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Posted: 2/27/2022 11:27:54 PM EDT
Looking for a value on this stuff. Price per round. Confirmed steel core.
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Posted: 2/27/2022 11:31:49 PM EDT
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OST
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USA
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Posted: 2/27/2022 11:38:27 PM EDT
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87c / round obviously
steel core for the win |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 2/27/2022 11:40:16 PM EDT
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More than likely mild steel core.
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Posted: 2/27/2022 11:40:19 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Hmineer7]
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I don't know what OST means 🤷♂️
Yeah, it's mild steel core. |
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Posted: 2/28/2022 12:28:33 AM EDT
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OST= Old School TAG, nowadays we have a subscribe button.
BOT- I've seen it for sale on the local guntrader site for a buck a round, I can't imagine paying that, had a bunch of that stuff in the nineties, it wasn't great and smelled like cat piss when fired. Like others have mentioned, it wasn't designed to be AP ammo, they used a mild steel core because it was cheaper than lead, or so I was told. |
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Posted: 2/28/2022 12:49:07 AM EDT
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Thanks for the info. Only stuff I can find for sale is .80 - $1.20/rd. Wasn't sure if this was gouging or just what it's going for. I know "normal" x39 is .40 ish/rd right now.
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NC, USA
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Posted: 2/28/2022 11:57:10 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 1Devildog]
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It is worth what someone will pay for it. A lot of people have figured out steel core is not a big deal, but
In today's climate, you can probably get a buck a round for it, in spite of it being corrosive primed and likely 50 years old. What is the head stamp? People used to shit on Chinese ammunition but I never had any problems with it. |
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Posted: 2/28/2022 2:35:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 1Devildog: It is worth what someone will pay for it. A lot of people have figured out steel core is not a big deal, but In today's climate, you can probably get a buck a round for it, in spite of it being corrosive primed and likely 50 years old. What is the head stamp? People used to shit on Chinese ammunition but I never had any problems with it. It is indeed old. 131/77 headstamp. |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 2/28/2022 9:56:45 PM EDT
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Newer than most of the Chinese 7.62x39mm steel core that came in. The vast majority was 60s to early 70s dated.
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Posted: 3/1/2022 10:39:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hmineer7: It is indeed old. 131/77 headstamp. How did you acquire it? Trade, Gun show, etc? I’m just curious. |
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Posted: 3/1/2022 11:01:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/2/2022 2:36:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Millennial: Wanna buy some from me? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/132797/9FE9FC15-7C58-4566-ABE8-25B4991B3AC6_jpe-2298211.JPG I've got about 2k right now, so I'm all set. But thank you. |
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Posted: 3/2/2022 2:36:55 PM EDT
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Garage sale find
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Posted: 3/2/2022 2:59:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/2/2022 8:08:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hmineer7: Garage sale find Awesome. |
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Posted: 3/20/2022 6:48:41 PM EDT
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I have sold a bunch in the .60-.70 cent a round neighborhood. Much more than that and it lingers for sale
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Posted: 3/21/2022 9:24:42 AM EDT
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So the Chinese mild steel core is not the round that puts holes in AR500...so which (or where from) is the steel core round is the one that does that everyone supposedly talks about?
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NC, USA
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Posted: 3/22/2022 3:22:58 PM EDT
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Several countries make/made AP and API in 7.62x39mm. I've never seen any of the AP loads in the US in other than collector quantities. The performance of the API rounds is disappointing. I tested some against mild steel and they barely penetrated 3/8". The Russians stopped making them in the 1950s/early 1960s, but China and the WP countries and a few others continued to do so.
The 7.62x39mm just doesn't have enough ass to be a great AP round. |
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Posted: 3/29/2022 11:01:50 PM EDT
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For a collector a full yellow box of ChiCom would be worth a dollar or less a round. For shooting all I ever heard was complaints on how filthy sooty it was. As cheap as I can be I never bought any China made ammo even at its cheapest and most available time.
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Posted: 3/29/2022 11:07:57 PM EDT
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CORROSIVE...
Limits the Value to many shooters as SKS & AK's are no longer throw away trashcan guns... BIGGER_HAMMER 
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Posted: 3/30/2022 2:56:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JButlerHickok: For a collector a full yellow box of ChiCom would be worth a dollar or less a round. For shooting all I ever heard was complaints on how filthy sooty it was. As cheap as I can be I never bought any China made ammo even at its cheapest and most available time. I never experienced Chinese ammunition being more dirty than any other. |
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Posted: 9/18/2022 11:43:09 AM EDT
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I have a local guy selling some china sports 762x39 SP for .30cpr
Is that a decent buy?  
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NV, USA
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Posted: 9/18/2022 12:19:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TOTHEMAX: I have a local guy selling some china sports 762x39 SP for .30cpr Is that a decent buy? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136887/220908-085649_Gallery-2530576.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136887/220908-085653_Gallery-2530577.jpg Yes, it's a very good price |
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Posted: 9/18/2022 1:25:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tstorms: Yes, it's a very good price Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tstorms: Originally Posted By TOTHEMAX: I have a local guy selling some china sports 762x39 SP for .30cpr Is that a decent buy? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136887/220908-085649_Gallery-2530576.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136887/220908-085653_Gallery-2530577.jpg Yes, it's a very good price @tstorms Thanks. Because the market is high or because that ammo is worth more? I am reading mixed results. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 9/18/2022 2:29:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TOTHEMAX: @tstorms Thanks. Because the market is high or because that ammo is worth more? I am reading mixed results. Definitely 5 cpr below market value. I don't know much about the soft points though. I would buy it |
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Posted: 9/18/2022 11:01:12 PM EDT
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SP chinese always cost more, even back when it was imported. I have never tested any of it, but it has to work a lot better than any of the HP ammo that won’t open up on anything.
Plus it was specifically made to export to the US, vs being some surplus stuff from the 60’s or 70’s. I would buy it all at .30 a round, even before the current ammo crunch. |
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Posted: 9/18/2022 11:03:47 PM EDT
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Added- my dad actually carried a MAK-90 as a patrol rifle for a while, and used that exact ammo for his duty rounds. He never shot anyone with it, but he put down a ton of injured animals all the time as he was a game warden, and may have used it there instead of some of the other choices he had . I will ask...
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/30/2023 9:20:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SyberSniper]
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I still have some of that crap- it chrono'd at about 2300fps, which is about par.
IMO it got its rep back when it was imported because people thought the steel core made it special and it became an internet legend. Sellers are always trying to get stupid $$ for it but I've seen it in gunshops junk boxes for a low as .18/rd about 3 years ago- probably higher now... |
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