ATI importing Turkish surplus ammunition
ATI is importing 5.56mm NATO and 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition from Turkey. It is manufactured by Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKEK), the Turkish state owned arms and munitions manufacturer.
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redmanlawwrote on June 12th, 2009 at 5:50 pm Link To Comment |
No spellcheck in Turkiye, obv. I seen that stuff on the shelves here in Santa Fe. I just wish they had it in 9 mm. Lots of 7.62 and .223.
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redmanlawwrote on June 12th, 2009 at 5:54 pm Link To Comment |
Re: .223. You guys know what I meant. Long day, big martini.
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Robwrote on September 24th, 2009 at 2:15 pm Link To Comment |
I bought 500 rounds of this stuff in 7.62 for my DSA SA58. It’s been awesome–the gun loves it, no misfeeds whatsoever, and every round has been completely consistent. The packaging looks just like the image above, except each box of mine came 4 rows of 5 instead of the pictured 2 rows of 10.
The price was good and the ammo has been excellent. Two thumbs up to the Truks!
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Matt Groomwrote on June 12th, 2009 at 2:40 pm Link To Comment |
Turkey is NATOs second-largest military force (guess who’s first?). This stuff should be decent, and not too expensive, but I don’t want to be the first to try it as long as I can get XM193.
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Solwrote on June 12th, 2009 at 10:05 am Link To Comment |
I didn’t notice a price on the ATI website.
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Steveresponded to Sol on June 12th, 2009 at 10:36 am Link To Comment |
Sol, I did not see a price either. They sell to dealers so they probably won’t publish it.
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Fredwrote on June 12th, 2009 at 9:14 am Link To Comment |
The 7.62 would be good if it’s to NATO specs. The Cetme always needs more food.
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Domwrote on June 12th, 2009 at 10:07 am Link To Comment |
Imported ammo from state-owned factories? And here I thought the 7.62x39mm was a “commie round”…
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j t boltwrote on June 12th, 2009 at 10:08 am Link To Comment |
Yes, but what is the retail price and is the quality any good?
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Alanwrote on March 15th, 2010 at 5:19 am Link To Comment |
I bought two cases of the ATI distributed Turkish MKE 7.62 NATO (1980 rounds) and one case of the 5.56 NATO. The 5.56 functioned well. However, the 7.62 did not. Out of a 30 round sample… EVERY single round failed. All but two rounds would would feed and eject but not cycle the action sufficiently to chamber a new round. The case rim on each round was pulled partially through by the extractor. The two remaining rounds failed to extract and the case head rim on both was ripped off, taking the rifle out of action till a cleaning rod could be borrowed from the range house. The rounds were fired out of a stock Rock River LAR-08 which performed perfectly with an assortment of other brands of ammo. The consensus is that the brass is over annealed, consequently the cases are soft and over expand and stick in the chamber, the case heads are insufficiently work hardened and cannot take the stress of extraction. Lot No: 8-1/2008. This kind of general failure tends to imply that the published factory testing standards are hogwash!
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I bought two cases of the ATI distributed Turkish MKE 7.62 NATO (1980 rounds) and one case of the 5.56 NATO. The 5.56 functioned well. However, the 7.62 did not. Out of a 30 round sample… EVERY single round failed. All but two rounds would would feed and eject but not cycle the action sufficiently to chamber a new round. The case rim on each round was pulled partially through by the extractor. The two remaining rounds failed to extract and the case head rim on both was ripped off, taking the rifle out of action till a cleaning rod could be borrowed from the range house. The rounds were fired out of a stock Rock River LAR-08 which performed perfectly with an assortment of other brands of ammo. The consensus is that the brass is over annealed, consequently the cases are soft and over expand and stick in the chamber, the case heads are insufficiently work hardened and cannot take the stress of extraction. Lot No: 8-1/2008. This kind of general failure tends to imply that the published factory testing standards are hogwash!
I bought 500 rounds of this stuff in 7.62 for my DSA SA58. It’s been awesome–the gun loves it, no misfeeds whatsoever, and every round has been completely consistent. The packaging looks just like the image above, except each box of mine came 4 rows of 5 instead of the pictured 2 rows of 10.
The price was good and the ammo has been excellent. Two thumbs up to the Truks!
Re: .223. You guys know what I meant. Long day, big martini.
No spellcheck in Turkiye, obv. I seen that stuff on the shelves here in Santa Fe. I just wish they had it in 9 mm. Lots of 7.62 and .223.
Turkey is NATOs second-largest military force (guess who’s first?). This stuff should be decent, and not too expensive, but I don’t want to be the first to try it as long as I can get XM193.
Yes, but what is the retail price and is the quality any good?
Imported ammo from state-owned factories? And here I thought the 7.62x39mm was a “commie round”…
I didn’t notice a price on the ATI website.
Sol, I did not see a price either. They sell to dealers so they probably won’t publish it.
The 7.62 would be good if it’s to NATO specs. The Cetme always needs more food.