Pindad ammo

[z90HD]

I bought some ammo from a buddy of mine tonight. He said it was 7.62x54R. When he set it on the table it was in a sealed green battle pack all wrote in a foreign language. I got it home and resarched it. Turn out to be Indonesian pindad 308 ammo. From what I can tell from their website they  manufacture for military only. So my question is this, Is this ammo any good and I paid $40 for 200 rounds so did I get a good deal or not? Oh yea it was produced in 86.

[LI0NSFAN]

If it works I would say that is a good deal. 20 cents a round for 308 is great. I don't know anything about that specific ammo but I have not even seen surplus ammo that cheap.

[gunwhatgun]

The issue you have is (and you probably already know this but...) it is not 7.62x54r, it is 7.62x51 i.e. .308. It will not work in your Mossin or Type 53.

[z90HD]

The issue you have is (and you probably already know this but...) it is not 7.62x54r, it is 7.62x51 i.e. .308. It will not work in your Mossin or Type 53.

yup your right,it wont shoot in anything i currently own. so now  I can keep it and use it as a trading peice or just wait for a good deal to come along on a nice 308 rifle.

[rugerla1]

I've heard it is junk and can blow up without provocation....might outta send it to me before something bad happens....only looking out foryour safety :)

[z90HD]

I've heard it is junk and can blow up without provocation....might outta send it to me before something bad happens....only looking out foryour safety :)

LOL, I'll have just have to hang on to it for a while. I think I have another buddy that has a 308. He's not buying ammo at this time so maybe I can shoot a couple of rounds to make sure it is safe.

[gunwhatgun]

yup your right,it wont shoot in anything i currently own. so now  I can keep it and use it as a trading peice or just wait for a good deal to come along on a nice 308 rifle.

I want to clarify that I did not mean to imply ignorance on your part, I have just seen those two get confused many times. I hope my post did not seem out of line, and if it did I apologize.

[z90HD]

I want to clarify that I did not mean to imply ignorance on your part, I have just seen those two get confused many times. I hope my post did not seem out of line, and if it did I apologize.

no apology needed. Its all good. I do know there is a difference with the 7.62 ammo. The ignorance was on my buddies part.. He was the one telling me it was x54r. I still think I got a super deal if this stuff shoots, I'll just have to locate a 308 and try it out.  

[Static_USMC]

I have ran a couple thousand rnd s of it.  Shoots good though the FALs, thats why i built my first FAL.  We could get battle packs of the stuff for $19 each back in 02.  We couldn't get 5.56 that cheap.