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If asked about the 7.62x39mm cartridge (aka the 7.62 Soviet and .30 Russian Short), the first firearm that comes to mind is almost certainly the Avtomat Kalashnikova, i.e., the AK-47 assault rifle.

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Expert thinks SKS 7.62x39, Colt 1911 22 pistol used in 2016 Pike County massacre Expert thinks SKS 7.62x39, Colt 1911 22 pistol used in 2016 Pike County massacre Expert thinks SKS 7.62x39, Colt 1911 ...

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives classifies the SKS rifle that some sources believe Micah Johnson used to kill five Dallas police officers on July 7 a "Curio or Relic." Due ...

The rifle used in the attack that left a congressman and four other people wounded on a baseball field is a Soviet-era relic that is widely available in the United States and was used in another mass ...

As is true of many Soviet-era weapons systems—from the aforementioned Kalashnikov rifle to the Pistolet Makarova (Makarov Pistol) and the Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) series of fighter planes, the ...