Argentinian .308

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Luchtaine

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Quick question can anyone tell me if the Argentinian stuff is any good. Sadly, I was dragging my feet on some lake city stuff and missed out and I am leery of the Paki stuff.

Anyways, it is for my M1a any observations an or experiance with it would be most valuable information.

Thank you.
 
I bought a can of 500 loose rounds of it from Ammoman. A fair number of the rounds have some corrosion on them, but nothing that looks serious or has impeded functioning (I'm using them mostly in a .308 M1). Accuracy appears to be so-so; a couple inches at 100 yards out of my nice scoped Savage. When I make my next order it'll probably be South African from AIM.
 
When you can find it, the Australian .308 stuff is supposed to be pretty good, too. Don't know about the Argentine stuff..have heard both good & bad.
 
Yeah, the Australian is great, though it's usually more expensive than the other types.
 
I used the Australian stuff (said made in Argentina :scrutiny: ), but it works fine. No hiccups in my Saiga or my bolt-gun. Only issue is that the casing was a little bit on the corroded/dirty side, but I don't reload, so not a big deal. Try it for yourself, maybe it'll have the right amount of "BANG" for your buck :D .
 
Yeah the Austrailian stuff is great but I am down to my last case, haven't seen any floating around maybe there is still some at the gunshows. Looking for something to replace it with. Yeah I saw that about Argentinan/ Austrailian contract was wondering what it was.

Anyways thanks for the information its rather cheap so I questioned its quality.
 
I've used it. No problems, nothing spectacular either. I think the SA from AIM is the best deal going right now, and if I had the money I'd order some. 980rds for $164 shipped to my door is hard to beat. Unless you want to take a huge gamble on that Indian garbage....
 
I really wish I had of bought 3 cases of the aussie stuff when it was cheap like I had planned to... I tend not to trust anything made by 3rd world countries. And I wont touch anything Chinese for many reasons beyond quality... (seen some Norinco floating around).

Probably grab some SA stuff I suppose. Anyone use Surplusammo.com before they have some good prices on some other stuff though I dunno about shipping, since I haven't actually tried to order?

Having it delievered to your door is always nice haveing lugged 1600 rounds of the Aussie stuff out of the gun show before .
 
My basic rule is not to buy ammo made in countries where you can't drink the water.
 
That Indian .308 in bandoliers looks promising if it is any good. Anyone tried it? I am tempted to get the 400 round can just to find out.

Also, AIM shows non-corrosive Korean 30.06 in 8 round clips. Says it is 1980's production. Anyone know if this is for real or just the same crap? The picture does say it is the PS head stamp. I thought I saw someone mention that makes a difference.

That South African 308 in the plastic packs does look like a good deal also.
 
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That Indian .308 in bandoliers looks promising if it is any good. Anyone tried it? I am tempted to get the 400 round can just to find out.

RUN AWAY!!! DO NOT USE THAT UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR RIFLE TO BLOW UP ON YOU.

Think I am kidding?

http://www.cetmerifles.com/forum/kb.php?mode=article&k=45&sid=2ffda1b738d27008a91722925f75830f

Take a look at the rifles that were damaged or destroyed by that ammo.

2 CETMEs, an MG42/MG3 (priced one of these lately??), A browning 1919 (another expensive gun), Springfield armory M1A, a FAL....and surely more on the way.

Here is a great quote:

After you mentioned this and I replied, It really stuck with me, so I did some checking on our records about guns we had serviced, We did have a full auto gun come in, quite a while back, that had been blown by a shooter using 308 indian ammo. The shooter ended up having to seek medical attention due to a large chunk of casing imbedded into his stomach. It was our opinion that due to the excessive amount of residue created in the receiver of the gun, that the gun did not go into full battery while being fired, upon ignition the casing bust and therefore then ruptured the next two additional casings in the feedway , causing a violent chain or reactions. The operator, reported having a number of failures with the ammunition. Inspection of the barrel showed no signs of bullet lodging/ barrel bulging, which leads to the above forementioned opinion.

While the gun did survive, it required extensive rebuilding/parts replacement. The shooter was an extremely knowledgable gunner, who had 20 years experience with shooting/ collecting full auto weapons, and therefore it was our opinion that this extreme failure was caused due to ammunition quality and not that of operator error.

So I would highly recommend that you don't buy any Indian Ammo.

I.G.B.
 
Thanks for the info Itgoesboom.

I guess I need to find another source of bandoliers. :)
 
Stay away from the Indian :what: ! I read a report of a guy who bought some and had to go through the whole case to take out rounds which wouldn't have worked in his rifle. Not only that, but he took out one of the bullets on a shot, and out came two pieces of carpet, a pinch of powder, and another primer--from the inside of the cartridge :eek: . I'm probably going to get flamed for another "I heard/read about....." post, but that, combined with all the "Indian ammo blew apart my rifle" pics I've seen would make me advise that you stay away from it.
 
I tried some of the Indian surplus .308 in my Saiga. While it didn't blow up, I couldn't get more than two rounds in a row to cycle. It's pretty much crap as far as I'm concerned. Still have about 80 rounds left lying in my closet from over a year ago.

Barrett
 
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