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    Was trying out some South African 308 surplus in my Norinco M-14. 4" groups at 100meters than the old chinese surplus had been shooting(Red and black box Norinco) and less accurate...2" with the chinese stuff.it $650a case. It's the only surplus 308 available now in my part of the world. Seems high , but then so did gold at $600/ozLove advice, like I shoulda bought 2 cases when I bought this one, should I fork over an extra200 for more of the same average ammo? If you're not familiar with it, it's brass cases, Berdan primed, quite clean looking and shooting. Comes in waterproff heavy rubber packs.
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    I've never used the SA surplus as I've still got a lot of the FNM. The FNM shoots 1 3/4-2 inches out of my AIA No4Mk4, but I haven't shot it out of my M305 yet.

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    How do those M305's look and shoot? I was thinking about buying one, but I don't know anybody that has one, I don't want to put out the money without hearing someone else's opinion first.

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    I picked up a couple of cases of SA quite awhile ago. For me it will shoot 1-2" off the bench in slow twists say 1/12 1/13.5. I'm not sure what it will do with the faster twists. In one case I built a P/H sniper knock off using all PH parts and that rig shoot a .375" group off the bench with SA ball, HTH-SDH

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    How do those M305's look and shoot? I was thinking about buying one, but I don't know anybody that has one, I don't want to put out the money without hearing someone else's opinion first.
    For $400 they are not bad at all. Fun to plink with and someguys go hog wild with upgrades.Have heard of problems with some though with out of alignment barrels/sights, cracked parts. So far no problem with mine.

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    Sure would beat three grand for an M1Aicon, unless I win the lotto. But I see TRADE-EX now has SVT40's. I may never have money to spare......

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    Here's mine, but it's not exactly stock. It's got a LER scope on it now, too.


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    cool rifle!

    very cool rifle, but still don't have an answer or a push. Buy a case of the South African stuff or?

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    If you don't want the SA, you'll either have to scrounge other surplus up, or switch to commercial ammo or handloads.

    Canadaicon Ammo is supposed to have surplus 5.56 and 7.62 coming in the near(ish) future. No idea what make/origin it is, but it's supposed to be $300/1000 shipped.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stevo View Post
    If you don't want the SA, you'll either have to scrounge other surplus up, or switch to commercial ammo or handloads.

    Canadaicon Ammo is supposed to have surplus 5.56 and 7.62 coming in the near(ish) future. No idea what make/origin it is, but it's supposed to be $300/1000 shipped.
    I've used the SA in my m305 and it works good for me. Was there any indication as to where the 7.62 will be from - is it SA?

    I hope that Canada Ammo will also have some 7.62 x 54r in soon as well...

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