.30-06 Ammo From The CMP

[billt]

This is what you get from the CMP. 1,440 Rounds of .30-06 M-2 Ball 150 Gr. Ammo. All of it is clean, well packaged, and nice and shiny. I'll report on it's accuracy later, when I get a chance to do some testing. So far, so good. Excellent price on this stuff. It comes out to $5.29 @ box of 20 delivered Fed Ex Priority. They have had a slight price increase, and imposed a 10 case limit per year, per customer. If your looking for cheap, accurate .30-06, It doesn't come any better than this. Bill T.

[Lougotzz]

plus 1 ....

[Farbmeister]

I thought they would all be in Greek, not English. Was this a production run for US use?

[billt]

I thought they would all be in Greek, not English. Was this a production run for US use?

Yes. All of this ammo was made to the U.S. Mil.-Spec. Bill T.

[billt]

I just got back from the range and capped off 4 boxes of this stuff. Man, it's nice to shoot a round with some authority after all of the .223 I've been shooting lately! Even the wife enjoyed the increased power level. Anyway, this stuff is very accurate in all of my bolt guns. The Weatherby was the best, constantly grouping under 1" at 100 yards. The Ruger Mark II Stainless didn't like it much, but I expected that. That gun complains about most everything it's fed. The Browning A-Bolt Medallion Grade came in a close second, with only 2 of the 5, shot groups opening up to just under 2". I'll be buying more of this stuff, as it's excellent ammo, and loaded stiff. I had zero extraction or ejection problems with it. Makes the .223 feel like a woman's varminter! Bill T.

[danws2]

I thought they would all be in Greek, not English. Was this a production run for US use?

CMP indicated that the reason for english on the ammo was that it was NATO spec.

[SteveWag]

There's a lot of that stuff being shot in Bellwood at 100 yds and doing pretty well. Not so good at 600 yards. For the money can't be beat, and reloadable too!!!

Steve Wagner

[ithinkimamedic]

CMP indicated that the reason for english on the ammo was that it was NATO spec.

30-06 is not a NATO Spec cartriage. They adopted the 7.62x51 which is extremely similar to the 308win instead of the 30.06 aka .30 cal.

[338winmag]

i shoot a lot of this ammo i love it

[danws2]

30-06 is not a NATO Spec cartriage. They adopted the 7.62x51 which is extremely similar to the 308win instead of the 30.06 aka .30 cal.

That is correct, however I think that when they (CMP) meant when they answered this question was that it was NATO policy to have ammunition labeled in a standard language (english) regardless of the county of origin. I didn't really explain that very well the first time.