Hirtenberger 200 round battle packs price check

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These are from the lot which are supposed to be Boxer primed.

What are they selling for these days.

I haven't seen any around for quite awhile.

One fellow told me $250/200 would be a "good deal"

Anyone bought this stuff recently can chime in please.
 
I have lately bought between 75 cents to $1 per round. But those were good deals. I agree with poster #2, $200-250, $1/$1.25 per round is a good deal for both buyer and seller.
 
Light Infantry said:
5.56 is 60 to 70 cents. Sometimes cheaper, at times maybe pushing 75 cents for some of the pseudo-nato 62- grain. True nato 62 grain is upwards of 90 cents but its sits for awhile.
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I also came across a sealed 1000 round can of Ruag 63 grain 1050-90. Last time I saw that was 2019 in Calgary Shooting C----- at $899/can.

Haven't seen any since.

The ammo I was querying about is 7.62x51 Nato, aka 308 Win, 147 grain FMJ

Thanx again guys, much appreciated. $225 per pack of 200 shouldn't last long.
 
AP said:
They are Berdan primed …. no?
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Depends which lot #. When I bought mine, the first five crates were all Boxer primed, then I ran into one which was Berdan primed, even though it was the same lot # on the box.

It's like the Norinco 7.62x39 which was being sold as non corrosive by several distributors appx 20 years ago, some was and some wasn't but it was all advertised as being non corrosive. On the same pallet, identical stencils, from Lever Arms 50 crates and two of them were corrosive primed.
 
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The Hirtenberger 7.62 I bought from GoTenda several years ago was berdan. It was advertised as such …so I knew what I was buying - too bad though as it seemed a waste of good brass
 
I’ve shot probably 4000 rounds of it. Many different case lots. I’ve never seen corrosive Hirt and always had decent luck with consistency.
 
Backwoods said:
I’ve shot probably 4000 rounds of it. Many different case lots. I’ve never seen corrosive Hirt and always had decent luck with consistency.
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Ummm I think you've gotten mixed up. No one has stated any of the last Hirtenberger shipments were corrosive.

Berdan priming doesn't indicate corrosive priming. It's just a different/maybe cheaper method to prime the case.

If you're into fiddling around with the cases, they're excellent quality and very consistent dimensionally and weight wise.

I reloaded a lot of them, but as I aged, the hassle of finding the primers was more trouble than I was willing to go through.

It's been awhile but when I used to travel a lot, handloaders in other countries usually were set up to reload both Berdan and Boxer type cases.

I saw some very elaborate decapping units.

Some say the Berdan priming method is superior and provides much more consistent ignition, under all temperature conditions. I haven't noticed any difference, even in extremely accurate match rifles.

Rumor has it that "corrosive" primed ammunition will last longer in storage, before the propellant deteriorates???????????? That's why it was used for so long by so many nations.
 
bearhunter said:
Depends which lot #. When I bought mine, the first five crates were all Boxer primed, then I ran into one which was Berdan primed, even though it was the same lot # on the box.

It's like the Norinco 7.62x39 which was being sold as non corrosive by several distributors appx 20 years ago, some was and some wasn't but it was all advertised as being non corrosive. On the same pallet, identical stencils, from Lever Arms 50 crates and two of them were corrosive primed.
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Was the lot 1978 or 1979 dated? Iirc the changeover happened partway through ‘78.
 
Everything I have left is dated 79 and 81. The case with the Berdan primers was dated 79, but I do believe there was a transition period about that time.

I've had some dated from the early seventies to mid eighties. It was all good. All of it shoots better than most IVI in my Varmint barrel 308. Not as good as the 85 date Portuguese Match 7.62x51, but that stuff is likely a one off. Got it by accident, when it was in the last Hirtenberger order.

Marstar said it didn't exist in their inventory. Ok, my gain. It's some of the best milsurp match ammo I've used, even better than the Frankford Arsenal Match.
 
bearhunter said:
Ummm I think you've gotten mixed up. No one has stated any of the last Hirtenberger shipments were corrosive.

Berdan priming doesn't indicate corrosive priming. It's just a different/maybe cheaper method to prime the case.

If you're into fiddling around with the cases, they're excellent quality and very consistent dimensionally and weight wise.

I reloaded a lot of them, but as I aged, the hassle of finding the primers was more trouble than I was willing to go through.

It's been awhile but when I used to travel a lot, handloaders in other countries usually were set up to reload both Berdan and Boxer type cases.

I saw some very elaborate decapping units.

Some say the Berdan priming method is superior and provides much more consistent ignition, under all temperature conditions. I haven't noticed any difference, even in extremely accurate match rifles.

Rumor has it that "corrosive" primed ammunition will last longer in storage, before the propellant deteriorates???????????? That's why it was used for so long by so many nations.
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I thought I saw a post mentioning corrosive but I must have misread, Never mind, but I’ve had both types of primers and many lots, always pretty good ammo.

We’ve reloaded some of the brass, seems to hold up well.
 
unstableryan said:
I pull those rounds apart for components in the lab and the powder charges are all over the place. I've tried them at the range in a good target gun and they do about 3 moa.
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unstableryan said:
I pull those rounds apart for components in the lab and the powder charges are all over the place. I've tried them at the range in a good target gun and they do about 3 moa.
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Are all the years equally inconsistent in your lab inspection? How much variation in the charges are you seeing?
 
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