My recent test of various milsurp ammo did not include any Chinese ammo. Since then a fellow gave me a packet to try.
This ammo is in the paper packet typical of spam-can packaging. There is no labeling on this, so i know it came from a case of milsurp ammo. I do not know if this was a recent purchase or has been in his basement for 20 years. It is a copper washed steel case.
The headstamp is 31 over 71. I assume factory 31 made it in 1971.
To test the ammo I used the rifle I had made for the specific purpose of testing 7.62x39 ammo. It is a Rem788 action, a heavy 20" match barrel and a 24X scope, shot of bags.
I shot some Russian copper washed milsurp ammo for reference and also some mexican match made with a 123gr SP bullet. Testing was at 100 yards.
For the Chinese ammo test, I shot 10 rounds. I think a 10 round group is a statistically valid indicator of ammo. I liked what I saw. No flyers and a decent group.
This makes it one of the better milsurp ammo I tested. The Polish ammo did poorly, and the rest were good, with this Chinese perhaps being the second best.
Milsurp ammo is not us.ed for precision shooting, so the most important criterion is probably price - and availability.
I will add this test to the sticky.
This ammo is in the paper packet typical of spam-can packaging. There is no labeling on this, so i know it came from a case of milsurp ammo. I do not know if this was a recent purchase or has been in his basement for 20 years. It is a copper washed steel case.
The headstamp is 31 over 71. I assume factory 31 made it in 1971.
To test the ammo I used the rifle I had made for the specific purpose of testing 7.62x39 ammo. It is a Rem788 action, a heavy 20" match barrel and a 24X scope, shot of bags.
I shot some Russian copper washed milsurp ammo for reference and also some mexican match made with a 123gr SP bullet. Testing was at 100 yards.
For the Chinese ammo test, I shot 10 rounds. I think a 10 round group is a statistically valid indicator of ammo. I liked what I saw. No flyers and a decent group.
This makes it one of the better milsurp ammo I tested. The Polish ammo did poorly, and the rest were good, with this Chinese perhaps being the second best.
Milsurp ammo is not us.ed for precision shooting, so the most important criterion is probably price - and availability.
I will add this test to the sticky.
