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Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:22 am
by awalker1829
Junk Yard Dog wrote:A tire store selling ammo....I asked about that idea last time I saw a friend of mine who manages the local Mavis tire. He eventually stopped laughing but somehow I get the impression it's not going to happen on this side of the border.
Don't know about that here. Some of the local hardware stores here sell firearms and ammo-mostly Ace franchises.
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:55 am
by Junk Yard Dog
They did that here also up at least to the mid 1980's. I remember buying 400 rounds of Federal .30 carbine ammo from a friend of mine who ran the local mom and pop hardware store in 1987. I still have one 50 round box left.
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:14 pm
by Sonny
miner49r wrote:Took a trip to the big city and shopped til we dropped. We found 7.62x54r bulk ammo at P&D Enterprises. Sellier and Bellott 440 rounds for $189.
Looked at a 1942 Tula 91/30 at Crappy Tire. Bit of a strange one, S/N was 10 on all parts except the receiver which had 2 Cyrillic letters before the 10. Just a ton of cosmoline all over it. Didn't buy it. Is the S/N something unusual?
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Did they have full crates of 54r and if so how much?
My svt 40 doesn't like the Norinco stuff to much but loves the S&B..
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:59 am
by miner49r
I only saw the 440 for sale. It's marked Czech Republic and comes in 20 round boxes with plastic dividers inside. No spam can. The kid googled the markings on a round and thought it might be Chinese.
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Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:14 am
by miner49r
Chinese ammo packaged in the Czech Republic based on the headstamp. Factory code 61.
Am I reading it right??
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Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:00 pm
by WeldonHunter
According to a few sources it appears to be Chinese factory 61 made in 1967.
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmoIDII.htm#China
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:30 pm
by miner49r
And there I thought I was getting good European ammo. I should have read the label closer!
Oh well, I hear the Chinese ammo is pretty good as well. I assume it would have the same characteristics as the 1966 ammo on the 7.62x54r.net website
7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmo028.htm
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:01 pm
by Sonny
I bought a 400 round box of that stuff today at P&D because no one has crates of Russian surplus... bummer.
Anyway I'll find out tomorrow how it shoots.
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 12:27 am
by Sonny
P&D will get a call tomorrow from a not happy camper..
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 2:00 am
by WeldonHunter
Sonny wrote:P&D will get a call tomorrow from a not happy camper..
Man you can't just come in and post something like that and not tell us what happened Sonny. lol. Come on, spill it, what happened?
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:08 am
by SA1911a1
millman wrote:SA1911a1 wrote:millman wrote:I don't know about that new avatar, Sonny.
There is something "fishy" about it.
The "Fishy" one is good. The one he put up before was kinda weird.
(He is Canadian, Millman, weird is normal up there.)
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:37 am
by Sonny
WeldonHunter wrote:Sonny wrote:P&D will get a call tomorrow from a not happy camper..
Man you can't just come in and post something like that and not tell us what happened Sonny. lol. Come on, spill it, what happened?
Didn't read the entire thread and just found out that this is Chinese ammo not Czech.
That's false labeling..
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 2:02 pm
by WeldonHunter
Sonny wrote:WeldonHunter wrote:Sonny wrote:P&D will get a call tomorrow from a not happy camper..
Man you can't just come in and post something like that and not tell us what happened Sonny. lol. Come on, spill it, what happened?
Didn't read the entire thread and just found out that this is Chinese ammo not Czech.
That's false labeling..
Oh ok, I thought you knew because I did see you posting. I thought it was something like it had problems. Yeah that's a weird one this stuff being Chinese from the Czechs.
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 2:05 pm
by Junk Yard Dog
I have bought plenty of 7.62x51mm from Venezuela that was made by the Yugoslavians.
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 4:05 pm
by Sonny
I fired some rounds down range and good grief is that Chinese stuff ever dirty.Every few shots I'd have a failure to extract and the copper washed cases were just black.
Meanwhile the search is still on for some Russian surplus.
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:51 pm
by Sonny
Stopped in at CXshooters in Morinville and scored a can of Russian...sweet.
Cost me $185 but dagnabbit this stuff is getting to be hard to find.
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:59 pm
by Gunowner99
You think Trump will get this flowing again?
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 6:13 pm
by Sonny
Gunowner99 wrote:You think Trump will get this flowing again?
All I know is that our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won't.
Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 7:09 pm
by miner49r
Now that's the funniest thing I saw all day!!
Go Keystone XL, at least Trump likes oil!
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Re: Cost of ammunition
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:24 pm
by miner49r
And for all those who don't know who Trudeau is, I got a recent pic of him...
Sorry for the language but to know him is to hate him