three bucks a round?
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three bucks a round?
Wow!! Them some " fancy gun" prices right there. Almost three bucks a round for 7.62x53r ammo. Wow I say!!
Re: three bucks a round?
I'd quit shooting them before I would pay that.
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Re: three bucks a round?
I have been eyeing this brass match ammo for awhile, I just ordered a case....... Not planning on shooting it yet, just wanted to have because it is not so common. At a buck a round, it can sit with the other ammo while I shoot the cheap stuff.
http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm? ... 18|830|853
Anyone know what this was manufactured for?
http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm? ... 18|830|853
Anyone know what this was manufactured for?
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Re: three bucks a round?
Here ya go Jim. $6.25 a round. http://www.sgammo.com/product/federal/2 ... -king-ammo He had one even higher but it's sold out. Not only can you shoot a deer from a mile away but it guts and skins it for you before you get to it. We won't get into the Raufoss 50 BMG that can go for as much as $40 a round.jimpierce7 wrote:Wow!! Them some " fancy gun" prices right there. Almost three bucks a round for 7.62x53r ammo. Wow I say!!
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Same manufacturer. I guess they are real special? Lapua?
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Re: three bucks a round?
That kind of money and I will make my own ammo.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Junk Yard Dog wrote:That kind of money and I will make my own ammo.
I may have to learn!!
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it's easy with my Bess, I sharpen up the flint, that's called knapping the edge, then I cast up some round lead bullets roughly the size of super size gobstopper candys from the old days. I could make powder if I had to, but I have enough to last many years. Prime the cartridge ( powder in the pan) pour powder into the cartridge ( a piece of wrapped paper that will be tourn open and powder poured into barrel), press bullet into cartridge ( stuff it down the barrel and ram it down) Make ready, take aim, fire. It's easy.
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Re: three bucks a round?
Lapua is manufactured in Finland. Everything about Lapua from the brass, to the powder and bullet is top notch.
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Re: three bucks a round?
Interested as I guess that is what my M27 is designed to shoot.
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Toooo much toooo much for berdan primed cases in my opinion.
Now the Privi Partizan 150 gr SP at 14-16$ per box of 20 seems like a bargain.
Buy 100 rounds of it from Cabella's at 90$ and they throw in a pretty nice ammo box.
That is decent brass, with boxer primers and bullets that my calibers say are .312 matching my bore.
So it is what I'm shooting for now.
I did buy some of the same from CTD at a slightly better price, but no 14$ ammo box thrown in so it comes out pretty close to being a wash.
Now the Privi Partizan 150 gr SP at 14-16$ per box of 20 seems like a bargain.
Buy 100 rounds of it from Cabella's at 90$ and they throw in a pretty nice ammo box.
That is decent brass, with boxer primers and bullets that my calibers say are .312 matching my bore.
So it is what I'm shooting for now.
I did buy some of the same from CTD at a slightly better price, but no 14$ ammo box thrown in so it comes out pretty close to being a wash.
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GhostH wrote:Toooo much toooo much for berdan primed cases in my opinion.
Now the Privi Partizan 150 gr SP at 14-16$ per box of 20 seems like a bargain.
Buy 100 rounds of it from Cabella's at 90$ and they throw in a pretty nice ammo box.
That is decent brass, with boxer primers and bullets that my calibers say are .312 matching my bore.
So it is what I'm shooting for now.
I did buy some of the same from CTD at a slightly better price, but no 14$ ammo box thrown in so it comes out pretty close to being a wash.
You realize he's talking about 7.62x53R and not 7.62x54R?
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Bah... What's a millimeter between friends?WeldonHunter wrote: You realize he's talking about 7.62x53R and not 7.62x54R?
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Todd there's a size joke here but since this is a family friendly forum I won't go there, lol.websterz wrote:Bah... What's a millimeter between friends?WeldonHunter wrote: You realize he's talking about 7.62x53R and not 7.62x54R?
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And we all appreciate your restraint! There's a bondage joke too but we won't sink that low. 
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Re: three bucks a round?
Raufoss rounds run $65 each at the gun shows here. Not that I need any or whatever. lolWeldonHunter wrote:Here ya go Jim. $6.25 a round. http://www.sgammo.com/product/federal/2 ... -king-ammo He had one even higher but it's sold out. Not only can you shoot a deer from a mile away but it guts and skins it for you before you get to it. We won't get into the Raufoss 50 BMG that can go for as much as $40 a round.jimpierce7 wrote:Wow!! Them some " fancy gun" prices right there. Almost three bucks a round for 7.62x53r ammo. Wow I say!!
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Re: three bucks a round?
A couple months ago I was looking for some 7.62 x 54r (or 53r) brass and wasn't finding much that was affordable, just a nice blue box of lapua brass (100 cases) for $100+. So about 4 weeks ago I am online at Cabelas' the first morning of an online sale and they have 7.62x53r Norma brass (this is good stuff, right?) for 29.95 a box, normally $49. Thought I just scored big time and I ordered 5 boxes and figured I was set for a good long time (500rds of brass for $150 + tax). I am bragging to a fellow mosin owner about it and he doesn't reload but looks at the add anyway and turns to me and says, "$30 is a lot of money for 25 pieces of brass. How many did you buy?' I look at the item again and he's right, the Norma boxes of brass are not 100 count like the Lapua, they are only 25!
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Re: three bucks a round?
it'll be worth it once you start loading them up.
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Luckygunner.com 440 - $109 7.62x54r -147 gr. a month ago
I started reloading steel casing and casting 185 gr. I tested several batches and the best was 26 gr. of IMR 4198, 1-1/4 group at 50 yds. Then 100 yds. sighting in the scope with the next batch

I started reloading steel casing and casting 185 gr. I tested several batches and the best was 26 gr. of IMR 4198, 1-1/4 group at 50 yds. Then 100 yds. sighting in the scope with the next batch

Re: three bucks a round?
You're reloading steel cases?
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
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