November 16, 2012, 07:50 PM | #1 |
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7.5mm French ammo
I just purchased a mixed box of reloading components. Included in the box was about 100 rounds of some old surplus 7.5x54 French ammo. Is there any value in this old stuff?
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November 17, 2012, 02:10 AM | #2 |
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That stuff is fairly hard to come by, since the rifles using it aren't too common and it hasn't been made in a while, so it should worth a good deal more than the "average" .30cal milsurp rounds out there. The trick is finding someone with a MAS49/56 to shoot it in. I'd check out Gunbroker to see what the going rate is up to these days
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November 17, 2012, 07:26 AM | #3 |
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A lot of surplus French 7.5 has come on the market recently and prices are not that high. Check Gunbroker. I bought a few hundred rounds that was like nex for .50 a round.
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November 17, 2012, 10:05 AM | #4 |
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Not much value in French milsurp ammo at all, for either the collector or shooter. It is very common stuff in the collector world, and non-corrosive reloadable Prvi Partizan/FNM ammo is still around in shooter quantity.
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November 17, 2012, 10:24 AM | #5 |
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^^^Learn sumpin new every day...I'm reconsidering that MAS as I speak
When did new ammo turn up? That's always been the primary criticism of the excellent French service rifles. TCB
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Valuable? Not particularly, since Prvi started manufacturing the good stuff. You have to watch for the Syrian ammo, too. It is about as reliable as Paki 303 ammo. |
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November 19, 2012, 10:40 AM | #7 |
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Concur with post #3. I still see the stuff around at reasonable prices.
Boxer reloadable brass for this number may be worth something. Like one other poster said, Prvi offers both brass and loaded ammo. I have been reloading this number for a while now for my MAS 36. I obtain remarkable groups with 150g bullets and IMR 3031 |
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