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besolo
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 Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:18 pm Post subject: Barnaul Ammunition .233 Soft Point |
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Guys,
I saw a gunshop selling Barnaul .233 Soft Point Steel Case ammunition (1000 pc for €170 / $250)
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Does anybody have experience with this ammo? Escpecially in a Valmet M76? |
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Tom Doniphon
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| Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Some steel cased ammo does not work well in 5.56mm. The case wall is very strait and works more reliably when brass is used. Steel is fine in 7.62x39mm. |
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JMikeSteen
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| Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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the brand is a good brand but I agree with Tom
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Cabhammer
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| Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Barnaul is good stuff. Don't know if the soft points will feed right in an AK action, especially a Valmet which has a pretty violent feeding process.
Buy a box and try them, you will learn if they work or not.
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besolo
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| Ok, thanx for the advise. I'll buy a few boxes and let you guys know if it works in my Valmet M76! |
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GoodGuy
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FYI... I think there's some 7.62x39 Ulyanovsk ammo floating around now too. I received an email promo about it recently, but I don't remember who sent it to me. I think it was in sealed "spam" cans.
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besolo
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:58 am Post subject: |
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| GoodGuy wrote: | | FYI... I think there's some 7.62x39 Ulyanovsk ammo floating around now too. I received an email promo about it recently, but I don't remember who sent it to me. I think it was in sealed "spam" cans. |
Thanx for the info GoodGuy but my Valmet is in .223! (I wish I had one in 7.62! |
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besolo
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:01 am Post subject: |
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| Cabhammer wrote: | Barnaul is good stuff. Don't know if the soft points will feed right in an AK action, especially a Valmet which has a pretty violent feeding process.
Buy a box and try them, you will learn if they work or not. |
I have tried a few rounds (50 or 60 I think) and they work like a charm! Even better groups than S&B .223 (although you won't be happy to stand in the way of the ejected shells...very violent indeed!  ) |
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AGG
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| besolo wrote: | | Cabhammer wrote: | Barnaul is good stuff. Don't know if the soft points will feed right in an AK action, especially a Valmet which has a pretty violent feeding process.
Buy a box and try them, you will learn if they work or not. |
I have tried a few rounds (50 or 60 I think) and they work like a charm! Even better groups than S&B .223 (although you won't be happy to stand in the way of the ejected shells...very violent indeed! ) |
Thanks for the report!!! 
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besolo
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:31 am Post subject: |
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You're welcome.
Another side effect: this ammo smells funny... but it's cheap and it shoots fine. Not one failure (more than 200 now)! |
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Yeah apparently th Russkis use old rotten cat urine as a moderator in the powder, all of them smell nasty when you shoot them, but they work just fine and clean up just fine.....
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| Cabhammer wrote: | | Yeah apparently th Russkis use old rotten cat urine as a moderator in the powder, all of them smell nasty when you shoot them, but they work just fine and clean up just fine..... |
Cabby,
Your right On!!! My parents escaped from Estonia with nothing during the war. The rest of my family was not so lucky. My parents learned English quickly, and worked 7 days a week. They prospered, became citizens and loved the USA. They called themselves American's, not Estonian/Americans and were proud of it.
I was born here, and feel exactly as they did... I am not afraid to say it, The Only Good Russian is a Dead Russian!!!
Patton had it right!!! We screwed up!!!
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