coosbaycreep
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Recently I've bought a PTR-91 and a RCBS rockchucker. I've decided against getting a port buffer for my gun, which means that the brass will probably be too bad to reload, but I've also read enough stuff about slam fires with reloads in another thread for ARs on here recently, and about soft primers causing problems in military semi-autos, that I'm not even going to attempt to reload for my PTR or AR until I get highly skilled at reloading, which basically means never.
Just reading about slam fires with commercial ammo makes me nervous though. I've put 60 rounds of federal power shok through my PTR, and 200-300 of the cheap remington FMJ through my AR. I've still got 300-400 rounds of commercial ammo for my AR, and about 120 remington core lokts in .308. Is this kind of ammo alright to shoot in my guns? Does this kind of ammo use the soft primers?
I know .308 surplus has about dried up, but it can still be found a little bit cheaper than the soft points I've been buying at bi-mart, so regardless of whether or not the soft points are safe for a semi-auto, I still want to get some surplus ammo instead. What's the best (and cheapest, although cheap no longer applies to .308) surplus to get? Is there any that's bad and I need to stay away from?
I just got a german "sniper" scope for my PTR from cheaperthandirt. Assuming it's safe to keep shooting the remington core lokts, I'm hoping to sight it in with those tomorrow if I get the time. These are 150gr BTW. I noticed most surplus is about 147gr, so if I get my scope sighted in with the remingtons, will it still be fairly close with the surplus ammo?
thanks
Just reading about slam fires with commercial ammo makes me nervous though. I've put 60 rounds of federal power shok through my PTR, and 200-300 of the cheap remington FMJ through my AR. I've still got 300-400 rounds of commercial ammo for my AR, and about 120 remington core lokts in .308. Is this kind of ammo alright to shoot in my guns? Does this kind of ammo use the soft primers?
I know .308 surplus has about dried up, but it can still be found a little bit cheaper than the soft points I've been buying at bi-mart, so regardless of whether or not the soft points are safe for a semi-auto, I still want to get some surplus ammo instead. What's the best (and cheapest, although cheap no longer applies to .308) surplus to get? Is there any that's bad and I need to stay away from?
I just got a german "sniper" scope for my PTR from cheaperthandirt. Assuming it's safe to keep shooting the remington core lokts, I'm hoping to sight it in with those tomorrow if I get the time. These are 150gr BTW. I noticed most surplus is about 147gr, so if I get my scope sighted in with the remingtons, will it still be fairly close with the surplus ammo?
thanks