Bell .308 Winchester cartridges: What did I buy?

[Milsparro]

Never seen these before, but they were less than a buck a bullet... and yes I reload so none of those comments!

Made in Bosnia & Herzegovina, 150 grain PSPs, headstamp is IK 308W.
Also, one of the boxes in the store (packaging looked older) had a red sealant over the primer pocket. What's with that?
What have I got here and does anyone have any experience with this ammo? Is it just "normal," or is it Berdan primed corrosive or something horrid like that?
Thanks

 

[bear.23]

Bell lifestyle deals in a lot of norinco stuff

IK is igman

 

[Milsparro]

"non-corrosive, brass cased, as well as boxer primed" www.igman.com/ammunition/ Ahha! Good it's reloadable (don't want to do those soft Winchester cases a fourth time...)

 

[crashcollins]

I've shot some Bell 7.62x39, seemed to be good stuff I still have the cases that I have been reloading.

 

[dudley2112]

bell is the importer for PRVI PARTIZAN according to PRVI's website

 

[zuke]

"non-corrosive, brass cased, as well as boxer primed" www.igman.com/ammunition/ Ahha! Good it's reloadable (don't want to do those soft Winchester cases a fourth time...)

Why not? I've reloaded 30-06 20-25 time's with no I'll effect's.
And they were full house load's, 50 grain's of 4064 under a 165 grain bullet.

 

[Rudiger]

I have some Igman .308 brass that when I went to deprime with an RCBS press, broke the decapping pin. The flash hole is pretty damn small. Fixable with a uniformer.

YMMV.

 

[steve1973]

Yeah, Bell isn't bad stuff. It is fairly dirty ammo if I recall correctly.

 

[sniper58]

I tried some of their .243 Win ammo................once

6 shots, 5 pierced primers, dismantled the rest of the box of ammo and threw everything away but the bullets. I won't try it again.

 

[RobSmith]

I doubt it's Igman since it isn't on the "approved" list anymore. Probably PRVI.

 

[tiriaq]

I tried some of their .243 Win ammo................once

6 shots, 5 pierced primers, dismantled the rest of the box of ammo and threw everything away but the bullets. I won't try it again.

The .243 had real problems. Punctured primers, smoke smudge around the primers, hard (drive out with a rod) extraction.
I sold some of it, my customers reported problems.
I tested it in my own rifle, pulled it off the shelf, and stopped selling it.
Others reported problems with the .243 as well.

The .243 was the only loading I actually worried about.
The ammunition was attractive from the dealer cost standpoint.

I should hope the OP paid less than a buck a shot for it.

 

[sniper58]

The .243 had real problems. Punctured primers, smoke smudge around the primers, hard (drive out with a rod) extraction.
I sold some of it, my customers reported problems.
I tested it in my own rifle, pulled it off the shelf, and stopped selling it.
Others reported problems with the .243 as well.

The .243 was the only loading I actually worried about.
The ammunition was attractive from the dealer cost standpoint.

I should hope the OP paid less than a buck a shot for it.

I got it for $8.95 a box, so I wasn't out too much when the dust settled and I got the ejector working again in my rifle.

 

[CanAm]

Yes it is Igman, from years ago.