7.62 ammo at CMP

[duggaboy]

just ordered some 308/7.62 ammo from the Estore at the CMP site and should be good stuff, the Lake City 118 type ammo. I think this is the sniper ammo?? Or is it the long range stuff?? Anyway, the price is right, so get it now while you can.

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[Danny]

I wish that they had some of the brass that they used to have years ago. That's what I should have been buying.

Danny

[limpetmine]

I see Federal .308 but no surplus M-118. Did they sell out, or is it the Federal you're asking about? thanks,,,,

[duggaboy]

you can get really nice brass, 7.62 . Long Range marked, once fired, clean and nice at Bartlett's shooting supply. Jeff Bartlett.

[brianinca]

I'm misunderstanding something, CMP's ammo prices have never been anything other than high for commercial ammo, including the 5K case of 22LR Aquila Golden Eagle I bought awhile back.

I bought a sizable amount of the M118LR back about 05 when it was priced appropriately, less than FGMM but better brass for reloading. The FGMM at $0.75/$0.85 per round is pretty sad, but the other prices are out there.

Please, if you reload at all, don't assume you can't assemble MUCH better ammo than you can buy. For a period in the early 00's you really couldn't justify reloading 308 or 3006 for punching paper at less than match accuracy - that time is gone and past, you'd have to be crazy to spend $0.50/rd on berdan 762 NATO with FMJ bullets when you can assemble your own MATCH grade ammo for the same cost.

Regards,
Brian in CA

[duggaboy]

Hey Brian: thanks for the post and now you can inform us about the match loads in 7.62, what bullet and powder do you make up for the match loads that are the best or at least the same as the ammo from the surplus M118 at CMP? thanks,

[pendennis]

you can get really nice brass, 7.62 . Long Range marked, once fired, clean and nice at Bartlett's shooting supply. Jeff Bartlett.

Jeff's 7.62mm brass is once-fired, machine gun brass. None of the Long Range brass is shown.

MG brass is probably oversized due to the larger MG chambers.

[Jughead]

CMP had limited LC and it sold out fast.

[Jughead]

What did they sell it for?

[brianinca]

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what bullet and powder do you make up for the match loads
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Sorry duggaboy, never got a notice this thread updated. Nosler Competition 168 gr BTHP/Winchester virgin cases/46.0 gr Varget/Winchester Large Rifle/COAL appropriate for your particular rifle = .5 MOA 5 shot groups at 200 yards in my Savage FP10-LE1A.

Regards,
Brian in CA