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7.62x54r surplus ammo options
Duke Hogge
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Howdy, finely getting a romanian PSL AK in 7.62x54r ( I've bean obsessing over for a while) Guns on it's way, Mags on there way..... Witch leads me to the reason I have bean Wanting one: CHEEP AMMO compared to the 308.........7N1 is the most expensive and still cheep in comparison, is it worth 60% more than everything else???? And what about everything else? Light ball only no yellowtips, ANY recommendations appreciated, Thanks,Duke
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Aim surplus has some light ball at a not too bad price.
The 7N1 is Russia's best quality ammunition - not up to par with US match ammunition but better than usual Communist Bloc quality. The 7N1 is also corrosive so be sure to clean your rifle shortly after use. It was probably the round of choice for sniper ammunition as a result which is why you pay a higher premium for it.
Retailers have alleged the silver over yellow tip bullet from Hungary was a sniper round but this is bull. The silver over yellow bullet is a 181 grain heavy ball with a spitzer boat tail bullet and not sniper ammunition.
The secret to accurate shooting with a Mosin Nagant rifle is having a properly sized bullet for the bore diameter because of the loose tolerances used in Communist Bloc countries.
Hope this helps to clarify the issue.
Heavyiron
Learn from my mistake. I failed to stock up on 303 Brit when it was cheap. The supply of surplus dried up prompting me to dump my Enfield. Commercial ammo is too expensive!!!
The drying up of cheap ammo just means you have to get into reloading. Which is fun in and of itself.
21 cents a round for 7.62X54R. Unbelievable. Still cheap compared to commercial stuff I grant you but hardly the deal it once was. Just 3 years ago it was half that.
I'd say pretty much *ALL* of the centerfire rifle surplus ammo is drying up right now. While there are TONS of 7.62x54R, 8mm Mauser, and .303 guns floating around in the world, and many of them are even still in military service by militias and rag-tag armies, you just don't have big armies using those calibers in quantity anymore.
As a result, while the sheer number of the older guns in circulation should ensure SOME constant supply of ammo, the surplus mass-produced military ammo in the older calibers is only going to get scarcer and scarcer with time.
As already mentioned, the .303 ammo has mostly dried up, and even the corrosive 8mm Mauser ammo, which used to be common and dirt cheap, is scarce and when available runs around 30 cents per round now.
The 7.62x54R appears to be the cheapest centerfire rifle ammo left, and there is still a good bit of it floating around, but in 3-4 years. . .who knows?
I agree with Edkumi. Stock up now if you can. I don't think its likely, but you never know when an overreaching Obama administration might put an end to milsurp ammo importation.
Even though nobody is CURRENTLY talking about this, or of banning old bolt-action rifles, I think part of this fear is currently driving up demand and consequently prices too.
Personally, I just bought 4-440 round tins of the 7.62x54R myself, adding up to around 23 cents a round including shipping (don't forget to consider shipping costs!).
While not exactly a "lifetime" supply, I figure 1700+ rounds ought to keep me well-stocked for at least a few years. I got some of this from AIM surplus, and some from another source (which has already dried up).
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
was the ammo they are using in afganistan
so there was a surplus.
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