Second hand ammo

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Then I bought this typically Swiss curiosity, a can of GP11 “Taschenmunition”, or pocket ammunition. As you may know, the Swiss militia soldiers kept their rifles at home, and were therefore given a sealed can of 24 rounds, to be only used in case of mobilisation and in order to reach a meeting point.









Precisely this reads :

Guidelines for pocket ammunition
This pocket ammunition is intended exclusively for personal protection during active duty, especially before reaching the designated duty station.
The pocket ammunition is to be presented at each service and during communal inspections.
Anyone who opens the box improperly or misuses the ammunition will be punished in accordance with the order concerning ammunition.
Federal Military Department, Bern 1970

I recently bought the modern version of the pocket ammunition GP 90 (Swiss version of the 5.56 NATO)

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Picked up a mix of ammo from a guy who sold his guns, .22 lr, 9mm, .38 spl, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, .223. I paid $ 360 for the lot, 1450 rds of .22 and 860 rds of other calibers.





And a lot of 7.62X39 from another guy. His rifle didn’t like the steel case. My Norincos will swallow anything.

920 rounds of Barnaul



And 440 rounds of Bishkek, milsurp from the Kirghiz republic. $ 500 for 1360 rounds in total

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Found 240 rounds of Pistol Cartridge 41, the Swiss military 9mm round manufactured in the Thun arsenal factory, in a gun shop. The best quality 9mm imo. This is what I exclusively shoot in competitions and matches.



More intriguing and probably rare, they also had a box of Winchester .38 special Mid Range with a Swiss army label on it.

I have no idea what this was used for, the Swiss army being primarily equipped with semi automatic pistols since 1900 and the first Swiss Luger (Parabellum Pistole 1900).

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Another Swiss curiosity I just found, two complete packages of cartridge 326, that is 7.65 mm short or Browning (.32 ACP in the US), manufactured in the Swiss arsenal factory of Thun (today property of RUAG).

The Swiss army acquired 730 Walther PPK, 415 with lightweight alloy frames (Duralium) and 315 with steel frames (Pistole 65). Those were issued to pilots of Mirage III fighter jets as well as some ground personnel

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LGS sold me 600 rds of GP11 / 7.5 Swiss for a bargain 0.25 $ per round



And from various private sellers

650 rds of GP90 / Swiss 5.56 NATO







200 rds of South African (PMP- Pretoria Metal Pressing) R1M1 7.62 X 51 NATO from 1981

Shot their 5.56 NATO, good ammo imo







950 rds of Old PMC .357 and a box of vintage Magtech





250 rds of Various .357



250 rds of 9mm subsonic





200 rds of Vintage CCI Stinger



200 rds of .30 Carbine



1000 rds of .22 Magnum







550 rds of Vintage Magtech .38 special wad cutter







A good start of the year for my ammo stash