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Road to Rifleman => Rifle / Ammo / Gear => Topic started by: Spatulaman on October 17, 2008, 09:58:26 PM

Title: German surplus 7.62 x 51
Post by: Spatulaman on October 17, 2008, 09:58:26 PM
 -as currently being sold by Sportsman's Guide, AIM Surplus and several other outlets. Anyone got any experience with this ammo? The photos look good, at least.
Title: Re: German surplus 7.62 x 51
Post by: arpjoe on October 17, 2008, 10:49:29 PM
Is it Berdan primed? What I saw was Berdan primed and I did not think it was a very good price if I could not reload the brass.
Title: Re: German surplus 7.62 x 51
Post by: Spatulaman on October 17, 2008, 11:49:15 PM
Yes, it's Berdan- but it's available for approximately 0.42 cents/rd- as opposed to the 0.55-0.70 cents/rd for most of the Boxer stuff that's out there.
Title: Re: German surplus 7.62 x 51
Post by: fepowered on October 18, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
No reason to buy Surplus when new production Prvi Partisan is comparably priced or cheaper.  Check out Wideners......
Title: Re: German surplus 7.62 x 51
Post by: Nickle on October 18, 2008, 04:52:25 PM
Prvi Partisan is new production, boxer primed, non-corrosive and should be good stuff. I use PP brass for my reloading  of certain calibers, like 7.62x54R. They also make brass for Graf and Hornady.
Title: Re: German surplus 7.62 x 51
Post by: SGTCap on October 18, 2008, 06:53:34 PM
Prvi 75grn match 223 is good stuff  ;D
Title: Re: German surplus 7.62 x 51
Post by: wildman on October 18, 2008, 08:21:48 PM
I wonder if it is mixed lots in the one can?
Title: Re: German surplus 7.62 x 51
Post by: Joe on October 19, 2008, 12:17:34 AM
AIM has some pretty good pics of it. It appears to be de-linked. You can see the marks from the links on the brass casings. Typically de-linked ammo will be mixed lots and possibly mixed head stamps. I had some german DAG from the old Paragon Co. and it was great if not a little on the hot side.