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Posted: 6/19/2012 10:12:03 PM

THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT
I picked up a crate with two sealed spam cans of 1952 manufactured LC M2 AP 30.06 rounds, in clips and bandoliers. The crate has a portion that looks to be overpainted with hebrew lettering. Curious if anyone has info on the quality of this stuff - from internet looks like it is NC, boxer primed. Just not sure what storage for many years in heat of Israeli might mean. It wasn't a screaming deal at $370 for 384 rounds, but appears to be in good condition - rounds, enbloc clips, and bandoliers all look good. Local gunshop has a couple more crates, if this stuff is good to go, I might by more, since I should be able to reload the brass.
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Posted: 6/20/2012 11:59:41 PM
Frankly , the AP bullets are darn near worth what you paid for it. To put that in context Google .308 AP bullets and you will see what I mean.
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Posted: 6/21/2012 1:43:57 PM
CMP sold some stuff like that for 60 bucks a spam can... I pick me up a couple

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Posted: 6/21/2012 9:01:25 PM
Yep,.......I now have two bandoliers of it.
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Posted: 7/3/2012 9:25:09 PM
Originally Posted By spankybear:
CMP sold some stuff like that for 60 bucks a spam can... I pick me up a couple

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3412/4645804496_c99f4fd61c_z.jpg


Yea, and they sold out (192,000 rds IIRC) over a weekend.

Any AP ammo is going to be around $1 a round right now. Actually it has been at that price for awhile now. Include the enblocks at 1.50 each, you are really not too far out of the ball park for the going rate right now. If you want some AP, I'd say pick it up. If you want blasting ammo, look around and buy cheaper ammo to run through the garand.
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Posted: 7/5/2012 9:41:32 PM
[Last Edit: 7/5/2012 9:49:38 PM by AL_Safety]
Originally Posted By colt100:
Originally Posted By spankybear:
CMP sold some stuff like that for 60 bucks a spam can... I pick me up a couple

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3412/4645804496_c99f4fd61c_z.jpg


Yea, and they sold out (192,000 rds IIRC) over a weekend.

Any AP ammo is going to be around $1 a round right now. Actually it has been at that price for awhile now. Include the enblocks at 1.50 each, you are really not too far out of the ball park for the going rate right now. If you want some AP, I'd say pick it up. If you want blasting ammo, look around and buy cheaper ammo to run through the garand.


Good feedback, thanks. When the check comes in for my ex burning down our farm, I'll stop by the gunshop and see if he still has crates available, since the price was a hair under $1 a round. Hope to fire a few before then, to make sure it goes bang. FWIW, I like the idea of having reliable AP ammo on hand. Don't know why though.