My borther and I picked up 1000rds from Southern Ammo last Friday. The folks there are very nice to say the least. It was tumbled, but some of the rounds still had tarnish on them. Also, shadows from the MG links were visible on some of the rounds. One round was actually a misfire with the dented primer and all! One round looked like my sister's dog used it as a chew toy.
I found the following headstamps in the mix:
IMI: mid 90's to 01 dates of mfgr.
WCC: 78-79
FN: 74-75
SMI: 75 (Italian)
IVI 68
A 76
Of the head stamps above, there was only a small sampling of these headstamps, 30rds or less.
TZ & TZZ 77-84
Here is the tricky one: a Hebrew symbol that looks like a backwards 'K' and the pi symbol with the dates of 65-74 (they had the month stamped on them too) and 74-77
Most of the ammo was the stuff with Hebrew symbols and TZ. Sorry I don't have a range report yet. I hope to get one this weekend.
Also, FWIW, I saw a business card from a guy who works in the Isreali Ministrey of Defense. So I guess it's safe to say future batches will be from there?
Chili
I found the following headstamps in the mix:
IMI: mid 90's to 01 dates of mfgr.
WCC: 78-79
FN: 74-75
SMI: 75 (Italian)
IVI 68
A 76
Of the head stamps above, there was only a small sampling of these headstamps, 30rds or less.
TZ & TZZ 77-84
Here is the tricky one: a Hebrew symbol that looks like a backwards 'K' and the pi symbol with the dates of 65-74 (they had the month stamped on them too) and 74-77
Most of the ammo was the stuff with Hebrew symbols and TZ. Sorry I don't have a range report yet. I hope to get one this weekend.
Also, FWIW, I saw a business card from a guy who works in the Isreali Ministrey of Defense. So I guess it's safe to say future batches will be from there?
Chili