surplus ammo and mosins are about to dry up!

[SwedeSteve]

All this talk about cheap ammo is killing me!

[Geo M44]

Originally Posted by Mosin Shooter

I bought, and Im saying this AGAIN!!!!!

675 rounds of Prvi Partizan 183-gr FMJ for $150.00
.22 cents a round thank yo very much.

OK MS. Is this boxer primed brass? If so, where the heck is it?

[marion57]

Originally Posted by Geo M44

OK MS. Is this boxer primed brass? If so, where the heck is it?

I am thinking of some 7.62x54 and some 7.62x39

[KGunner]

I got scared a new law was passed banning the import of mil-surp rifles and ammo, I was about to head to Jax and buy every case of 7.62x54 and 7.62x39 they had!

[Sins-of-Mosin]

Last I looked:

Biz Brand Quantity Price
jandcsales Bulgarian 300 $ 49.95 Russian 100 $ 20.00 Russian 440 $ 69.95


aimsurplus Bulgarian 250 $ 39.95 Russian 440 $ 69.95 Russian 880 $ 133.90 Hungarian 440 $ 79.95


jgsales Bulgarian 300 $ 45.93 Bulgarian 900 $ 126.90


ammunitiontogo Bulgarian 300 $ 47.95 Bulgarian 900 $ 139.95

[Mike82]

the bulgarian HB FMJ is either 185gr or higher, never can remember....and so i guess 675rd of 183gr FMJ for $150, is prolly better deal than 900rd of 185gr(or better) FMJ for $150($.17/rd)........ so i guess Prvi Partizan is imported premium ammo? since it costs same as 7.62x39 winchester ammo....gawd, hope those prvi's are gold plated or something....seriously tho....whats so special about those, are they supposed to be as 'well-assembled' and 'weighed' as handloaded rounds?

[R5CYA]

you can re-load them.

[ander254]

there's an ad here for mosins in the paper. the price is 160-240. not sure which models he has though.

[Mosin Shooter]

Originally Posted by R5CYA

where'd ya get that deal?

i got it at the Rochester Gun Show up here in NY

Originally Posted by Geo M44

OK MS. Is this boxer primed brass? If so, where the heck is it?

yeah its boxer primed, so I can reload it once i get ahold of a press

and like i said its Prvi Partizan and most of its ammo is reloadable, brass cased made in Serbia,1987

[Geo M44]

Originally Posted by Mosin Shooter

i got it at the Rochester Gun Show up here in NY


yeah its boxer primed, so I can reload it once i get ahold of a press

and like i said its Prvi Partizan and most of its ammo is reloadable, brass cased made in Serbia,1987

Did you get the sellers card? That's a hell of a good price for boxer primed brass. I just paid $62 (shipped) for 100 rounds of Prvi Partizan (same as Wolf Gold) and thought that was a great deal.

[Mike82]

reloading isn't news to me, but it's still new to me....meaning i've never attempted it, except to swap out stuff between 2 different rounds, etc....what i mean is, i've never gone in and changed primers etc....is not all centerfire ammo reloadable? do the new primers not fit? or are some old primers not removeable? those are questions that would do me great good....cuz I've been saving shells that i've used to send to some ppl that reload, but if they arent reloadable, then i'll just toss em.
Ones I have saved are the Winchester 7.62x54r SP (Czech made), the Czech FMJ light ball, the Bulgarian FMJ heavy ball, the Russian (Silver Bear) SP, and some copper-wash(i was told) ammo that was in a can that had a bunch of russian marks and the date looks to be either 1932 or 1982.

[Geo M44]

Originally Posted by Mike82

reloading isn't news to me, but it's still new to me....meaning i've never attempted it, except to swap out stuff between 2 different rounds, etc....what i mean is, i've never gone in and changed primers etc....is not all centerfire ammo reloadable? do the new primers not fit? or are some old primers not removeable? those are questions that would do me great good....cuz I've been saving shells that i've used to send to some ppl that reload, but if they arent reloadable, then i'll just toss em.
Ones I have saved are the Winchester 7.62x54r SP (Czech made), the Czech FMJ light ball, the Bulgarian FMJ heavy ball, the Russian (Silver Bear) SP, and some copper-wash(i was told) ammo that was in a can that had a bunch of russian marks and the date looks to be either 1932 or 1982.

None of the MilSurp (Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, etc.) are reloadable with normal reloading tools. Silver Bear is steel case and not reloadable. the Bulgarian heavy ball is brass cased and has scrap brass value. Copper washed steel is also not reloadable.

Winchester, Wolf Gold, Prvi Partizan, Igman, Sellier & Bellot, are brass case, Boxer primed, reloadable.

Hope that helps.

[Mike82]

doesnt help at all.... jkjk, yeah it helps alot, thx

[Geo M44]

Bottom line is that $.22 a round for boxer primed brass ammo is the bargain of the century, as normally it is $.60 a round shipped from AIM, and $.85 to $1.10 a round from everybody else (Sellier and Bellot, Wolf Gold, and Winchester). 675 rounds is the equivalent of at least 6750 rounds of reloading life.

(figuring ~10 reloads per round and some early failures).