Sale on Hirtenberger 7.62x51 (308 Win) Surplus ammo, Early 80's Boxer Primed!!!

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"2 x 720rd Crates of Hirtenberger 7.62x51FMJ(.308 Win) Surplus Ammunition. Austrian Military. Early 1980's production, brass cased, boxer primed, non-corrosive. Packed 20rds per box, 240rds per battle pack, 720rds per case. Get FREE SHIPPING (a few exceptions may apply)"
 
Excuse me for nit-picking, or possibly not knowing how to properly identify the two types of brass and the packaging they came in,
but I bought some of this previously and was under the impression that the crates with the 3 X 240 rd cardboard battle packs (with the orange/red stripe) were the Berdan primed ones, and that the more recent stuff offered a while ago, which came in twin 360 rd battle packs, each sealed in green rubber inside the wood crate, was the Boxer primed stuff.
Is this a batch where the packaging has changed for the Boxer primed stuff? Or is there no rhyme or reason as to how the 2 types are packaged? Just curious.
 
It's my favorite ammo in many 308, very accurate in my AR-10 and it will print an easy 1.25 MOA with my Scout Steyr of the bags, i did stack it high when they were first available, all of mine are Hirt 74 Berdan prime... JP.
 
Lumberjack_Kerouac said:
Could anyone provide any dope on how well Hirt ammo works in bolt action rifles? Having trouble locating anything of use with the search function.
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I shoot this, plus reloads, out of a Ruger Precision Rifle. It is very fast, but good ammo. Everything I have shot thus far has been the Berdan primed stuff. If memory serves me right, around 2700FPS. It is good for hitting a 2 MOA going out to 500m. To hit a smaller gong, I found it a bit "hit or miss". That said, excellent ammo, just not full blown match quality.

El_Monty457 said:
Excuse me for nit-picking, or possibly not knowing how to properly identify the two types of brass and the packaging they came in,
but I bought some of this previously and was under the impression that the crates with the 3 X 240 rd cardboard battle packs (with the orange/red stripe) were the Berdan primed ones, and that the more recent stuff offered a while ago, which came in twin 360 rd battle packs, each sealed in green rubber inside the wood crate, was the Boxer primed stuff.
Is this a batch where the packaging has changed for the Boxer primed stuff? Or is there no rhyme or reason as to how the 2 types are packaged? Just curious.
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My understanding of owning both, and someone will probably correct me, is the cases with 3 X 240rnd in them are 1970's production, and therefore, Berdan primed. The 1980's production, where they changed to two 360rnd battle packs (in a polymer/rubber sealed bag) are boxer primed. YMMV.
 
aacollectible said:
2 x 720rd Crates of Hirtenberger 7.62x51FMJ(.308 Win) Surplus Ammunition. Austrian Military. Early 1980's production, brass cased, boxer primed, non-corrosive. Packed 20rds per box, 240rds per battle pack, 720rds per case. Get FREE SHIPPING (a few exceptions may apply) $995/1440rds and FREE SHIPPING !!!

https://www.tradeexcanada.com/content/2-x-720rd-crates-hirtenberger-762x51fmj308-win-surplus-ammunition-boxer-primed-free-shipping
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B.C.Jay said:
The original suppliers price was $575 per 720.

But yes, dropping 1k on a case of ammo hurts.
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$1000 for two cases :)
99500 pennies / 1440 rounds = 69.1 cents per round (pre-tax of course)
 
Ok, in the 308 world it's 2 cases.

In the 7.62x39 world, 720 is only half a case. ;)
If you buy brass, powder, primers, bullets and load your own.... this is still a really good buy.
 
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