762X51 ammo

carrie2

January 27, 2015 09:40

Have a Savage Arms .308WIN heavy/bull 23" Mod 110FP with savage tactical bolt,would this be safe using the 726X51 and .308?

THANKS in advance Roy

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  charliemeyer007

  January 27, 2015 10:29

  It will be just fine.
  
  added The best ammo for your rifle will be the stuff you load for it that has been tuned just for your rifle. It is not that hard or expensive to have the best.

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  Cheechako

  January 27, 2015 10:40

  Some of the 7.62x51 is corrosive and some is just plain bad ammunition. If you stick with the 7.62mm NATO you can't go wrong.

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  62fuelie

  January 27, 2015 11:03

  Some of the British Radway Green 7.62X51 is corrosive, but has the NATO headstamp, it's also Berdan primed.

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  Cheechako

  January 27, 2015 11:35

  To clarify:
  
  7.62mm NATO is U.S. Made
  
  7.62x51 is European (and others)
  
  7.62mm is British
  
  The NATO cross (+) has no official significance and does not always mean manufactured to NATO standards.

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  beantownshootah

  January 27, 2015 12:41

  quote:Originally posted by carrie2
  Have a Savage Arms .308WIN heavy/bull 23" Mod 110FP with savage tactical bolt,would this be safe using the 726X51 and .308?
  
  THANKS in advance Roy
  
  
  Yes and yes.
  
  Its safe to fire military type 7.62x51 ammo through .308 Winchester commercial rifles.
  
  But as above, *some* (although not most) milsurp 7.62x51 ammo is corrosive, so if you're going to fire older milsurp ammo be careful about promptly cleaning your gun after shooting.

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  4Huntin

  January 27, 2015 12:50

  You won't get the groups that rifle is capable of.

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  carrie2

  January 28, 2015 06:33

  Thanks again guys!!

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  richarda

  January 28, 2015 08:06

  Is it that some (British) Radway Green 7.62 ammo is corrosive, or just that the Red Chinese made FAKE "Radway Green" -marked 7.62 steel-case, Berdan-primed ammo for clandestine use in Malaysia & the Phillipines?

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  beantownshootah

  January 29, 2015 08:47

  quote:Originally posted by richarda
  Is it that some (British) Radway Green 7.62 ammo is corrosive, or just that the Red Chinese made FAKE "Radway Green" -marked 7.62 steel-case, Berdan-primed ammo for clandestine use in Malaysia & the Phillipines?
  quote:Originally posted by richarda
  Is it that some (British) Radway Green 7.62 ammo is corrosive, or just that the Red Chinese made FAKE "Radway Green" -marked 7.62 steel-case, Berdan-primed ammo for clandestine use in Malaysia & the Phillipines?
  
  
  I don't think the British Radway ammo is corrosive. I've also heard that Chinese knockoff 7.62x51 is corrosive.
  
  If the question is "which" 7.62x51 is corrosive, I can't give you an exhaustive list of the makes that are, I just know that there are a few types that are listed/reported as such. EG:
  
  http://www.slickguns.com/product/mil-surp-ammo-762x51-112gr-fmj-brass-case-berdan-primers-corrosive-1099
  
  The old milsurp early 80s manufacture Czech S&B 7.62x51 is reportedly corrosive (and used to be sold listed as such by SAMCO).
  
  I'm sure there are a few other types that are, though again, most 7.62x51/NATO is NOT. If you can identify what ammo you've got, its usually possible to establish whether or not its corrosive.

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  machine gun moran

  January 30, 2015 18:43

  I would avoid the Chinese steel-cased stuff, if you happen to run across any. The rims are brittle, and I had problems with extractors pulling through the rims in semi-auto rifles. All brass-cased ammo worked fine in the same guns.

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