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Rugerno1shooter · June 11, 2008, 10:55 PM

My awe is with the 7.62x51 Nato.......man if I had known it was going to be jacked the way it is now I would have bought 50,000 rounds or so about 6 years ago. I think I paid around 10 cents a cartridge for Portuguese. I've only seen Portuguese one time at a gun show and it was running 75cents a shot if you bought 2K of it.....Mil Surp ammo seems to be a pretty darn good investment if you can restrain yourself from shooting it!!

I have no problems not shooting it since I can build a Lapua cased, BR2 primed, Varget or IMR 4895 fueled and sierra tipped .308 for around 40-45 cents a shot!! (at least for now)

Hooray for reloading!

June 11, 2008, 10:55 PM	#4
Rugerno1shooter Senior Member Join Date: March 30, 2007 Location: VA Posts: 144	My awe is with the 7.62x51 Nato.......man if I had known it was going to be jacked the way it is now I would have bought 50,000 rounds or so about 6 years ago. I think I paid around 10 cents a cartridge for Portuguese. I've only seen Portuguese one time at a gun show and it was running 75cents a shot if you bought 2K of it.....Mil Surp ammo seems to be a pretty darn good investment if you can restrain yourself from shooting it!! I have no problems not shooting it since I can build a Lapua cased, BR2 primed, Varget or IMR 4895 fueled and sierra tipped .308 for around 40-45 cents a shot!! (at least for now) Hooray for reloading!