RT-Imports recent shipment of surplus 30-06 M2 ball

[sherrick13]

Dat price tho....

 

[HiredHand]

So interesting you posted it twice!

Probably a glitch in the Matrix.

 

[leemozoid]

I’m sure the collectors will snap this up.

At 1.70 per round I seriously doubt this will be a fast mover. That's nearly M2AP pricing.

 

[SMS]

Original production M2, on clips, in bandoliers, and still sealed in cans is hard to find these days and easily goes for well over $1.00 a round....it'll sell.

 

[AKguy1985]

Original production M2, on clips, in bandoliers, and still sealed in cans is hard to find these days and easily goes for well over $1.00 a round....it'll sell.

Probably so.

 

[Almost Jack Burton]

Just a gun nerd here with and not a super hard-core mil-surp collector. So please be gentle when answering the next couple of questions.
( I understand the historical aspect and the fact this ammo is in enbloc bandoliers in sealed tins and is "Garand safe". That is awesome.)

1- Do they shoot this ammo or is it Kept as part of the collection as a conversation piece?

2- For those who do shoot this ammo, What is the ftf rate?

 

[Perplexed]

Original production M2, on clips, in bandoliers, and still sealed in cans is hard to find these days and easily goes for well over $1.00 a round....it'll sell.

It may, but I doubt it’ll go fast. I’ve shot some 1950s Twin Cities 30-06 M2 ball, and had a few FTF’s. Of course it’ll depend heavily on how the ammo was stored over the years, but considering this stuff is coming from Africa, I wouldn’t expect performance on a par with 1970s HXP.

Kinda surprizing that the cmp did not get that stuff!


Offer them $90!

The ammo probably came from a country that doesn’t recognize obligations under the MAP or which claims they bought the ammo. Same with the Korean M1 Garands in the past couple of years.

 

[Perplexed]

Just a gun nerd here with and not a super hard-core mil-surp collector. So please be gentle when answering the next couple of questions.
( I understand the historical aspect and the fact this ammo is in enbloc bandoliers in sealed tins and is "Garand safe". That is awesome.)

1- Do they shoot this ammo or is it Kept as part of the collection as a conversation piece?

2- For those who do shoot this ammo, What is the ftf rate?

Of course, I can’t speak for others, but personally, I wouldn‘t buy a whole can of this stuff simply for a collection. It’s just too expensive, but I might buy a clip containing 8 rounds. As for shooting it, at their price and with unknown reliability, I‘d look for Greek HXP or for commercial Garand-safe ammo.

I can’t recall the exact FTF rate when I shot some 100 rounds of 1950s TW, but it was considerably higher than the Greek HXP from the late 1960s through late 1970s that I’ve shot.

 

[okcBob]

Cool find. Havnt seen any M2 ball around for a while.

 

[mr ed]

Just a gun nerd here with and not a super hard-core mil-surp collector. So please be gentle when answering the next couple of questions.
( I understand the historical aspect and the fact this ammo is in enbloc bandoliers in sealed tins and is "Garand safe". That is awesome.)

1- Do they shoot this ammo or is it Kept as part of the collection as a conversation piece?

2- For those who do shoot this ammo, What is the ftf rate?

Most made before 1957 is corrosive primed so gun should be cleaned accordingly.