7.62 nato ammo -- just wanted to ask

I guess that would depend on the price, eh?

Welcome to the forum MKfan.


Out of curiosity, what will you be shooting it out of?


How much are they asking and for how many rounds?

Seems like a good price for 1000 rounds.


Can't say if the ammo itself is good. Someone else will have to answer that. But from what I read in the links below, it doesn't seem too bad.

Here's some more info on the ammo itself:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=431795
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=431476
http://www.thehighroad.us/showthread.php?t=415537

i bought a few bags of that ammo.
It's pretty good. Most advertisements say it is reloadable, but i'm not too sure about that.
My gun eats it up though. No problems.

If its NATO then its FMJ, no? Good for range practice (and in case of a total social breakdown) but not good for hunting. You pays yer money and you takes yer chances.

If it is reloadable Brass cased ammo that's a good price these days. Unless it is corrosive ammo, that's the going price sans shipping, so yeah, price wise i say go for it.

DAG is berden primed, not reloadable.

The price is not bad if they are including shipping.

I have like 400 rounds of this stuff, its really, really high quality ammo.

This is probably some of the best surplus ammo you can buy.


I'm keeping a 200 round sealed "battle pack" for a rainy day.

The bullets are steel jacket, everything is sealed, its very clean, overall it looks really nice. Shoots good too.

Aim has it for $89.95 per 200 battle pack, if you live on the eastcoast it may be a tad cheaper.

could you explain the info on the box?
ab 22
20 Patrone
7,62 x 51 mm, DM 111
Weichkern

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If you didn't know already, "Weichkern" means "soft core".

MKfan-

You can go here for a listing of current 7.62x51 surplus prices:

http://www.rifle-company.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?t=431

DAG is berden primed, not reloadable.

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Berdan is reloadable if you take the time to deprime and can relocate primers. It wouldn't be high on my list though for that task.

Berdan is reloadable if you take the time to deprime and can relocate primers.

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Do you load Berdan primed brass?
Do you know anyone who does?

Seeing as how almost no one reloads berdan brass, the equipment is obscure and hard to find, and berdan primers are hard to find, it is essentially non reloadable, unless you are willing to make a special investment. It is reloadable, but not by conventional means.

Don't take my word for it but check out what the bullets are jacketed with. that stuff has cupronickel jackets. I forget the brennel hardness rating of that material but if i recall correctly it is harder than some steels that some rifle barrels are made with.

Cupronickel: (sometimes incorrectly written as "Cupernickel" or "Coppernickel") is an alloy of copper that contains nickel and strengthening elements, such as iron and manganese. It is highly resistant to corrosion in seawater, because its electrode potential is adjusted to be neutral with regard to seawater. Because of this, it is used for piping, heat exchangers and condensers in seawater systems as well as marine hardware, and sometimes for the propellers, crankshafts and hulls of premium tugboats, fishing boats and other working boats. A more familiar common use is in silver-coloured modern circulation coins. A typical mix is 75% copper, 25% nickel, and a trace amount of Manganese. In the past true silver coins were debased with cupronickel. Despite high copper content, the color of cupro-nickel remarkably is silver.

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The only surplus ammo I've ever seen with these kind of jackets is the German stuff. German surplus is good stuff but for what it is worth this particular german surplus with the cupronickel jackets just started showing up on the market a bit over a year ago and relative to some other milsurp 7.62X51 is pretty cheap at 48 cents a round. One must wonder why. Personally I won't shoot anything out of my guns with a cupronickel jacket, not even my commie guns.

Maybe I'm being a bit over cautious but barrels are costly to replace and I don't feel like wearing mine out any sooner than need be.

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Berdan is reloadable if you take the time to deprime and can relocate primers.

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