South African 7.62x39

[TheManInBlack]

Hey guys I was just in my local shop and got a box of ammo to sight my sks with. It was in a red plastic box which said on the label that it was from Bell distributers but made in South Africa by New Genereation Ammunition. $19.99 for 25 rounds of FMJ 122gr Vel:2,275 Ft/s. Can you get this stuff in other places by the case. I asked here and it was a no.

 

[shootemup]

Hmm, for that price it better be non-corrosive.

 

[CanAm]

Long gone. It is ZA surplus in NGA boxes. Once very common, until the ZA ammo scandal.

 

[firemachine69]

Long gone. It is ZA surplus in NGA boxes. Once very common, until the ZA ammo scandal.

Ammo scandal? Such a thing exists?

 

[sherlockbonez]

Looks like brass casing.

 

[GIGGIDY]

Scandal, sounds intriguing, more info please.

 

[CanAm]

The ammo was sold for demil, but the buyer sold it as-is in the US, and this caused a scandal in ZA leading to a change in surplus export policy. Those will google-fu will get the long form.