7.62 X 39 Lapua

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Went to a local gun show today and found 260 rounds of this stuff in primo condition.

It is reloadable and brass cased.

Does anyone here know this stuff, I do know the company but I have NEVER heard of them making what appears to be mil spec ammo in this caliber.

No date on boxes and yes,it is 123 grain ball.

Seemed like a good price for such clean ammo of this company.

.58 cents per round ?.
 
I had some and used it in an AK back in 94. The brass should stand up to many reloadings if you're so inclined.

Remember Finland made arguably the nicest AK ever in the Valmet.
 
.58 a Rd is a bargain. I've seen Midway selling it for $1 a rd. I had some I used in my SKS. It was the most accurate cutting group sizes in half from the next best.
 
It's good stuff, maybe practically the best quality 7.62x39mm on the market.

At .58 cents a round that's a good price for it, real good actually if I recall what it usually goes for. If your wanting to really see what a particular gun you have can do, I'd think this would be great for accuracy testing. Save the brass even if you don't reload.
 
Thank y'all

I will shoot most of it in the CZ 527 and I hope to get the groups down to 1/2 MOA !.

And I save ALL my brass = that's a problem as I have "saved it all" for decades and sadly not ever sorted it.

Thousands of rounds that are all in a huge bin,tried to sit and sort it a few times but just dont have the patience.

Might take it all to a scrap yard ---- but that thought bothers me as its worth SO much more than scrap.
 
In my experience,
the white thirty round boxes with the 'Gold ring of cartridges' are boxer primed.

The older brown cardboard 30 round boxes with the orange cartridges logo and 7.62x39 writing, also marked -Russian (M43)- are mostly berdan primed.

Do not know the changeover date.

Both varieties are good ammo though and well worth the price IMO.
My nephew got all of mine when I gave him the rifle he had picked out for his birthday present.

JT
 
It's good stuff, maybe practically the best quality 7.62x39mm on the market.
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Took a Vickers AK class years ago with a guy who was running it exclusively through his rifle for the class. How much was shooter versus how much was ammo is hard to say, but when we were shooting longer range stuff that guy seemed to have a much better time of it than guys shooting cheap Russian ammo in 7.62 AKs. It was notable enough that (along with my own experiences shooting Yugo AK ammo) I'm pretty convinced a huge chunk of the "AK's are inaccurate" trope on the internet is fueled by crap ammo rather than the rifle design itself.
 
LOL

Now I am going to be sorry when its gone !.

I will be very careful as to shooting and using that ammo,too bad its not a hunting round [ must be HP or SP ] and this is ball.

It is THE cleanest stuff I have ever seen,but I do wish there was a date on the case or box.
 
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Too bad you're not within a 2-hr drive or I'd come over on a rainy day and sort your brass for you for just 20% of it. LOL.

Hey, that's cheaper than what the gubmint gets!

Hee!
 
Gladly

I would be happy to pay 20% of my brass to anyone that wanted to spend the hours AND days it would take to sort it out.

BUT you gonna have to hump it out of my basement ,it does weigh a few pounds.

Everything in handguns calibers you can think of,and the same for rifle too.
 
Great deal, especially since you have a cz527 for it. THR member Krochus / R.W. Dale made a bench rest rifle in 7.62x39 and had some impressive groups. I believe he used Lapua brass.
 
I bought 1K back in the mid 90's best 7.62x39 by far, it was a little pricey at $140 but well worth it.
 
Even back in the '90s, Lapua 7.62x39mm was crazy expensive, and it has often been exceedingly hard to find. It is probably among the most accurate x39 you'll find anywhere.
 
Off topic - brass

Sorry to get off topic, but sell it as mixed brass, just price it by the priority mail size box (x dollars for x sized box full) and I bet you would get some takers.
 
@Dmurdoch

Thanks for the idea,but it would be VERY mixed and that would turn most shooters / loaders off.

I have just about all centerfire handgun and MANY rifle = and its all mixed in.
 
I bought a case of the '79 date-stamped Lapua M43 berdan-primed surplus 7.62x39 a few years ago. It consistently yields 1.5MOA groups using an Arsenal SGL-21. An unissued Yugo M59/66 with upgraded iron sights is close to 1MOA for 5-shot groups at 200 yards.

I remember someone published a detailed review article on the Finnish RK-95 and he saw Finnish snipers knocking down steel targets easily and consistently at 600 meters during a sniper match.

Since the accepted AKM effective range is around 300 meters, and all Russian steel-cased 7.62x39 shoots around 3MOA in an AKM. The doubling of effective range with the Lapua ammo using a scoped AKM does make sense.
 
@ caseless

Thanks for that update.

I have not taken any of that to the range,and most will likely go through a CZ 527 ,and some through a Ruger mini 30.

I look forward to seeing how good they really can shoot.
 
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