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7.62x51

codenamepaulcodenamepaul Member Posts: 2,931 ✭
edited January 2007 in Ask the Experts
Have a whole pile (700-800 rounds) of Venezuelan 7.62x51 (green box headstamp CAVIM) that won't cycle my M-1A. I suspect it was for FAL's (not sure) But I'm not sure if I should go out and buy me a bolt gun to shoot it up with. Been wanting a Sav 110 in .308 anyway.

Question is Buy the bolt gun, or have it pulled apart and reloaded to US milspecs?
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  • codenamepaulcodenamepaul Member Posts: 2,931 ✭
    edited November -1
    Where is all this Lake City 7.62x51 ammo coming from? It is obviously loaded for the military because it is coming linked in the MG packs with tracers. Can this much stuff be disappearing from the ranges etc. It is generally not that old and since we are still involved in a couple of shooting wars, surely the military is not surplusing it out yet???
    Any ideas??
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  • codenamepaulcodenamepaul Member Posts: 2,931 ✭
    edited November -1
    Hi just picked up 669 rds of 7.62X51 it's israeli headstamp tz80 & tz87 gave 210.00 for it .31 a rd. has anyone shot any ? How does it shoot ? I have shot israeli 7.62 but it was a long time ago back in late 70's when I was with the RLI worked fine in our fn's. Thanks joel
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  • codenamepaulcodenamepaul Member Posts: 2,931 ✭
    edited November -1
    Just traded for some 7.62 military ammo. Head stamp reads 7.62x51 and L O F N 1970. Just exactly what do I have here? Thanks
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  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    codenamepaul,

    I wouldn't expect that stuff to be really accurate in a bolt rifle either. I think the Savage would be a good way to go. It would be a cheaper way to break in your new barrel. And, it would be a fun way to shoot it up if tight accuracy isn't necessarily your goal.
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  • iwannausernameiwannausername Member Posts: 7,131
    edited November -1
    Sell it off ... surplus 308 has gone thru the roof lately, even the old indian and * stuff is selling for 110+ for 400 rounds...
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  • Henry0ReillyHenry0Reilly Member Posts: 10,892 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by iwannausername
    Sell it off ... surplus 308 has gone thru the roof lately, even the old indian and * stuff is selling for 110+ for 400 rounds...


    The folks that slip in when nobody's watchin'! You surely ain't got no bona fides as a firearm freak, that's for sure.

    Paul, you just go with your instinct there and buy yourself a bolt action.
    I used to recruit for the NRA until they sold us down the river (again!) in Heller v. DC. See my auctions (if any) under username henryreilly
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  • iwannausernameiwannausername Member Posts: 7,131
    edited November -1
    Henry - thanks for ruining my chance at some cheap 308 to feed the FAL!

    Gotta love that adjustable gas system.... although on mine it feeds 80s vintage cavim fine with the gas at 4 1/5 (about half open/half closed)
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  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Paul......... I have shot hundreds of rounds of the Cavim from my M1A with no problems. It cycled just fine. Are you sure there is not a problem with the gun?
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  • richbugrichbug Member Posts: 3,650
    edited November -1
    save your brass from that cavim, it reloads fine.
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  • PA ShootistPA Shootist Member Posts: 694 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I too have shot a lot of CAVIM 7.62x51 through my M1A, as well as an FAL. What doesn't work right? No ejection? No extraction? Failure to feed from magazine? I also suspect there is something else wrong than the ammo.
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  • codenamepaulcodenamepaul Member Posts: 2,931 ✭
    edited November -1
    I would agree (gun problem) if I hadn't shot dozens of rounds of various makes after I gave up on the CAVIM. Mainly LC92-96 headstamps WRA, FNM, some commercial stuff, and a buttload of reloads from a friend.

    Just don't wanna go boom on the second shot, doesn't blow the bolt back far enough to eject or strip the next round. I would sell it local if I knew someone with an FAL

    Besides-Henry's right. I really want to buy a bolt gun in .308 What better excuse?
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  • Gunslinger2005Gunslinger2005 Member Posts: 282 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bought some of that CAVIM 7.62 sometime back in the late 1990's, and shot it in one of my Imbel/STG 58's. It didn't shoot particularly well. I didn't clean the rifle when I got done shooting. The next day the gas regulator turned a blue-green color, and was starting to get a little fuzzy looking. It took some work to get everything stripped and cleaned. That was the last time I ever used that stuff!
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  • WulfmannWulfmann Member Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not really accurate enough to satisfy a bolt gun.

    Should be easy enough to sell, though with the dry up of Milsurp 308.

    On reloading the Cavin, yes you can. However, it is very thick and is very hard on dies.
    I would not reload it myself and I reload about any/everything.

    Just an opinion which others In know share as well.

    Wulfmann
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