Second hand ammo

[OLIAR15]

A guy contacted me, he had some Swiss military ammo he had no use for, so I picked up 960 rounds of 7.65 mm parabellum (.30 Luger), 120 rounds of GP11 (7.5 X 55 mm Swiss) and some collectible GP11 and 9mm (red boxes) for $ 350.-



There’s also a growing sense of panic, with fear that ammo prices will shoot up and availability issues, so we decided to organise a group buy for the club, and I picked up 30’000 rounds at the LGS for $ 7200, i.e. $ 240 / 1000 rds of Geco 124 grains.



The club safes are almost full, about 45’000 rounds not counting .22 lr

[The_War_Wagon]

Keep stockpiling - politicians can go terminally stoopid in the blink of an eye.

[jsbhike]

I don’t think there is one, but I have no idea why they used both names, of if they changed / shortened it at some point

I had never seen any rimfire stuff from them so had me wondering if that was the difference

[Bimmer]

I missed the pictures last May. What is the difference between Hirtenberg and Hirtenberger?

I don’t think there is one, but I have no idea why they used both names, of if they changed / shortened it at some point

A shot in the dark: The "er" suffix in German denotes a modifier, i.e., "berliner" means "of Berlin."

So, ammo from Remington could be "Remingtoner."


Again, I'm guessing...

[Pappabear]

Congrats on the big score

PB

[MarshallDodge]

@OLIAR15

I just stumbled on this thread. In 2019, my wife and I visited Zurich, and rented some guns at the Swiss Shooting Range. The owner there was a really cool guy.

Do you ever get to shoot there?

[OLIAR15]

@OLIAR15

I just stumbled on this thread. In 2019, my wife and I visited Zurich, and rented some guns at the Swiss Shooting Range. The owner there was a really cool guy.

Do you ever get to shoot there?

No, I live on the other (Western) side of the country and it’s abt 140 miles / 2 1/2 hrs drive to Zurich one way

[OLIAR15]

My favourite LGS is specialised in second hand weapons, he buys from estates, windows or retiring collectors. More often than not there’s ammo with it which he sells me at very reasonable prices

Picked up this haul last month



Tons of .22





Stocked up on 7.62 X 39 for my new Kalashnikovs

From a private seller



And the last crate of Igman (ex Yougoslavia) from another LGS





Some Swiss milsurp, 7.65, 9 mm and old GP11 (7.5 X 55 Swiss) from another private seller



Some old .45 ACP, real cheap, $ 220 for this lot



And some GP 90 (5.56 NATO Swiss), 30-30 Winchester and .223 Remington SP



This seller also had some mags I picked up. Three of the Colt including the 20 rds are Vietnam era / sixties

[MarshallDodge]

I want to party with this guy 😎

[AndyLate]

Any issues with the older rimfire ammunition?

Its neat to see the wide variety of .22 ammo, but sad too. All those companies existed because millions of people around the world loved shooting and that pleasure has been taken from us with the exception of a few hold out countries.

Andy