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Posted: 10/10/2004 9:13:44 PM EDT

in the new issue of SGN there is an article about french military cartridges through history. at the very end it mentions that the frogs are in the midst of transitioning to a new model of FAMAS so they can shoot the NATO standard SS109. it mentions their old round was a 55gr steel case round at 3100fps. ive never seen any french mil-surp ammo of anykind but do any of you guys in the ammo biz or the dealer biz in general think this stuff may hit the surplus market???

Posted: 10/10/2004 9:29:08 PM EDT

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Never mind

Posted: 10/10/2004 9:32:31 PM EDT

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ive never seen any french mil-surp ammo of anykind

The French used ammo

Posted: 10/11/2004 6:30:17 AM EDT

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im not sure how telling me a bunch of stuff i already know about NATO spec ammunition is pertinent to this discussion. my question was whether or not anyone has seen french ammo and how interesting it might be to have a steel cased M193 type round.
*youre wrong _DR, NATO did not use M193. some countries that transitioned to 5.56 early adopted the M193 formula because its what was proven effective by the USA but SS109 is the first and only NATO standard 5.56mm fmj round

Posted: 10/11/2004 7:09:17 AM EDT

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im not sure how telling me a bunch of stuff i already know about NATO spec ammunition is pertinent to this discussion. my question was whether or not anyone has seen french ammo and how interesting it might be to have a steel cased M193 type round.
*youre wrong _DR, NATO did not use M193. some countries that transitioned to 5.56 early adopted the M193 formula because its what was proven effective by the USA but SS109 is the first and only NATO standard 5.56mm fmj round

Who pissed in your Cheerios? jeez...

Posted: 10/11/2004 7:29:01 AM EDT

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ive never seen any french mil-surp ammo of anykind

The French used ammo

Nah, they just store it. It's kind of related to planting trees on both side of French roads.

Posted: 10/11/2004 8:13:14 AM EDT

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Posted: 10/11/2004 8:32:43 AM EDT

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And while you're at it, DvlDog, explain why this thread isn't in the Ammuniton Forum.

Posted: 10/11/2004 8:56:35 AM EDT

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And while you're at it, DvlDog, explain why this thread isn't in the Ammuniton Forum.

Becuase this is General AR discussions, where we discuss everything AR related.

Posted: 10/11/2004 10:59:35 AM EDT

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Sorry, I didn't know the French used M16s.

Posted: 10/11/2004 12:30:06 PM EDT

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Sorry, I didn't know the French used M16s.

Don't be an idiot. This thread isn't about French rifles, it's about French 5.56 ammo, which oddly enough, works in ARs.

Posted: 10/11/2004 12:44:14 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/11/2004 12:52:06 PM EDT

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ive never seen any french mil-surp ammo of anykind

The French used ammo

Nah, they just store it. It's kind of related to planting trees on both side of French roads.

So the Germans can march in the shade?

Posted: 10/11/2004 12:59:27 PM EDT

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ive never seen any french mil-surp ammo of anykind

The French used ammo

Nah, they just store it. It's kind of related to planting trees on both side of French roads.

So the Germans can march in the shade?

Posted: 10/11/2004 1:24:26 PM EDT

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Sorry, I didn't know the French used M16s.

Don't be an idiot. This thread isn't about French rifles, it's about French 5.56 ammo, which oddly enough, works in ARs.

Cool, I'll start a thread about Mini-14s soon. They use 5.56 ammo, which oddly enough...

Posted: 10/11/2004 2:07:19 PM EDT

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Sorry, I didn't know the French used M16s.

Don't be an idiot. This thread isn't about French rifles, it's about French 5.56 ammo, which oddly enough, works in ARs.

Cool, I'll start a thread about Mini-14s soon. They use 5.56 ammo, which oddly enough...

Once again, this isn't about the FAMAS! Stop crapping on the guy's thread.

Posted: 10/11/2004 2:54:00 PM EDT

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Sorry, I didn't know the French used M16s.

Don't be an idiot. This thread isn't about French rifles, it's about French 5.56 ammo, which oddly enough, works in ARs.

Cool, I'll start a thread about Mini-14s soon. They use 5.56 ammo, which oddly enough...

Once again, this isn't about the FAMAS! Stop crapping on the guy's thread.

Yep got to agree with you. Those FAMAS guns are way over priced !!

5sub

Posted: 10/11/2004 3:24:01 PM EDT

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Have the French had problems with the lack of a trrigger guard on the FAMAS? I'd think it would be a potential AD when they inevitably drop it. Maybe it makes it faster to throw it to the ground...

Posted: 10/11/2004 4:33:24 PM EDT

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dammit i was trying to talk about the ammo and all you toolsheds want to talk about the FAMAS..please lock this hijacked thread

Posted: 10/11/2004 5:51:35 PM EDT

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dammit i was trying to talk about the ammo and all you toolsheds want to talk about the FAMAS..please lock this hijacked thread

Hey, I tried.

Posted: 10/11/2004 6:00:10 PM EDT

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Best changed title ever.

I shat upon the IBTL

Posted: 10/11/2004 6:36:01 PM EDT

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Have the French had problems with the lack of a trrigger guard on the FAMAS? I'd think it would be a potential AD when they inevitably drop it. Maybe it makes it faster to throw it to the ground...

The original FAMAS F1 did have a trigger guard, the new G2 does not. Not very specific now were we?

Posted: 10/11/2004 6:42:08 PM EDT

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dammit i was trying to talk about the ammo and all you toolsheds want to talk about the FAMAS..please lock this hijacked thread

I just don't see how you can believe the FAMAS is fairly priced. Perhaps you should also consider ammunition for the FAMAS at some point ??

5sub

Posted: 10/11/2004 6:46:23 PM EDT

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IBTL

Posted: 10/11/2004 7:07:58 PM EDT

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locked at thread originator's request

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