Love Machine
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It's going for .30/round now!?
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Dafruck happened to 7.62x54r ammo?
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According to ammoseek.com, 34 cents is the lowest price per round (doesn't include shipping, I suspect).
30 cents per round for a high-power round sounds like a deal to me. What prices used to be simply aren't relevant today.
Although I don't shoot this caliber, I do reload it. Unless I steal components, it's pretty hard to compete with 30 cents per round. I must add that I did acquire some Albanian surplus (.217" diameter berdan-primed brass case) for 25 cents a round recently.
If you're in SECT, I can probably get you more at this price...
yep. the cheapo train has left.
think, war in Ukraine, war in Syria. Russians need their ammo to supply their proxies. No more sales to big bad US. anti-US feelings in Russian Reich are at all-times high since 1950-60s. Thought is: "we need to nuke Pindostan (USA) before they nuke us". And this is not a hyperbole i just used. Russians are totally brainwashed by Putler's propaganda machine. His approval ratings are 86%. The whole thing will implode eventually, no doubt. Question is how much damage to the world they will cause before Putler's pahanat regime is out.
think, war in Ukraine, war in Syria. Russians need their ammo to supply their proxies. No more sales to big bad US. anti-US feelings in Russian Reich are at all-times high since 1950-60s. Thought is: "we need to nuke Pindostan (USA) before they nuke us". And this is not a hyperbole i just used. Russians are totally brainwashed by Putler's propaganda machine. His approval ratings are 86%. The whole thing will implode eventually, no doubt. Question is how much damage to the world they will cause before Putler's pahanat regime is out.
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Love Machine
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Propaganda is propaganda, but selling off the Motherland piece by piece was always around. I guess I'm glad that I bought my spam can when I did.
I noticed this over the past year or so. All the suppliers I use to order from have been out of stock for a while now. All I can find now is match/sniper 182 gr ammo for 60 cents a round (for vendors who ship to MA anyway). There are a few free state vendors who have Wolf for ~40 cents/round shipped.
Posted about it back in July in the "trouble finding x54r" thread:
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/253515-Trouble-finding-7-62x54r/page18?
I have 5 spam cans plus a bunch of yugo, czech, MFS, and PPU ammo but I got one spam can in the classifieds now that I'm selling to someone on Saturday. I haven't shot much x54r since last year so I figured I could sell of a can. What I have now should last a little while. Needed to make some room for 7.5 swiss ammo anyway.
Posted about it back in July in the "trouble finding x54r" thread:
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/253515-Trouble-finding-7-62x54r/page18?
I have 5 spam cans plus a bunch of yugo, czech, MFS, and PPU ammo but I got one spam can in the classifieds now that I'm selling to someone on Saturday. I haven't shot much x54r since last year so I figured I could sell of a can. What I have now should last a little while. Needed to make some room for 7.5 swiss ammo anyway.
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If you bought a mosin because it was cheap or cheap to shoot and you didn't stack that shit deep .....shame on you.
If you like to shoot you should be buying 2x as much as you think you will use each range trip.
Basically you should buy 2 boxes on the way home Friday put it on the shelf and shoot 1 box (the actual amount doesn't matter) at the range....yeah I know there has been a little ammo shortage and you new guys are at a disadvantage but head the words what ever you think is cheap now buy as much as you can afford often.
if spam cans hit 50 cents per round I will have some to sell!
If you like to shoot you should be buying 2x as much as you think you will use each range trip.
Basically you should buy 2 boxes on the way home Friday put it on the shelf and shoot 1 box (the actual amount doesn't matter) at the range....yeah I know there has been a little ammo shortage and you new guys are at a disadvantage but head the words what ever you think is cheap now buy as much as you can afford often.
if spam cans hit 50 cents per round I will have some to sell!
Love Machine
NES Member
More likely, I'll just load my own.
So, I guess I should grab the rest of that Albanian surplus fodder, huh?
Anyone know if primers from Murom Apparatus are restricted for export to the USA? That would kind of put the brakes on reloading these empties.
Anyone know if primers from Murom Apparatus are restricted for export to the USA? That would kind of put the brakes on reloading these empties.
I emailed the vendor I usually buy from. I told him I hadn't seen any on the website since earlier this year and I do check the site every few days it seemed. Just got back to me this morning.
We have had it listed Andrew, The last case was actually sold off thru the web site on Monday of this week.
