Norinco Surplus 7.62x51 (308) Ammo Review

[adrielm]

This stuff is from '91, not '16 like I say in the video (headstamp was upside down)

[blacksmithden]

I might be up for a can. Is it steel core, and where did you pick it up ?

[Lee Enfield]

I have used this and it was OK. Found the Hirtenberger was better but that is firearm dependent.

The Hirtenberger was reloadable.

[FALover]

I am not a fan of steel cased ammo in Garands but I think that there may be one around here that could be fed that stuff.

[Ohno]

The Hirtenberger was reloadable.

There are two types of Hirt in Canada. One is boxer primed and reloadable and the other is Berdan primed and not easily reloaded.

[adrielm]

My Hirtenberger is the Berdan primed, non-reloadable stuff. Surprisingly, the Norc 308 ran better than the Hirt in my 308 M1 Garand. The Hirt would give me periodic short strokes on the first/second shot of a new clip, while the Norc ran fine the whole time.

The Norc also gave me a 1" group at 100 when shot out of a Savage 12FV. Primers are hard though, which was fine for the M1 but some needed 2 strikes to go off with the Savage.