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    Yup! I got took...

    Welllll Hellll,

    I learned three lessons today;
    1.) Never Rush
    2.) Don't let the volume of "old stuff" let your guard down
    3.) Always look at the headstamp

    We took a short trip to Las Vegas, and I stopped off at a PAWN shop to see what kind of old surplus, if any, rifles might be on the shelf. While there was not MILSURR, they did have a good amount to vintage ammo. Picked up some old SEARs, Western, and Remingtom 22 LR Cal. Some Modern Nosler Accubond and SP 270. Win, Surplus 30 Cal, 30-06, and some other stuff.

    As part of the 30-06 buy, I bought four "Pocket Packs" of NITREX 30-06, Of course, I bought them, nice addition to my collection of the ODD ammo.

    Back from the trip and getting everything put away, carefully removing the price tags not to damage the packaging. I open one of the boxes of NITREX and instantly said CRAP! I saw the FN 69 headstamp and knew instantly - "wat'ch you talkin' about Willis", something is ain't right...

    Well... at least I have some vintage boxes and the loss is a minimum at $20.00 US, but a $1.00 a bullet for FN military surplus ball ammo is a hard one..

    I doubt it was done intentionally by the store. ;/ but will send them a note about it:

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    Did you open and check the other three boxes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jond41403 View Post
    Did you open and check the other three boxes?
    Yup.. all 4 boxes the same

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    Don't worry Bill, you ain't alone in that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Don't worry Bill, you ain't alone in that.
    Yeah.. not the first time I've done this kind of stuff. More then likely not the last..
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    Been there and done that a few times. Surplus ammo ain't cheap anymore.

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    I think everyone at one time or another has been bitten.

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    Quote Originally Posted by usabaker View Post
    but a $1.00 a bullet for FN military surplus ball ammo is a hard one..
    You actually got lucky they weren't unknown reloads. Look at it that way.

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    as far as bad buys go , you got off easy , ive seen some really gut wrenching posts of people being taken , i myself learned the lesson early on , it happens to every one at some point , you just need to learn and not dwell on it

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    Quote Originally Posted by micmacman View Post
    as far as bad buys go , you got off easy , ive seen some really gut wrenching posts of people being taken , i myself learned the lesson early on , it happens to every one at some point , you just need to learn and not dwell on it
    I've been bit hard before, but I have always made the best of it. I have learned though even if it isn't what you expected it was, if its milsurps, if you wait long enough, the prices of things get to a point where you can at least get your money back. I bought a 1903 basket case as a project rifle for 150.00, missing some metal, upper hand guard and had a Bubba sporterized barrel. After getting it I discovered the receiver was cracked when I got it out of the stock it looked like bubba got happy with a big vise or something as receiver was also deformed, which was not visible in the pictures. The person I bought it from "disappeared" would not respond to calls or emails. Anyhow, fast forward three years, and I ended up selling the just Rock Island stock for $250.00 so ended up getting my money back plus some.
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