what is you favorite bulk 7.62 nato ammo

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what is you favorite bulk 7.62 nato ammo , what is some good brands to watch for ,
LC
PPU
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Robbins290 said:
Stay away from ZQI. horrible stuff
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Horrible is an understatement. That stuff is hammered crap. I bought some of it cheap from WalMart when they had one of their specials running and it still wasn't worth it. Brass is thin and not even worth reloading.

It turned my M1A into an area weapon. Couldn't consistently hit a paper plate at 100 yards

My favorites were Lake City and IMI. Good brass too.
 
Winchester has a good 7.62x51 NATO ammo, it a 147 grain steel core bullet, though. It was relatively inexpensive; I wanted it mainly for the brass. Otherwise, I haven't shot anything but my reloads in 7.62 in several years. I generally buy 500-1000 round lots of once-fired LC brass to load for my M1A.
 
Most of what I stocked up on years ago is Australian or Lithuanian.

If I were buying from what's available now, it'd probably be PPU.
bangswitch said:
Winchester has a good 7.62x51 NATO ammo, it a 147 grain steel core bullet...
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The Winchester 7.62x51 has a lead core and steel jacket plated with gilding metal, just like most of the Lake City you're likely to run across.

Nothing really wrong with steel jacketed fmj, it's actually more likely to frag than "copper" jacketed stuff.
I just prefer nonferrous jackets like the PPU.
 
  • 1KPerDay said:
    GGG with boxer primers if you can find it. PPU is good too.
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    Until I saw your post I was unaware that the Lithuanian was still available. If this is as good as the Lithuanian military surplus I bought almost 20 years ago, I'd definitely choose it over the Prvi, it's more accurate in my experience.
 
i thought zqi was the new name for ggg. i have both and they shoot about the same. battle rifle accuracy out of my m1a.
 
Swampman said:
Most of what I stocked up on years ago is Australian or Lithuanian.

If I were buying from what's available now, it'd probably be PPU.

The Winchester 7.62x51 has a lead core and steel jacket plated with gilding metal, just like most of the Lake City you're likely to run across.

Nothing really wrong with steel jacketed fmj, it's actually more likely to frag than "copper" jacketed stuff.
I just prefer nonferrous jackets like the PPU.
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Oops, my bad. I knew it had steel in the projectile, though. One of the ranges I used to shoot at didn't allow ammo with any steel in the bullet, checked everything with a magnet, so I had to use it elsewhere.

I never shot LC ammunition, I just buy their once-fired brass for reloading.
 
Swampman said:
  • Until I saw your post I was unaware that the Lithuanian was still available. If this is as good as the Lithuanian military surplus I bought almost 20 years ago, I'd definitely choose it over the Prvi, it's more accurate in my experience.
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I tried some of the last batch... no where near as precise as the first batches.

Different powder and charge weight as well.

Accuracy was on par with LC for the "newer stuff".

And the ZQI shot horrible out of numerous .308 Large Frame AR's for me... more like shotgun patterns then groups.
 
Milsurp 7,62x51 NATO ...

My 2 favorites have been 1980 Portuguese (? IIRC) and 1980 (R1M1) S'thAfrican. The latter is not actually NATO-stamped, but it is equivalent.

The Portuguese comes in 200rd battlepacks shipped in a wooden crate and the S'thAfrican, 140rd battlepacks in a reuseable metal locker. I still have 2 unopened crates & one locker remaining in my horde. :)

I also had a few cases of both DAG and MEN ~15 years ago that also performed very well in semi-auto Variants of M14s, FALs and CETME Cs.
 
Sounds like you’ve got the good stuff still. It’s sad when (what was one) cheap 7.62 surplus has become a collectors item LOL
 
I was surprised to find its Tulammo. When I bought an AR 10, I added a few boxes because they were $6.00. They worked, and hit what they were supposed to. Then I bought 500 from TargetsportsUSA for around $7.00/box, and Walmart discontinued their scary ammo, and I bought a bunch at $5.00/box, which was a loss for them. All worked good, 50 yards grouped 1" or so, not too dirty. Boxer primed, but steel case. 150gr, chronoed 2500 FPS from an 18" barrel. Smells like Russian ammo though.
 
Radway Green, MEN, Aussie F4, Hirt, DAG

Basically from any country where you could drink the water and have a NATO cross and circle headstamp.

Especially when you could get it at $0.13 / round delivered packaged on stripper clip, in bandoleer, and ammo can.
 
MEN first, Hirtenberg 2nd.

I've run a LOT of the used-to-be-plentiful Malaysian and been very surprised with accuracy thru HK-91's and FALs.

Conelrad
 
I went walking around my LGS today and the only 7.62 x 51 that the had was this stuff anybody use or seen this stuff before it is $12 and change per box I picked up 3 boxes



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They missed a marketing opportunity and should have added a 4th bullet point on the label

=> Designed to have maximum Tactical attitude
 
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