Mine seems to shooting well out of my DD, my only complaint is that it was corroded (yellow box stuff from canammo). Looks like it was stored in a wet basement (smelled like it to) 1 in 10 had some sort of corrosion down around the base of the case.
Norinco 5.56... To Buy or Not to Buy?
- Thread starter Mark Mags
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Just so you know what you are getting, here is how the most recent ammo is packaged:
The crate contains two of these cans
How it's packaged inside the metal can.
Each paper package contains 40 rounds. Each metal can contains 20 paper packages, for a total of 800 rounds per can, 1600 per case.
I remember reading that those are the signs Canam pointed to for the corrosive variety (paper packaging and ammo wrapped in paper not boxes). Admittedly I think this was asked for 7.62x39 but I thought Canam gave a more in general reply. So when retailers are selling this are they listing it as corrosive or non?
What's the manufacture date and headstamp?
If your reffering to CanAm you are correct, the ammo pictured doesnt appear to have been purchased from them, all the cases I have recieved from CanAm are not packaged like that.
Wouldn't be the first time a retailer was incorrect in regards to corrosive/non corrosive ammo. Not accusing anyone or any business of this, just pointing out it's ultimately up to the individual to know what they're getting.
But as factionrr has said this is shipped from someone else besides Canam, so I'd like to still know the headstamp and manufacture date of the ammo posted above. Wierd to see spam cans these days, thought the Norinco was all yellow boxed.
I wouldn't blame the ammo.
They are likely stamped 93 or 95. This is 5.56 spec ammo that was originally to be sold somewhere in the middle east IIRC. CanAm did sell the spam cans, they may still sell it, it's the same stuff.
CanAm test the ammo to see if it's corrosive, they fire the primer over a bare nail and if it rusts it's corrosive.
Our friends down south bought a crapload of it in the early 90's, before Norinco importation was banned.
You know what they say, buy it cheap, stack it deep.
You'll regret it if you don't when if finally runs out.
Yep, buy it up. Gives you an excuse to buy somethign so you can shoot it.
Go for it. I bought 8 crates before I owned anything in .223...that said, there's no one here to give me hell about it.
Yes.
The ammo is garbage in my opinion. Dirty, unreliable (two FTFs in 40 rounds-never anFtF with AE in 1000s of rounds).
As for ppl who worry about shooting 5.56?in their .223 guns...if your gun is an AR, it's not .223. They don't chamber any ARs in .223 even if it says so on the gun. All ARs are 5.56 or .223 Wylde.
As for ppl who worry about shooting 5.56?in their .223 guns...if your gun is an AR, it's not .223. They don't chamber any ARs in .223 even if it says so on the gun. All ARs are 5.56 or .223 Wylde.
You have no idea what you're talking about, it's the other way around.
Many 5.56 marked AR's of lesser brands like DPMS have been found to have .223 chambers.
