Chinese 7.62x51

[allisd17]

I saw this spent case at the range today; didn't even have to pick it up to know that it was .308. I had never seen copper-washed steel .308 so I brought it home. Turns out it is a Chinese knock-off of Radway Green ammo, complete with fake NATO marking. Corrosive. I've seen their corrosive M1 carbine ammo with fake LC headstamp, but never anything like this:

 

[robin banks]

at one time Norinco 308 was $3.95 a box copper washed 147 gr and was accurate enough at 300 yds sitting with my M1A that I stopped loading for it

 

[caribou]

I was a major shooter of Norinco ammo when it was importable in the 80's, early 90's.
As it was landed on the West coast, it was 1/2 the price of the later Euro import Milsurp ammo that had to be trucked across the Continent to get to me.
1440 Copperwashed steel case 7.62x39 or 7.62x54r were 89$ a case LANDED back in those days. 7.62x51 wasnt much more.

I sure wish I was shooting that caliber then and had stocked up......it was when I discovered the M-28 and M-39 Finn Mosin's at less than 100$ each, and the Mosinitus never did go into remission....

 

[Mk-211]

I think I still have a box or two laying around somewhere. I know that I have a box of old China Sport x39 and some plasticore.

 

[Mk VII]

Yes, they made deniable stuff with fake British markings on it. It was written up in one of the gun rags some (many?) years ago.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Yeah i been seeing the copper was steel case on a few calibers. I also found some weird 9mm. Aluminum base. And nickle casing. There is a division between the 2. These here.

 

[EMC45]

at one time Norinco 308 was $3.95 a box copper washed 147 gr and was accurate enough at 300 yds sitting with my M1A that I stopped loading for it

I have a good bit of the white and black box "Chinasports" ammo in .308. It is good ammo.

 

[22250Rem]

In 1989 I picked up 3 sealed tins of that steel cased, Chinese knock-off NATO .308 ammo. 300 rounds per tin, and back then it was advertised by the seller to be "mildly corrosive". Shot up 2 of those over the years with no problems and it all seemed pretty accurate. Got rid of the last tin about a year ago when a friend was in the market for some cheap .308 range ammo for a CETME he had picked up. Same stuff as the OP described with the same headstamp. Took a picture of that last 300 round tin before it went out the door.... .

 

[Englishmn]

Yeah i been seeing the copper was steel case on a few calibers. I also found some weird 9mm. Aluminum base. And nickle casing. There is a division between the 2. These here.
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