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RBR762	what's your fav ammo ?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 495 (11/09/08 12:27 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None There is so many countries that make or have made ammo for the nagant rifle i'm curious if you guys had to pick your top 3 wich would it be.Also wich one will you not buy/recommend. Robert The true instrument of death is the human being, not what tool he chooses to complete his work.
zeebill		#1	[-]
Posts: 3343 (11/09/08 01:01 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yugo in the nice well made brass case, Albanian also brass cased, and Bulgarian brass cased. See a pattern there? Yugo is almost impossible to find but when I see it I buy the hell out of it. I have heard too many times that sources claimed to have one of the above and in actuality have something lesser so I buy most ammo in person and inspect it closely. I am not a mail order ammo buyer anymore period! Bill
harris hawk		#2	[-]
Posts: 128 (11/09/08 10:54 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	My rifles seem to prefer 147-8gr ammo, and my shoulder does too! Russian copper washed, Polish copper washed, Albanian brass cased, and Czech copper washed, or lacquered. I know that's four, but those are my favs. I shoot the ammo in my four M39s, three M91s, two 91/30s, one M27, and my SVT40 gets Wolf, which is not milsurp ammo, but is not corrosive ammo either. I can't believe how expensive this ComBloc milsurp ammo has gotten! Michael
timbo762		#3	[-]
Posts: 216 (11/12/08 11:22 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	1960's dated Chinese light ball most accurate and extremely consistent lot to lot. Nothing else has come close.
eli griggs		#4	[-]
Posts: 470 (11/12/08 12:55 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	timbo762, where can I find Chinese Light Ball 7.62x54r? I thought Chinese stuff (military caliber ammo) was still banned from import. I like the CZ silvertip stuff I've been using but then I haven't a lot of experience with other makes, other than Winchester metric and some Russian stuff that was pretty dirty. What all is still out there? Eli "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~ Thomas Jefferson ~ "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity". - Albert Einstein WANTED - Lee Loaders - .223, 6.5 Swiss Mauser, 7.5 Swiss, 7.62x39, 7.62x54r, .308 Win, .303 Brit, 7.7 WANTED- Turkey and Goose feathers for fletching arrows
NotPC		#5	[-]
Posts: 5471 (11/12/08 01:19 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The last place that I found it was from Sportsman's guide. It was identified as Albanian. The Albanians had connections with China and some of the ammo that came from Albania was Chinese. It is easily identified by the type of "tin" it comes in. See www.7.62x54r.net, ammo section, for pics of packaging. Regards.
Pahtu		#6	[-]
Posts: 2127 (11/13/08 09:30 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	"what's your fav ammo ?" Any ammo that usrifle gives me =+).....I'll accept ammo from NotPC as well Pahtu.
eli griggs		#7	[-]
Posts: 475 (11/14/08 10:34 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks NotPC, I'd forgotten about 'Albanian' ammo and after all that fuss about that Florida munitions contractor supplying the stuff to service Afghan forces... well I don't know how I did but there it is. Eli "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~ Thomas Jefferson ~ "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity". - Albert Einstein WANTED - Lee Loaders - .223, 6.5 Swiss Mauser, 7.5 Swiss, 7.62x39, 7.62x54r, .308 Win, .303 Brit, 7.7 WANTED- Turkey and Goose feathers for fletching arrows
craigsd.curioandrelicfi...		#8	[-]
Posts: 2 (12/07/08 10:12 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	my tightest groups have come from the bulgarian light ball..specifically 1952 dated brass cased..all the different dated bulgarian is great..
mn59		#9	[-]
Posts: 139 (12/07/08 09:57 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	80's Hungarian...I'm down to my last 2 cans.
ParallaxBill		#10	[-]
Posts: 16023 (12/08/08 07:19 PM) Owner/operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I really liked the Czech silvertip that was common and cheap years ago. Some folks had sticking cartridge problems with it but I never did. It was not the most accurate I ever shot but did well enough to win some rifle competitions in my 43 Sako M39. Parallax *Lee Enfield Collector's Society member #3* *Mauser Shooter's Association member #17* Forum administrator for the Carolina C&R Shooting & Collecting Club,
m1 talker		#11	[-]
Posts: 6284 (12/08/08 07:38 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I really can't say. Seems everytime I take a Mosin Nagant to the range, it is a different one, and I simply grab what ammo is the easy to grab. May be Czech silver tip, Hungarian, or Bulgarian, or whatever else is in the collection. I have never tried any of the Albanian ammo, however, so I can't comment on that. I am not the type of person who insists on good accuracy. If I did, I would get into hand loading my own. But for what has been available on the milsurp scene, as long as it goes bang, that is all I am worried about. But I can definately say the WORSE I have ever shot was some Czech stuff that was not the silver tipped stuff. It shot good, but every round needed the bolt to be beaten open with a 2X4! And that was in every single M-N rifle I owned at the time, which was about six. Curt
Carl Gustav		#12	[-]
Posts: 3200 (12/08/08 09:07 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Albanian. It produces a great muzzle flash in short barreld Mosins which is a bonus. Carl
brass rat		#13	[-]
Posts: 1972 (12/09/08 12:59 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have a good stock of both Czech Silver Tip and the PRVI brass case light ball, both are excellent for eastern block surplus. For just plain old shock & awe you just can't beat Hungarian Yellow Tip in an M38. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Why not join us at Milsurp After Hours handloading forum