Thread: 7.62x51, and what to do with it.

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

If you're not shopping at the big green shop, you're probably paying too much.

Sshhhhh!!!!

Actually, I still have a drawer full of receipts for several thousand rounds of MEN85 the army flicked off for no particular reason in the late 1980's. Still have my reloading notebook from the time and the SD was below 10.

But I can't beat the story of a mate who in the early 1970's bought himself a 308, as all his mates were making a killing during the weekend, hauling venison out of the Training Area. Making more than their fortnightly brown paper pay packet as Corporal instructors at WTD.

For 3 or 4 donks shot, hauled out in series I land rovers and flogged off at the Waiouru chiller.

He quietly let it know he would be keen on a 'few' 7.62 rounds, if there were any left at the end of the range fortnight of the recruit intake in at the time.

Friday night sitting in his lounge down on Weir terrace and he hears an RL reversing down his driveway: tailgate crash down and some heavy thunks sound out from his lawn. He pops his head outside to find out whats happening, and its the Quartermasters' sidekick dropping off about 8 thousand rounds, all left over from the recruit course.

"Fuck! I said a few rounds, not a dozen crates of ammo"

"Boss said this was the easiest way, so he doesn't have to do the accounting paperwork for sending it back to the ammo area."

Needless to say no one went without for many years. 130gn speers and 125 gn Hornadys were their round of choice. Just pull the fmj projo, neck size for a couple of mm and shove the new projo home.