Does surplus ammo cause excesive wear

[aceofspades991]

Hi all,

I've acquired 800 rounds of surplus .308 ammo through a trade, Pakistani belted ammo and Australian surplus that comes on stripper clips pictures of the cans are below. I've shot some of this through my Armalite AR10 with no issues. I'm looking into purchasing a .308 bolt gun for hunting and to get into long range shooting. My question is, will this ammunition cause excessive wear or damage to a gun that is more precision oriented gun such as a Remington 700. I understand these bullets will not group as well, but being able to use the ammo I have on hand for plinking would be an important factor in my decision to purchase a bolt gun.

[aceofspades991]

pic of Pakistani ammo

[HackerF15E]

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[ad701xx]

Hi all,

I've acquired 800 rounds of surplus .308 ammo through a trade, Pakistani belted ammo and Australian surplus that comes on stripper clips pictures of the cans are below. I've shot some of this through my Armalite AR10 with no issues. I'm looking into purchasing a .308 bolt gun for hunting and to get into long range shooting. My question is, will this ammunition cause excessive wear or damage to a gun that is more precision oriented gun such as a Remington 700. I understand these bullets will not group as well, but being able to use the ammo I have on hand for plinking would be an important factor in my decision to purchase a bolt gun.

If it's shit ammo like '75 Chilean...yes, it can destroy your weapon. The Australian should be good. Haven't heard anything about the Pakistani.

http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq22/ad701xx/P9080929.jpg

[aceofspades991]

Ok thanks. I did some research on the Pakistani stuff and didn't find anything other than it being a little dirty. No catastrophic failures. I just wanted to make sure shooting cheaper ammo through a precision gun wouldn't hurt them inherent accuracy of that gun.

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[jyo]

Actually, I've shot quite a bit of that Aussie 308 ammo thru my FAL and my BLR with no issues---good, clean stuff. The Paki 308 is unknown to me...

[Gutshot John]

When dealing with surplus NATO ammo, think of it this way.

Don't buy milsurp sourced from a country you'd never, EVER, want to visit. (Pakistan, Malaysia come to mind).

I've had reliability/performance issues with Paki ammo, never bought it again. Wasn't dangerous, just crappy.

Portugese, Aussie, German, South African, Brit...GTG.

Aussie ammo is some of the best milsurp around, another good one is German DAG (AB22 especially). Tied for 3rd is Brit, South African and Port.

As for wear, my guess is that milsurp would cause less wear than commercial .308. Generally speaking less powder/less pressure = less wear.

[okie john]

Good advice so far, especially about avoiding ammo from Third-World shitholes.

Surplus ammo shouldn't damage your rifle--unless it blows it up--but it may not be very accurate. I have a tight-chambered 308 sporter that consistently shoots under 1 MOA with good ammo. Surplus ammo won't chamber consistently, and when it does I'm lucky to get 4 MOA groups, so I gave up on it. Instead, I bought 1k rounds of PMC 147gr FMJBT ammo. It averages 1.5 MOA in bench tests, which is good enough for most practice, shooting offhand, etc. I use handloads when I really need it to group.


Okie John

[The_War_Wagon]

Good advice so far, especially about avoiding ammo from Third-World shitholes.

Yep. That ain't TAR they're using the seat those bullets... :eek:

[aceofspades991]

Thanks to all who took the time to respond

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