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Posted: 3/8/2006 5:05:05 AM EDT
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Its not bad stuff. You'll find a few hard primers though. I ran about 500rds of it through my FAL's with only a few FTF's. If its priced ANY higher than the south african I would pass, however.
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Posted: 3/8/2006 5:26:27 AM EDT
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Allt e portugese stuff I have is accurate as hell, but also just as corrosive
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Posted: 3/8/2006 9:01:37 AM EDT
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Is it linked, or 1k rounds in sealed packs for around $149?
Got name of the seller if its the latter? |
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Posted: 3/8/2006 10:10:52 AM EDT
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I've burned a considerable amount of the belted stuff, no problemo.
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Posted: 3/8/2006 11:25:17 AM EDT
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I have shot up several thousand in years past and still have a case or two unopened. Mostly excellent and I prefer it to SA by a small margin. As mentioned there were some lots that had hard primers leading to a few misfires, but overall it is...if in good condition...among the best surplus 7.62x51 I have seen. I have never seen or heard of corrosive Port, but that is not to say that there is none out there. I have experienced greenish residue in the flash hiders of my FALs after a good dose of Port but it cleans right off and no rust issues.
Some guys prefer the SA simply because the jacket is not steel. The Port will fail a "magnet test" every time although the mild steel will not harm your barrels and will perform no differently that the SA and other cupro-nickle jackets. (Some ranges do not allow steel jacketed ammo) I have never used any of the linked Port, however. |
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Posted: 3/8/2006 1:37:09 PM EDT
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mine wasnt corrosive, and Ive never seen any that was. |
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Posted: 3/8/2006 1:40:33 PM EDT
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I have never had corrosive Port 308 either, and I have always had good results in both my FAL and M1A.
Can you cough-up who is selling it and in what form please? |
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Posted: 3/8/2006 1:45:01 PM EDT
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I haven't seen the port locally for a long time now, who is selling this stuff?
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Posted: 3/8/2006 5:05:24 PM EDT
[#9]
Indeed. |
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Posted: 3/8/2006 6:01:00 PM EDT
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Mine was, but I cannot tell you who was selling it, I picked up a case from a fellow at a funshow a few years back, I iwll try to dig it out and get headstamps for you guys later, I don't even own a rifle chambered for ti right now so it is packed deep soemwhere
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Posted: 3/9/2006 12:51:40 AM EDT
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If Portuguese, it should be headstamped FNM or BF...
I've shot a great deal of Portuguese and it's all been non-corrosive. As far as I know, all of the m/963 7.62mm NATO Ball ever produced was non-corrosive... Forrest Edited to spell "should" right... |
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Posted: 3/9/2006 12:53:29 AM EDT
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By the way, I should probably also mention that I've had really good luck with the Portuguese 7.62mm NATO Ball ammunition. I prefer it over just about anything else...
Forrest |
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Posted: 3/9/2006 1:23:43 AM EDT
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If you get it it runs fine, and it is accurate.
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Posted: 3/9/2006 1:40:48 AM EDT
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Another vote for "let us in on the source", after you get yours of course...
 Port is one of the good types of 7.62 surp. I have about 1800 rounds, wouldn't mind adding another thousand. |
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Posted: 3/9/2006 7:35:29 AM EDT
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OK, J&G Sales has it in their ad in SGN:
.308 Port (linked): $39.95 per 200 for 1,000 rds. That would be around $200 for 1,000. The ad also has SA in 140 rd battle packs, 1-3 packs: 31.50 4-8 packs: 26.95 9 or more: 25.90 www.jgsales.com |
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Posted: 3/10/2006 8:55:12 AM EDT
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Hey, TP, did you get a chance to check the headstamp on this stuff? I'm curious about what it was, and especially interested if it ends up really being Portuguese... Forrest |
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Posted: 3/10/2006 12:33:11 PM EDT
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Never heard of Port being corrosive. Maybe Indian?
I have 1400 rds of Port left in my stash and it will be the last stuff I use. |
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Posted: 3/10/2006 12:49:49 PM EDT
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Cabela's has this at 2x that cost:
www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20712&id=0034952216024a&navCount=1&podId=0034952&parentId=cat20839&navAction=push&catalogCode=2UG&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20839&hasJS=true |
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Posted: 3/10/2006 2:42:45 PM EDT
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FNM has always worked well for me, not corrosive that I know of. 100% good, have shot several thousand rounds of it over the years.
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Posted: 3/11/2006 10:32:26 AM EDT
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An old flyer I ran across lists late 1970's to early '80's as being non-corrosive, berdan primed, 147 grain FMJ, with 2252 fps and 1655 ft-lbs.
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Posted: 3/11/2006 7:50:12 PM EDT
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But, this old flyer is incorrect about the velocity and muzzle energy figures... All of the Portuguese m/963 Ball ammo was loaded to standard NATO specs (equivalent to US M80 Ball). Thus, these flyer figures are at least 500fps too slow... Forrest |
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