Pakistani 80s Surplus 9mm - any experience?

[monkeylizard]

Has anyone tried the Pakistani 80s surplus 9mm ammo? It seems to be the cheapest non-reman'd brass cased stuff out there. I'm just looking for plinking ammo to run mostly in a 92FS. Blazer Brass and Aguila is only slightly more. I have been using the Winchester WB from Wally and it's fine and priced right. I'd just like to get a little more than a couple of hundred at a time.

Edited July 6, 2012 by monkeylizard

[Dolomite_supafly]

A couple of things to watch out for.

Make sure it isn't MG ammo. The MG ammo is really hot, as in +++P+++!!!++ hot. It is way to hot for a pistol.

Second it will probably have very hard primers. I would buy a few hundred to try before I bought more. I know some people who had hard primered 9mm and their pistols would not set it off on the first strike.

And finally, even though it is brass cased it is likely berdan primed and not reloadable. If that matters.

Dolomite

[Guest pfries]

If I remember correctly when I got some a number of years back the head stamp designated weather it was for pistols or MG’s , I do not recall the markings.

[dlm37015]

make sure its not steel bullets that weight about 100 grains .most of the paki ammo i have seen in sur4plus was vert corr. and ap in a pistol thays a no no

[monkeylizard]

Thanks. I think I'll stay away from it. It's only a few dollars per thousand rounds difference with it and some more "normal" stuff.

I don't plan on reloading, so would steel cased stuff be fine in pistols?