Surplus 7.62 x 51 LC M118 LR ammo

[w.r.gun]

lots of time Federal would put over run ,or some how not to mill spec ammo in bulk boxes for comm. sales.not unsafe,not bad just not to spec.

 

[ron_c]

lots of time Federal would put over run ,or some how not to mill spec ammo in bulk boxes for comm. sales.not unsafe,not bad just not to spec.

I just thought it strange, that the LC M118LR ammo could make it through tests and get sealed in cardboard boxes and a LC Lot number on the boxes (marked out , of course) and then have the can with a LC seal before getting rejected as compared to the bulk LC, M118LR rounds, loose in a box.

The loose rounds in the box were sold by a dealer that advertised that "this ammo is M118LR, not XM118LR. This ammunition is legitimate grade military ammo." When visually inspected, 25 rounds out of 250 were rejects, splits in the necks, creases in the neck, dents in the shoulder area so bad they wouldn't even chamber and other defects. The ammo was returned.

The ammo in the sealed can, no visual rejects were found. Just too hot, right now, to see how well it shoots.

 

[Frank46]

I've some LC 63 M72 match ammo that had the 172 grain bullet. You would think that being over 50 years old it wouldn't be all that accurate. Tell that to my Sako 75 Hunter in 30/06. I normally run a handload with a 165 grain Nosler Ballistic tip and 55.5 grains of IMR 4350. Good for 2800 FPS. And excellent accuracy. One day I opened one box of the LC 63 M72 match and proceeded to shoot groups as good or better than my handload. Go figure. Frank

 

[duman444]

Not XM ammo

Years ago I got a Cetme from Century Arms, new rebuild with existing parts, it was a jam-o-matic. Read that you put 5 to 600 rds through them and the parts would wear in and gun shoot fine.

Ordered 1,000 rds of .308 with 147 gr bullets and they came in a cardboard box like Ron_C had to my work address. Our receiving manager would always joke with me, that when he received heavy items for me he "was careful in handling or they might blow up."

Would laugh it off, but after receiving 1,000 spire point cartridges in a cardboard box and seeing the many dimples-some dents in primers, wondered if a UPS guy had ever been surprised by a discharge after heavy handling?

 

[max]

I went through Basic in 1969 with the M-14. All of the ammo I remember came loose in the .30 size cans.