Anyone tried any of this brass-cased 7.62x39 Yugo surplus that Cope's is selling by the case (like 1260 rnds or so)?

It is mildly corrosive (as i'd expect). How's it shoot? Price seems pretty good, especially since i'd go pick it up and not have to pay freight.

Oat

This stuff keeps popping up. I bought a couple of cases of it a few years ago on stripper clips.

I think it's pretty good stuff, just a notch more accurate than the run of the mill Russian stuff. Of course you shouldn't neglect cleaning, especially in non-lined bores.

Hey, my first post (even though I have been a member for months)!

Anyhow the Yugo surplus ammo that is available today has been available since the 1990s. I've shot a fair amount of it through a Russian SKS and it has proved reliable and accurate enough.

As you mentioned it is corrosive (it either is or isn't - don't understand the "mild" part dealers try to sell) so you will have to clean your gun accordingly.

The Yugoslavian ammo uses the M67 bullet (you should be able to make out "M67" in the Cyrillic markings on the package) which was designed to increase lethality. Basically it is a flat bottom instead of a boat tail and thus upsets quicker when it hits tissue (begins to yaw).

For normal range fodder, unless you can get a killer deal on it, I'd stick to Wolf or Bear ammo. However the M67 projectile and the fact that it is military spec ammo makes it a near perfect ammo for a "rainy day" if you are inclined to do so. That is where the majority of my M67 is now.

Thanks, gents.

I think i'll get a crate for a rainy day and for some fodder. The only 7.62x39 i've got now is two sealed battle packs of ruskie stuff i got years ago (the good ole days when it was 9 cents a round).

Out of curiosity, how is it packed? Does each crate (of 1260) contain two sealed tins with individual boxes in them like the current 5.45 crates on the market, or is it a crate of individual boxes?

Oat

All of the stuff I have seen comes in 15 round boxes with a white label (METAK means "cartridge"). I guess they figured two boxes = one Magazine. Although I have seen the crates, I can't recall if they are in sealed tins or not, it would make sense that they are.

FWIW, i just learned to read (derrrrrr!), and Cope's ad states that they're in metal tins in a wooden crate (as i'd expect).

Oat

When it comes on srippers, it comes in a wood crate with a single can fit inside. The can opens with a rip cable so no tools are needed.