Surplus 7.62 NATO score today

[GunnyUSMC]

My buddy and I picked up 1000 rounds of Venezuelan CAVIM 7.62x51 NANTO for $350. It’s 1991 production and still in battle packs. We split it and each got 500 rounds for $175.


I opened the battle packs and the ammo looks great and is all the same lot number. I’ve had CAVIM 7.62 before and it shot pretty good, but I shoot it all up about 10 years ago.


I repacked it in a 50 cal. can and will most likely be shooting it in my two FR8 rifles.

 

[Sistema1927]

Sounds like a good deal. How does it compare to the Malaysian that is floating around these days?

 

[CapnMac]

Are those steel cases? Not that the FR-8, nor will actually care, it's just curiosity on my part.

 

[Slamfire]

I bought a 1000 CAVIM when it first came in. It was really trucking in a douglas match barrel, a bit hot. In a GI barrel, still a little hot, but OK. In everything I shot the ammunition, the groups were awful. However, the brass was good, and I have shot some very good groups with the reloaded brass.

M1A National Match 1/10" douglas
150 gr FMJBT CAVIM 90
8-Oct-01 T= 65-70 F

Ave Vel = 2893
Std Dev = 9
ES = 28
Low = 2879
High = 2907
N = 10


M1A HRA 12/60 Chrome Lined Barrel
150 gr FMJBT CAVIM 90 ball
29-Apr-04 T= 70 ° F

Ave Vel = 2798
Std Dev = 6
ES = 24
Low = 2787
High = 2811
N = 11

Group Size awful

 

[Merle1]

Sounds like a good deal. How does it compare to the Malaysian that is floating around these days?

yeah, I'm curious about that too.....

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Sounds like a good deal. How does it compare to the Malaysian that is floating around these days?

I haven’t bought any of the Malaysian stuff yet.

Are those steel cases? Not that the FR-8, nor will actually care, it's just curiosity on my part.

It’s brass and is reloadable like Slamfire said.

 

[bullseye308]

I had a case of that about 14-15 years ago and shot most of it in my CETME. Man was it good, consistent, and accurate. I tried some in my Rem 700 and it shot better than Fed GMM for me. Still have the wooden case it came in, but no more 308’s to shoot.

The Indian 308 is to be avoided, even the brass is crap.

 

[alsaqr]

i had some linked 7.62mm CAVIM ammo with a coating designed to slow the cyclic rate of M42 machine guns. Could not pull the bolt back after the round was fired. In order to eject the round i stomped on the bolt handle of my Model 700 rifle.

 

[Merle1]

i had some linked 7.62mm CAVIM ammo with a coating designed to slow the cyclic rate of M42 machine guns. Could not pull the bolt back after the round was fired. In order to eject the round i stomped on the bolt handle of my Model 700 rifle.

how long do you think it will take before the bolt breaks off?

 

[mag1911]

I bought a lot of those battle packs when they were $20 each and still have some around loose somewhere. Always worked well enough for me in any FR-8, Ishapore, Israeli conversions and AR-10 rifles I've had.

 

[alsaqr]

how long do you think it will take before the bolt breaks off?

Fired one round, then the ammo went away.

 

[Merle1]

Fired one round, then the ammo went away.

good decision !!!

 

[CoalTrain49]

I pick up 7.62x51 brass when I can. When I hit 500 cases I'm buying a rifle.

I just picked up about 50 pieces of that stuff today from the brass bucket at our range. I wasn't even sure it was 7.62x51 because there was nothing on the case but CAVIM 93.

Timely post, now I know what it is.

 

[H&R Glock]

Whatever happened to the surplus 30:06 ammo that was available at a cheap price? I need some. I'm willing to buy from an alien Venusian if the price is right. I seem to have lost my ticket to the ammo bazaar. While at Knob Creek a year ago.... I asked, Do you have any 9mm Makarov? NO! Do you have any 7.62 by 25 Tokorov? NO, how about a rusty Russian bayonet? NO Obsolete????
I now have a cardboard sign: "Will work for surplus ammo"

 

[FROGO207]

Gunny please let us know how accurate it is for you. I have never shot that particular stuff but my experience is the NATO ammo or military FMJ bullets as a rule are not actually THAT accurate to begin with. Just good enough and reloadable brass for that price is however a good deal.

 

[hso]

I still have some CAVM socked away and found it to be good ammunition.

Nice find there Gunny.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Gunny please let us know how accurate it is for you. I have never shot that particular stuff but my experience is the NATO ammo or military FMJ bullets as a rule are not actually THAT accurate to begin with. Just good enough and reloadable brass for that price is however a good deal.

I had some years ago that shot pretty good. It’s not match quality by a long shot but, if I remember right, it would do 2” five shot groups at 100 yds.

 

[FROGO207]

2" for surplus ammo is not too shabby for sure. Hope this batch is just as good. I am still shooting off that 12K of tracer pulls I got for the price of shipping some years ago. Those average 3" at 100 at best--more often 4.5", but they will hit the gong just fine for me. Taking a while to shoot them up as I only shoot them in the winter with snow cover to be safe. FWIW about 15% light off and they needed to go quite a ways longer than 100 YDS to see it happen so I just use them as cheap plinking stuff.