7.62x51 surplus sealed belt???

[lucky07]

So I was given a box of party mix .308 today by a friend of mine. Went through it and about half of them are reloads (.308 stamped brass) which I will put aside and pull apart eventually. I was able to pull some of the bullets out of the rounds by hand so seeing as I don't trust reloads of unknown origin to begin with I sure as hell don't trust these now.

Onto the fun part.

40 rounds were loose surplus marked DA 63 + (nato symbol).

The other 59 rounds of surplus are pictured below. Marked DA 63 + (nato symbol).

One of the little compartments had already been opened and is 1 round short. The rest remain unmolested. One end of the "sash"? has DAQ-431 punched through it.

What do these stripper clips fit?
To open or not to open the rest ... that is the question?
Any collector value to this stuff?

I don't even own a .308, I think this is the universe trying to tell me I need to go buy one. I wonder if the wife will buy that story lol

 

[big bear]

Great ammo. Worked well in M1A's. clips worked in M1A's and with L1A1 stripper clip guides. Brass is very good also.You can get corrosion even in the sealed ammo in my experience. I would open, shoot, keep brass and stripper clips.
And oh yeah, your work bench is waaaay to neat and clean. Better work on that

 

[recce]

I had a case of that, bought it in the early 90's, shot great through my FN's. kept the brass and stripper clips. Still reloading the brass today.

You may get a good price for it from collectors, it isn't as common as it used to be.

 

[55recce]

Designed for the Canadian FN C1

Do not open unless you need to

Yes there is collector value. Milsurp 7.62 is hard to find average price is now $1 per round plus and stripper clips are probably $1 a piece at least. Having the sealed in a bandoleer further increases the value

 

[lucky07]

Great ammo. Worked well in M1A's. clips worked in M1A's and with L1A1 stripper clip guides. Brass is very good also.You can get corrosion even in the sealed ammo in my experience. I would open, shoot, keep brass and stripper clips.
And oh yeah, your work bench is waaaay to neat and clean. Better work on that

That's the one in the basement, only used for firearms and is always clean, organized and ready to go.

This one is in the garage ... it's worst than usual right now but no matter how much I try it always ends up like this eventually.

 

[Pblatzz]

Canadian stripper clips sell for $3 to $4 ea.. Canadian stripper clips are a premium collector items in the US...

 

[Rust]

I have a few of those experimental bandoliers as well. The 2 that I opened, the ammo was green inside but cleaned up well with a rag and shot fine. Was told that style bandolier wasn't used long because the pouches opened up way too easy and once opened you had to take both stripper clips at the same time instead of just one. Neat find.

 

[big bear]

That's the one in the basement, only used for firearms and is always clean, organized and ready to go.

This one is in the garage ... it's worst than usual right now but no matter how much I try it always ends up like this eventually.

Ahhh, that's better!

 

[Craig0ry]

Canadian stripper clips sell for $3 to $4 ea.. Canadian stripper clips are a premium collector items in the US...

I think that's a little over zealous, I put a WTB add up a few years ago was was bombarded with offers, all the way from free to $.50 a clip.

This can was filled by 2 nice members here and the cost of postage.
I have some of the battle packs the OP has as well. They do seem to collect green from the rubber in my experience. I haven't opened them all yet

 

[Pblatzz]

Nice collection

 

[XRCD011]

I have a few of those experimental bandoliers as well. The 2 that I opened, the ammo was green inside but cleaned up well with a rag and shot fine. Was told that style bandolier wasn't used long because the pouches opened up way too easy and once opened you had to take both stripper clips at the same time instead of just one. Neat find.

Not "experimental" at all and that style of packaging had a rather long production run also could be a btich to tear up in the cold.

 

[purple]

Not "experimental" at all and that style of packaging had a rather long production run also could be a btich to tear up in the cold.

It was quite a switch when IVI started producing 7.62 ammo and abandoned bandoliers and stripper clips in favor of packaging military ammo like hunting ammo. Those stripper clips had a purpose; you could charge the magazine with them with the mag on or off the FN rifle.

 

[Ganderite]

The DA ammo in those plastic bandoliers is match-grade military ammo. If it is a bit green, just wipe it off with a rag and a little Brake cleaner. or shoot as-is. Won't hurt anything.

Dominion Arsenals was a crown corporation. When it was shut down, ammo purchase went to IVI, who made ammo cheaply. Instead of being "match-quality" it was made to just meat the specs. Bullets were undersized for out purposes, running around .3065 to .307. The FN barrel was a bit big so it was a poor combination for acuracy.