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Posted: 10/4/2007 9:58:11 PM EDT
| Does anyone know anything about this "military contract surplus" 63gr SP Federal that is boxed as AE some sites are selling? I wasn't aware that there was a military 63gr SP? I didn't find anything about it in the archives. |
| I saw it myself, and am rather suspicious of the whole thing. As far as I know, the military never uses soft point ammo. (Special forces and other special ops units maybe.) Aside from that, if I remember correctly the price wasn't all that great. There are still deals available, so I don't see the need to pay $10/box for ammo just yet. |
| I have a ton of AE 63gr SP. It is not military contract by any means though. AFAIK no military unit uses SP ammo. AE is a sub brand of Federal, which is made in Lake City. They use surplus brass to load AE which is why it has the Nato Cross. It is great ammo for plinking, but is not milspec. |
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That sounds more believable to me that it is LE ammo. However, mine has no date stamp....simply FC 223 REM with the sealed primers (very inconsistantly sealed, some have tons of sealant, some have little to none.) Edit: I noticed that even though this is supposed to be a 63gr speer soft point bullet....Speer doesn't have a 63gr offering in loaded ammo or bullets. |
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