There have not been any imports received in country in over 6 months. The Russian powers that be have decided not to release any more surplus 54R at this time. Unknown when this status will change.
I do have (1) pallet arriving next week of the Silver Tip 7.62x54R, It is no longer under $100 a tin of 440 as we have had to pay more than that to acquire it. We will not be able to determine the new price till it is here and we factor in freight charges.
I have placed your E/mail address in our notification list so you will know when it is available.
Regards
Also said in another email just now:
That last pallet only was on line for 36 hours, It is getting to be a tuff one
We have had it listed Andrew, The last case was actually sold off thru the web site on Monday of this week.
There have not been any imports received in country in over 6 months. The Russian powers that be have decided not to release any more surplus 54R at this time. Unknown when this status will change.
I do have (1) pallet arriving next week of the Silver Tip 7.62x54R, It is no longer under $100 a tin of 440 as we have had to pay more than that to acquire it. We will not be able to determine the new price till it is here and we factor in freight charges.
I have placed your E/mail address in our notification list so you will know when it is available.
Regards
Also said in another email just now:
That last pallet only was on line for 36 hours, It is getting to be a tuff one
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the_shootist
Banned
I got a couple of thousand rounds when I acquired my SVT40 ....what good was the rifle without the ammo? 
For anyone considering what is usually referred to as "sniper" ammo for their PSL/Romak rifles... remember, they were designed for 148/150 grain ammo. Anything higher ends up damaging internals.
Do any of you Mosin shooters that reload have any experience with the 123ish grain bullets (typical .310" 7.62x39mm fodder) in 7.62x54R. Seems as though these bullets would make for economical reloads.
Granted, it's still tough to compete with Norm's 200gr coated bullets...
From Hodgdon website:
Case: Norma Twist: 1:10" Primer: Federal 210M, Large Rifle Match Barrel Length: 24" Trim Length: 2.104"
BULLET WEIGHT 125 GR. SIE SP Starting Loads Maximum Loads
Manufacturer Powder Bullet Diam. C.O.L. Grs. Vel. (ft/s) Pressure Grs. Vel. (ft/s) Pressure
Hodgdon Varget .308" 2.715" 51.0 2,967 37,400 CUP 55.0C 3,139 45,700 CUP
IMR IMR 4166 .308" 2.715" 48.8 2,922 38,600 CUP 52.5 3,126 46,200 CUP
Hodgdon BL-C(2) .308" 2.715" 56.0 3,094 37,500 CUP 60.0 3,298 45,100 CUP
Hodgdon H335 .308" 2.715" 50.0 2,997 36,500 CUP 53.0 3,193 45,100 CUP
Hodgdon H4895 .308" 2.715" 50.0 3,036 36,700 CUP 54.0C 3,236 45,700 CUP
Granted, it's still tough to compete with Norm's 200gr coated bullets...
From Hodgdon website:
Case: Norma Twist: 1:10" Primer: Federal 210M, Large Rifle Match Barrel Length: 24" Trim Length: 2.104"
BULLET WEIGHT 125 GR. SIE SP Starting Loads Maximum Loads
Manufacturer Powder Bullet Diam. C.O.L. Grs. Vel. (ft/s) Pressure Grs. Vel. (ft/s) Pressure
Hodgdon Varget .308" 2.715" 51.0 2,967 37,400 CUP 55.0C 3,139 45,700 CUP
IMR IMR 4166 .308" 2.715" 48.8 2,922 38,600 CUP 52.5 3,126 46,200 CUP
Hodgdon BL-C(2) .308" 2.715" 56.0 3,094 37,500 CUP 60.0 3,298 45,100 CUP
Hodgdon H335 .308" 2.715" 50.0 2,997 36,500 CUP 53.0 3,193 45,100 CUP
Hodgdon H4895 .308" 2.715" 50.0 3,036 36,700 CUP 54.0C 3,236 45,700 CUP
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What was the price? I saw some and I swear it was 50c a round.
Tell me more, praytell. I don't shoot anything in 54R, but is this stuff in steel or brass cases and berdan-primed with .217" diameter or is it the typical 6.47mm diameter berdan-primed stuff?
FWIW, and if anyone really cares, S&B is part of CBC Group (also owns Magtech, MEN, CBC).
http://www.magtechammunition.com/corporate/about-us/history/
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warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
I thought it was more of a myth based around the problems some of there earlier American recivers cracking on the rear, when they where made with out the reinforcement plates.
