Commercial 762x39 deals

[chadeech]

Greetingsi have decided my next purchase will be a SKS
so in preperation i will need to start building up some ammo
My Indoor range does not alllow Milsurp ammo
so what are teh deals and where to go for commercial ammo

Thank you

p.s ill still get milsurp for the fun outdoor range days

 

[DARKSTANG]

SFRC or Canadaammo seem to have the best deals going. I would check there first.

 

[supernova]

tradex offers free shipping on 500 rd cases of MFS. I figure it would work out to about 50 cents/rd after tax. Frontier has offers like this sometimes too.

 

[DARKSTANG]

tradex offers free shipping on 500 rd cases of MFS. I figure it would work out to about 50 cents/rd after tax. Frontier has offers like this sometimes too.

MFS isn't corrosive, right?

 

[chadeech]

MFS isn't corrosive, right?

Correct me if i am wrong but that is still millitary surplus ammo i thought
and therefore no help

 

[DARKSTANG]

Correct me if i am wrong but that is still millitary surplus ammo i thought
and therefore no help

No, it's boxed for retail.
They have the silver casing for retail and the green colored casings for Military surplus. They have a separate spot on SFRC for the military stuff.

 

[supernova]

MFS isn't corrosive, right?

Correct, they use non-corrosive berdan primers. Its better stuff than milsurp for sure. Should be gtg at any range, AFAIK they use plain lead core bullets with the fmj stuff

 

[DARKSTANG]

Correct, they use non-corrosive berdan primers. Its better stuff than milsurp for sure. Should be gtg at any range, AFAIK they use plain lead core bullets with the fmj stuff

Ya, I thought so. Rather that's the rumour I heard.

 

[ogradyrw]

Is MFS FMJ, Steel or Lead Core?

 

[Dakk]

Just be aware that the non-military ammo tends to contrubute more to issues with slamfire; where the firearm goes off as the bolt is slammed closed, and then sometimes fires off all its charged rounds in an auto-fire burst.

 

["J" man]

tradex offers free shipping on 500 rd cases of MFS. I figure it would work out to about 50 cents/rd after tax. Frontier has offers like this sometimes too.

I believe SFRC has the best deal on MFS. They don't do free delivery, but they're prices make up for it. I guess it's all relative to where you live. I've been looking to buy some MFS SP 7.62x39, but can't find any reviews out there. Is the performance of MFS SP comparable to S&B SP or PRVI PSP? I don't reload, so it would be a huge savings to me if the performance was similar.

 

[saskcop]

I think Trade Ex has them beat on MFS. Free shipping too.

 

[DARKSTANG]

Free shipping goes a long way when it comes to the expense of UPS.
Forgot about Tradex. Good people.

 

[Dexter Morgan]

I still can't get a straight answer from anyone;

Is MFS steel-core or not? It's the steel-core that's banned at many indoor ranges.

 

[Iloverevolvers]

Anybody sell MFS non-corrosive in Edmonton?

Thanks

 

[chadeech]

I still can't get a straight answer from anyone;

Is MFS steel-core or not? It's the steel-core that's banned at many indoor ranges.

well i ordered 2 boxes just to find out and see how it performs
ill let you know

Tradex is down the street so i assume shipping should be reasonable

 

[sly mantis]

mfs is labelled as lead core. I have some and its labelled lead core, but havent tried a magnet on it to confirm.

 

[CanAm]

mfs is not steel core, but uses a steel/copper jacket.

 

[AlbertaGunslinger]

MFS is lead core but it has a bi metal jacket which is copper over steel. A magnet WILL stick to it but it is not steel core.

 

[Mermaniel]

Greetingsi have decided my next purchase will be a SKS
so in preperation i will need to start building up some ammo
My Indoor range does not alllow Milsurp ammo
so what are teh deals and where to go for commercial ammo

Thank you

p.s ill still get milsurp for the fun outdoor range days

Go to St Jean on the Richelieu if you have a car. It's 25 minutes from downstown Montreal and they accept Milsurp ammo. 160$ to be a yearly member.