48¢ rd 7.62x51 Austrian Battle Packs @ Midway

[Veer_G]

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1...tal-jacket-battle-packs-of-240-12-boxes-of-20

 

[1J04]

Ya know what? I've never fired anything lighter outta my .308 than 168's. For a hundred n fiteen bucks I'm in on a brick of this stuff just to screw around with. Nice find.

 

[Spblademaker]

Good stuff to run thru the PTR

 

[Unknown]

Hirtenberger makes really good ammo. I wasn't looking for any ammo, but Hirtenberger is about as good as it gets for ball ammo. I'll bet it is at least as good as any ball ammo put out by any US military plants.

 

[ArmyJerry]

I keep a lot of battle packs, its an investment, inside ammo cans it will last well over 100 years, keep buying.

 

[Veer_G]

Ya know what? I've never fired anything lighter outta my .308 than 168's. For a hundred n fiteen bucks I'm in on a brick of this stuff just to screw around with. Nice find.

Finding new and improved ways to impoverish your asses and challenge the stability of your flooring since 2008. (SM)

 

[bogeybrown]

Crap! I've already allocated my fun money elsewhere. Otherwise I'd be following @ArmyJerry 's standing advice. The 146gr NATO rounds are what I usually feed my HK91, since match ammo is totally wasted on it.

 

[Veer_G]

Crap! I've already allocated my fun money elsewhere. Otherwise I'd be following @ArmyJerry 's standing advice. The 146gr NATO rounds are what I usually feed my HK91, since match ammo is totally wasted on it.

It do be the shit. I don't even have anything in a "military .308" chamber right now, and I'm back and forth on grabbing some.

 

[Unknown]

I wish I could remember which country made the ammo, but years ago, there was some 7.62x51 from Germany, Austria, or somewhere around there that had a deliberately brittle steel jacket underneath the thin copper jacket. It was designed so the bullet would quickly yaw sideways and the bullet would break at the cannelure allowing two bullet fragments to cause two wound channels. I just can't find out which country produced that ammo, and whether it is still being made.

 

[flyer]

It is certainly good stuff but nearly 40 years old and non-corrosive primers that put a small question mark on it's shelf life.

Crimped primers mean it will be a pain in the butt to prep the brass for reloading if it isn't Berdan primed...

I'm done paying high prices for surplus ammo. If it was $0.30 a round, I would probably buy a crate but I have enough 7.62*51 to last a decade or three at my present rate.

If my rate changes, reloading is the way I'll shoot cheap.

 

[Veer_G]

It is certainly good stuff but nearly 40 years old and non-corrosive primers that put a small question mark on it's shelf life.

Crimped primers mean it will be a pain in the butt to prep the brass for reloading if it isn't Berdan primed...

I'm done paying high prices for surplus ammo. If it was $0.30 a round, I would probably buy a crate but I have enough 7.62*51 to last a decade or three at my present rate.

If my rate changes, reloading is the way I'll shoot cheap.

FWIW, I doubt that they'll see 50 in an unexpended state.

 

[flyer]

For me they would because I'm sitting on a bunch of South African and Aussie.

 

[Veer_G]

For me they would because I'm sitting on a bunch of South African and Aussie.

Well, if you're GTG, I'm glad for you. Invest otherwise against unforseeable adversity, but, remember that blankets and boots aren't one and done items.