Best Milsurp ammo?

[sdh1911]

I love to shoot the milsurp rifles and shoot them often. Last year I filled 3 five gallon buckets full of brass. I've been buying anything I can get reasonably cheap.Some shoots real straight and some doe's not, all burn like a chimmeny loaded with pine tar. Between work and play I just don't have the time or desire to reload. Is there any one brand that stands out as reasonably good shooting that is affordable? I'm not splitting hairs, just punching paper and always clean as if corrosive. I'd appreciate any insite on milsurp ammo, thanks-SDH

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[303Nut]

I shoot alot of the 8X57 and 7.62x54 because it's cheap, or it was. I don't reload as much as I used to since I stock piled some of the surplus. I've noticed the 8mm ammo is drying up now and when you do find it the price has really gone up.

Have a Merry Christmas.

[Brewster]

Well from my experience, milsurp ammo is good for taking friends out to the range or going to shoot with the wife.

I want to consitantly hit something, I use my re-loads.

I have some (a select few) brands of different surplus ammo, that I have bought a case or two of that work really well.

For me, the Korean 30:06 and Romanian (?) 7.62x54R copper washed ammo shoots good, (4 inch and 6 inch groups repectively).

I have other milsurp stuff that shoots good but you always get a few flyers...

[neolithic1]

Yugo surplus 8mm does real well in my 24/47. The year doesn't seem to matter much. Hungarian yellow tip does real good in my M-39. I can't complain about the South African 7.62 X 51 in my Enfield. But the rest are somewhat hit and miss. I've got other ammo from at least a half dozen countries that I am still working with and hope to find rifles that like them too. Some rifles just don't like anything you feed them though.