Looking for *better* 7.62x39 target ammunition, and maybe even something to help you manage local varmint populations? Then a case of Hornady Frontier will be right at home in your personal ammunition depot (or gun safe, or closet, etc.).

Hornady takes the Nebraskan approach to making rifle ammo instead of the Russian one. Bimetal jackets? Not here, which is why you can trust the lead-core bullets not to attract a magnet. Steel cases? Hornady doesn’t make them. These rounds’ new brass shells are also loaded with Boxer primers instead of Berdan, so they have the single, centered flash hole requisite for handloading.

Hornady advertises that this round’s 123gr FMJ attains .266 G1 ballistic coefficient. The company records 7.62x39 muzzle velocity using a 24” test barrel. A rifle sharing the same barrel length and 1.5” sight height can produce the following:
• -7.0” drop 100 yards downrange of 100-yard zero
• -14.8” drop 100 yards downrange of 200-yard zero
• Supersonic velocity until ~510 yards

200 Round Case

Features and Specifications:
Manufacturer Number: FR420
Caliber: 7.62x39
Bullet Weight: 123 Grains
Bullet Type: Full Metal Jacket
Muzzle Velocity: 2340 fps
Velocity at 100 yards: 2033 fps
Velocity at 300 yards: 1502 fps
Muzzle Energy: 1495 ft/lbs
Energy at 100 yards: 1129 ft/lbs
Energy at 300 yards: 616 ft/lbs
Reloadable Brass Case
200 Rounds