzly Adams]

Is 7.62x 39. M43 is the Soviet designation, for the cartridge.

Grizz

[eltorro]

Like our esteemed colleagues have mentioned, M43 is a type of ammo.
Namely 7.62x39 with steel core bullet.
Examples: M118 is a 7.62x51 (308) with a 173gr bullet, ball, BT.
M118LR is the same but with 175 gr bullet, HPBT.
7N1 is sniper ammo in 7.62x54R, and so on...

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ooooh I get it now...K thanks guys (Grizz and eltorro and everyone else!) for helping a newb! I

[Taylor-Made]

Ahh....I wondered the same thing....I was worried I bought a case of ammo I didn't have a rifle for..Thx