CS: Target-.308/7.62

2000-08-05 Thread David
From: David Chappell - UK, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The reference to Chinese 7,62 NATO is interesting, as I remember a series of articles in Guns Review about ammunition and the author had encountered some 80's vintage Chinese made 7,62 (made for export :-) but marked not only with STANAG marks, but

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2000-08-04 Thread Matt Greenall
From: "Matt Greenall", [EMAIL PROTECTED] SNIP Does anyone have any personal experience of the problem of using 7.62 NATO in a .308? SNIP When using RG 7.62 in my Rem700 case extraction is extremely hard, even to the point that the rim was pulled off by the extractor. Needless to say that that

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2000-08-03 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your comment: [...] I've always wondered why cases from different makers have different case capacities, in fact Winchester Match brass (rare stuff) has a higher case capacity than their regular brass. Surely if they're all

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2000-08-03 Thread David M
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone have any personal experience of the problem of using 7.62 NATO in a .308? I bought some ex military "MEN" 7.62 ammo (German I believe) to use for target/plinking in a Brazilian Mauser rebarreled to .308. After the first couple of rounds and

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2000-08-02 Thread Alex Hamilton
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve, I asked Martin Farnan about the warnings in the Bible about 7.62NATO/308Win and .223/5.56 and here is his reply. Alex - Original Message - From: Martin G Farnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Alex, No, we merely draw firers attention to

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2000-07-31 Thread steve_catt
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the NRA bible some years ago, there was, ISTR, a warning about using commercial .308 ammo in military 7.62 rifles. And also a warning about using military 5.56 ammo in commercial .223 rifles. Anyone got further info on the .223/5.56 issue? Steve -- There still is