AK ammo help

[2nd Mass]

Anyone know how to tell if ammo is steal or lead online? I know typically herters and tula are bi-metal so no go in socal. Several other brands aren't very clear though. Such as http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/produc...l-metal-jacket. The casing is brass coated but, it doesn't say anything about the bullet.

Anyone know where to get non-magnetic 7.62x39 or what brands to look for?

Thanks.

[airk]

I was looking for the same thing but what I found is the Fiocchi, PMC and Arsenal are all brass and non magnetic. GTG

[infringed711]

7.62x39

[amorcito]

just got to sgammo.com .. they are good people and ship the same day. You can find a good selection there. All that russian stuff is gonna be bi-metal. The brass stuff like the last poster above me stated PPU, Fiocchi, PMC, Arsenal are all brass cased with copper jackets. Also, if you're wanting to spend a about .53 per round, you can by Hornady SST. Very accurate ammo. It's steel cased, but with a full copper ballistic jacket. I bought a lot of steel ammo, and ended up selling it, and just keeping the Hornady and brass. Apparently, shooting steel jacketed ammo decreases the life of the barrel. I bought an arsenal, and spent a good amount of money on it. So i'll just stick to brass cased ammo. It's a bit more pricey, but lot of it is quality. I like PPU and Hornady personally. PPU is priced really good.

[2nd Mass]

Thanks, checked out sgammo.com. Pricey but I guess that's the cost of non-magnetic. Thanks for the tips on brands too.

[Chameleon Loco]

AK ammo help

I went to a gun show and bought some golden bear ammo I knew it was magnetic but I shot it at my so cal range anyway. Here is how i do it. I get a plastic container ex. a small salsa container or any Tupperware container and take the golden bear ammo out of their boxes and dump them in. Then I put any brass cased ammo I can find semi cheap like fiocchi or yugo surplus on top so if the range master checks my ammo it will pass. I have only done this once because I can't find golden bear ammo locally but it worked fine and it was one the few times I was able to shoot my saiga for cheap.

[mod1217]

In regards to AK ammo the only cheap brands I know that are non-magnetic are the corrosive yugo and Pri Partizan Ammo, the rest are all magnetic

[m03]

Several other brands aren't very clear though. Such as http://www.ammunitiontogo.com/produc...l-metal-jacket. The casing is brass coated but, it doesn't say anything about the bullet.

AFAIK, Golden Bear is effectively the same as Brown Bear / Silver Bear, except with a different coating on the steel casing.

[hellayella]

non-mag: American Eagle, Yugo, Fiocci..unless u can get the Chinese yellow box

[2nd Mass]

Thanks everyone. Appreciate the input.

[fmunk]

Pretty much all Russian made 7.62x39 are magnetic, bi-metal jacketed. Wolf, Tula, any thing ending with "Bear", etc.

[chonkey]

Yep, I looked into this recently too. No cheap way to shoot where it's restricted. If you can find surplus Yugo ammo it might be cheaper but it's corrosive. Wolf used to make copper jacketed lead core steel cased ammo but it's pretty much all dried up. Go to BLM land to shoot the cheap stuff. As another calgunner mentioned to me, keep your brass casings to sell.

[fmunk]

Much more enjoyable shooting on BLM land anyway.

[hellayella]

the Arsenal 7.62x39 from Bulgarian are range safe but not cheap

[newguy83]

Much more enjoyable shooting on BLM land anyway.

you cant shoot bimetal or steel case or anything else magnetic on blm lands.