i heard an interesting myth about psl's

[alxone]

i heard an interesting myth about psl's . supposedly you can fire 308 out of them ?? im not trying it with mine but has any body else heard that as well ??

[BPTactical]

i heard an interesting myth about psl's . supposedly you can fire 308 out of them ?? im not trying it with mine but has any body else heard that as well ??

Not heard that as well, asking for trouble. One is a rimmed cartridge one is not.
Scary stuff

[SAnd]

That idea is variation on a common cold war myth. I remember hearing that all commie guns would function with non-commie ammo but our guns wouldn't work with theirs.

[jerrymrc]

That idea is variation on a common cold war myth. I remember hearing that all commie guns would function with non-commie ammo but our guns wouldn't work with theirs.

I remember hearing that as well. Like Alex I ain't going to try it with mine.[Coffee]

[jreifsch80]

you can shoot .308 out of a .308 psl but they are fairly uncommon, i saw one that came into bear arms and supposedly theyre going to be imported again.

[Scanker19]

Chris Rock once said, "You can drive a car with your feet if you want to, That don't make it a good fucking idea."

[alxone]

i thought it was b.s. , although a pls in 308 would be cool ...well kinda , 54r is cheaper .

[spqrzilla]

All of these "You can shoot X in Y caliber guns" stuff are very dangerous myths.

Shoot the correct caliber for the gun, period.

[Jamesonehr]

Well I remember back when I started shooting my buddy at an indoor range showed me a mossin nagant m44 that someone thought the same thing. Basically jammed the Round in the chamber and needed someone to pop it out. It don't fit....

[ben4372]

All of these "You can shoot X in Y caliber guns" stuff are very dangerous myths.

Shoot the correct caliber for the gun, period.

This is why I have no .44 special ammo. I wonder if this all started in reference to the bullets only? .308 in a .311 barrel?

[Aardvark]

Agree w/Ben4372: sounds like someone was talking .308 in .311 barrel and it was misunderstood. I've encounted a few 7.62x54 rounds loaded with .308 bullets and while they do work, they're inaccurate as a democrat poll taker.

[sellersm]

Agree w/Ben4372: sounds like someone was talking .308 in .311 barrel and it was misunderstood. I've encounted a few 7.62x54 rounds loaded with .308 bullets and while they do work, they're inaccurate as a democrat poll taker.


All depends on the bore. Many of the Finn 54r bores were close to .308 size! Mine isn't, but there are those that are...

I guess in desperate wartimes of yester-year, there were things that were tried that we'd not approve of today.

[FireMoth]

I think a lot of these things are perpetuated by "non standard variants".

If you ask some one what a "tommy gun" shoots, they will tell you its a .45... Maybe even throw in the ACP part...

But not all were, and there was a 10mm Thompson sub machine gun in the 80s for FBI's briefe love affair with that cartridge.

Add some dumb asshole watching some one stuff a 1928 or M1 with 10mm, and next thing you know, chuckle heads are saying "you can shoot 10mm through a .45acp thompson".

Such is the bane of tards with gun interest.