the "Ciriterion Barrel" expectations discussion (below) criterion garand barrel - Military Surplus Collectors Forums
got me thinking, especially the comment about the accuracy (or lack thereof really) of various M80 (7,62/.308) GI ball ammo.

TexasFlyBoy and Jim in NE had some interesting comments also along these lines (i.e. that most M80 shot like doo-doo except for some FN).

Well, as soon as they mentioned this, I thought of what is LEFT of my 1000 rounds of "mixed, dirty, tarnished--NO RETURNS NO REFUNDS 7.62" ammo I bought 10+ years ago from Century Arms for 75 bucks shipped if I recall correctly *that's less than 8 cents a round folks.

What did I get, two ammo cans of loose dusty, dirty tarnished FN M84-60 7.62X51 marked ammo.

Out of the whole lot, there were mayb e 8-10 rounds even I would't shoot, but NONE was very clean. The two rounds in the picture are the NICEST two I could find. The funny thing is that this stuff EASILY outshoots any other GI ball around. This includes Radway Green 84, CAVIM 92, SAfrican Blister Pack, RA 64 (beautifiul stuff), etc, all of which I have a decent amount of. In fact, I had to decide NOT to shoot the "cruddy" M80 anymore as I was down to only a half can! This is fairly easy now, because I am down to only one .308 anyway (match M1icon), although if it was military and shot 7.62, I have owned em over the years! LOL

Interesting stuff indeed.



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