7.62 ammo
#1
7.62 ammo
Im fixin to buy a new dpms 7.62/308 ar. My plan is to shoot the 7.62 surplus for target then get some good 308 rounds for hunting
I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction for a source for bulk ammo. Good qaulity but a good price
I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction for a source for bulk ammo. Good qaulity but a good price
#2
Rattling through mags with an LR-308 isn't nearly as fun as you'll want it to be, and it aint cheap, even with surplus crap ammo.
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern wv
Posts: 3,730
RR
#4
Not really looking to burn through mags. More just i like shooting kinda calming to me. I do not will not run crap ammo when i bought my first ar two weeks before the ban lifted i bought some surplus ammo at the same gun show. It had green crap all through my gun and smelled of ammonia. Im thinkin buy a 500-1000 rounds good ammo and reloadin it
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 749
Wal-Mart in winchester va has a lot more then 20 box's of 150 rounds of federal american eagle 223. Not sure of price didn't need any. So this is a good sing ammo is being available again. They had lots of other ammo awhile, but no 22.
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: WY
Posts: 2,056
You'll probably find those two features to be incompatible.
I'm starting to see boxes of Winchester 7.62x51mm (147 gr, FMJ) start to show back up on the market. That's about the "cheapest" I'll go when it comes to my M1A. A lot of the cheap surplus stuff that you used to be able to find was foreign machinegun ammo, delinked and repackaged, and often - corrosive.
When 5.56mm is showing back up on the shelves at 150-200% of what it sold for pre-panic, be prepared for some sticker shock. While bulk 5.56mm has been available then an now, I've never seen "quality" 7.62mm offered for sale in the same bulk quantities. You may need to get used to the idea that you'll buy your ammo one magazine at a time.
I'm starting to see boxes of Winchester 7.62x51mm (147 gr, FMJ) start to show back up on the market. That's about the "cheapest" I'll go when it comes to my M1A. A lot of the cheap surplus stuff that you used to be able to find was foreign machinegun ammo, delinked and repackaged, and often - corrosive.
When 5.56mm is showing back up on the shelves at 150-200% of what it sold for pre-panic, be prepared for some sticker shock. While bulk 5.56mm has been available then an now, I've never seen "quality" 7.62mm offered for sale in the same bulk quantities. You may need to get used to the idea that you'll buy your ammo one magazine at a time.
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,834
Thats a fact on both accounts. Not to mention that some of the surplus crap ammo isnt that nice to your barrel or gas system. If they come from some third world dirt hole counrty that is now selling ammo from the pre-vietnam era, it more than likely has mercuric primers. Meaning that if you don't meticiously clean your weapon when your done, it may be done over the course of time from the damage of these rounds. Just shoot the lesser priced quality rounds, get better groups, cleaner weapon afterwards, and still get to shoot, for that 308 AR isn't going to be as fun to shoot for a long period as you may think.