IVI Ammo

[dimon]

Just wondering if anyone had ever shot an IVI ammo through their Norc M14's or Valmet M78? I'm sure it's perfectly safe to shoot it through Valmet, but what about Norcs?

 

[recce]

I've shot IVI through mine with no issues.

 

[Chuck3436]

IVI 7.62 is nato spec, even has teh nato compatibility logo on it, good to go.

 

[RobertMcC]

IVI is NATO 762x51....IVI makes our military ammo.

 

[tactical pete]

ammo

IVI is not the greatest stuff out there. lot of misfeeds. not the most accurate

 

[RobertMcC]

IVI is not the greatest stuff out there. lot of misfeeds. not the most accurate

Because its for Machine Guns....

 

[tree mugger]

That depends on the year. Militia units and the navy was using FN's up until about the first Gulf War.

 

[millwright]

I like the brass for reloading.Less powder for the same bang and its tougher then civi brass.

 

[sunray]

"...not the most accurate..." Never was either. Reliable, but not made for accuracy. It's never been released for sale to the public either.
"...Because its for Machine Guns..." Now, it is, sure. However, the same ammo was used in all CF rifles and MGs before the switch to the pop gun. There never has been rifle ammo and MG ammo. That'd confuse the 'log wogs'. Likely the PBI too.

 

[Garand]

It would definitely screw up the officers and throw them into a tizzy until some log wog sorted out their A@@ from a hole in the ground for them.

 

[sunray]

"...until some log wog..." Only the paperwork. Officers have people to get into a tizzy for them. It's what NCO's are for.

 

[NavyShooter]

Bear in mind folks that to the best of my knowledge, no IVI 7.62mm ammunition has ever been sold legally on the public market.

If you're in posession of it, then you are almost certainly in posession of stolen government property.

There was some 5.56mm IVI ammo in the 90's that was sold south of the border when it failed to meet specs, but I've never heard of 7.62 IVI coming out that way.

NS

 

[hakx]

"...until some log wog..." Only the paperwork. Officers have people to get into a tizzy for them. It's what NCO's are for.

No $hit!!!

 

[maynard]

Bear in mind folks that to the best of my knowledge, no IVI 7.62mm ammunition has ever been sold legally on the public market.

If you're in posession of it, then you are almost certainly in posession of stolen government property.


NS

Not true, it was issued to the DCRA and PRA's for practice and competition. Lots of it still kicking around along with some DA

 

[NavyShooter]

Last issue of ammo to the PRA's from the military/DCRA was almost 10 years ago.

It was a yearly alotment that was supposed to have been fired off, not sold.

NS

 

[maynard]

I didn't said it has ever been sold, I just said there is some still kicking around. Sometimes the yearly allotment wasn't fired off completely and there was no way of returning live ammo or brass through the PRA's.

 

[Garand]

As a matter of fact any DND ammunition facility will accept any DND issued ammunition from non-DND users at any time.

 

[dan belisle]

Brass gets sold as scrap in large bins, gets out to the market that way I would imagine. - dan

 

[44Bore]

"legal" cdn military ammo

Bear in mind folks that to the best of my knowledge, no IVI 7.62mm ammunition has ever been sold legally on the public market.

If you're in posession of it, then you are almost certainly in posession of stolen government property.

There was some 5.56mm IVI ammo in the 90's that was sold south of the border when it failed to meet specs, but I've never heard of 7.62 IVI coming out that way.

NS

There was some small lots of 7.62 sold in the early 1980's--purchased some through my local dealer--was legal sale and was DA 64 and 65 headstamp--and also there was from time to time some small lots that came available through DCRA--not sure if they were "legal" or not.,

44Bore

 

[Mac]

I talked to an Ammunition Tech once, they said that they do just sell the brass for scrap, even the good lapua ####!

Too bad...

I have seen old IVI .303 British stuff floating around here. Its been a few years though.

- Mac