The tactical pink are good for seeing it on field if you drop it. Don't drop anything in military especially in Malaysia. You don't want to get smoke for it.
i used this stuff years ago in a DSA FAL and a G3 clone and found it to be absolutely fantastic ammunition. an added bonus is the 30 cal ammo can has no shortage of uses once the ammunition is gone.
Wow. That's cool to hear. Is it as reliable as any American made ammo since I've had shoot the 5.56 ammo made by the same company and its quite reliable no hangfire or any light strikes whatsoever. I've never shoot using any American specs ammo during my training in Malaysia so glad that I heard it's good from someone outside my country.
FYI: These also came packaged in 2000 round wooden ammo cases, filled with 200 round plastic battle packs. (1970's production) I purchased two of those back in the early 1990's at a gun show. Just opened the last case recently and still shoots very well.
The Malaysians had plenty of G3s and some British and Australian L1A1 SLRs along with other 7.62mm NATO machineguns. Their ammo did work despite the dark brass. I ran it through my M1A/M14 and British SLR with no issues of light strikes.
Greetings from Malaysia Ian! Never clicked on a video so fast before and I’m glad our Malaysian ammo holds up well. I usually run SME 12 gauge and 9mm and have rarely ran into problems regarding ammunition. Don’t suppose you could come to Malaysia to cover the Berapi or Malinnov M1P?
Don't know if there's even a chance you'll see this but I'll try anyway, how would one go about getting into shooting in Malaysia? Do I need to have law enforcement/military background or have a license/permit for firearms? Is it even allowed for normal civilians to go to a shooting range for recreational shooting?
@@helicocktor yes you do need a license to own a gun, and most ranges in Malaysia are a gun club. But as far as I know, shooting on range without a license is fine
I ran this ammo in a G3, FAL and M1A. It was flawless and relatively clean burning. It was also very accurate. I just wish I would have been able to purchase more.
As an interesting side trail, would you consider an episode on the history and variety of ammo containers? It seems the metal hinged can is the Western standard, and the sealed 'sardine tin' is Russian sphere. I'm sure that's a gross oversimplification, but a discussion would be fascinating.
@@nicholaspatton5590 It's cheaper, and its sealed from water and other oxidizing agents. I think it's pretty self explanatory and probably doesn't bear further discussion.
its high humidity ALL of the time in Malaysia, it's the tropics. They have climate control in their factories and those rounds went bang so it's not that.
@@anonymous2513456 blame the paper. It looks like plain coarse pulp, no additives. That would be carrying a lot of moisture into the can, and doesn't look like it had anything added to it to outgas or control oxygen.
@rwsthedemonking the point is that he repeated the same information twice, likely because he made a mistake and wanted a second-take but forgot to edit it properly. It's just humorous so people are pointing it out
@Kes Mangkuk We used FN SCAR-H which uses that 7.62x51mm NATO round. Pasukan Gerakan Khas (PGK) and Unit Gempur Marin (UNGERIN) use it according to this Wikipedia link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_SCAR#Users
Gasp! An editing snafu! Weird to see you just roll right into a repeated sentence. I always get frustrated when I have to do that and take a moment to start again.
@@_Wiseguy7 Well, for me, it's for self defense and recreational sport. I'm not that good at speaking Malay so hopefully my state's Chief of Police accepts an application written in English or my Malay is fluent enough by the time I'm 18+.
@@b3nl555 I'm sure you've done your homework on this already but to get a permit can take months of not years. As for a self defence angle, as far as I know they only really allow it if your occupation requires it, like if you're an armed security guard or plantation/estate worker in the boonies where there are lots of wild animals. Also, if you are a criminal lawyer, IIRC you can conceal carry with a permit. That's just getting a permit, there's more hoops to jump through when it comes to owning and operating them. For one, the guns themselves agree all stupid expensive. The last I checked, a simple 9mm Glock costs upward of RM20k. Then there's the mandatory training with the police or at the local range every 6 months. Then comes the ammo. The police gives you a certain amount of ammo for your consumption, in order to get more you have to *return your empty casings*. Then they will replenish how many you've fired. You're screwed if you lose the spent casing because you're not getting it back.
I cannot get over the fact of how nice the Mauser action sounds even with FWs average sound quality, could have left the full reloading cycle in IMHO :), funny how the bloopers at 7:28 were left in though.
Maybe they had two or three loading machines (two set calibrated nearly indentically, one a very tiny bit off), running next to each other feeding the same packaging line. Maybe the velocity spread is related to bullet weight, it would be nice to see if the bullet weights fall into similar sized groups (2/3 lighter, 1/3 heavier). If it´s not the bullet weights, I wonder if the cases could be distinguished, different machines may leave different microscopic scratches on case or bullet or a vey slight difference in cartridge length.
You need to run it in a semi auto not a bolt action in order to accurately compare the ammunition to NATO rounds because those are for the most part used in automatic and semi auto guns
I find these ammo reviews to be super interesting. It might be interesting to run this test with cheap, commercially produced ammunition such as TulAmmo. The comparison could be interesting, and for a lot shooters, especially casual ones, I think this kind of information would be useful.
I ordered some of this awhile ago from buds gun shop. They sent me a can that looked like a tank ran over it and one box at the bottom was too rusty/damaged to use. They wouldn’t take it back. Some of the other rounds had some slight corrosion i tumbled them and they were good to go. Only one round was a dud. My m14 ate the rest up. Good practice ammo for high power. Just kinda angry buds would treat a customer like that and send a damaged can so I couldn’t use some of it.
Nicholas Patton i have a lyman turbo tumbler. I dry tumble everything. I put them in a dry corncob media and my Tumbler is very gentle it doesn’t throw stuff around. It was plenty safe enough for live cartridges, they came out shining. My tumbler really just vibrates the media around the cartridges. The cartridges barely moved so it’s very safe. It’s not one of those spinning loud violet tumblers you see people use when they wet tumble stuff. I never do that because it’s unnecessary. I even do the same thing for black powder 45-70 and 45 colt and they come out shining. If people say you need to wet tumble stuff they are a liar because I dry tumble black powder used cartridges and they come out brand new looking.
I bought 5 cans of this, it's great stuff in my AR10. Some cans the ammo looks brand new and some (which looked to have been previously opened) look real gnarly, but still shoot great. Im glad I bought a bunch when it was around, I knew more sad ammo days were coming.
I just picked up some of this stuff. Glad to hear its not garbage. Ian, please keep these ammo reviews coming. Also if possible maybe include some basic accuracy testing in future ammo evaluation videos.
I bought two 900 rd. cases. They were from 80' and 81' . Packaged Three 300 rd ammo boxes per. case and the ammo inside is in way better condition then the stuff you received. The stuff I have looks near new. However, I did buy a 300 rd. can from sportsmans guide that was fairly tarnished and I shot it up. The can had about 20 rds.that did not go off first strike and 6 that would not fire at all. I ran through a box of 20 out of the 900 case with no misfires. Good luck.
I went through three 300rd cans and one of the bigger 540rd cans of this stuff. I'm down to my last 300rd can as we speak. Lower pressure than usual. Relatively gentle. Doesn't cycle my .308 Garand reliably. Everything else loves it. Not super accurate, but in everything but the persnickety Garand, it's been 100% reliable. I did get one 300rd can where the ammo was super gross and corroded, and my younger brother's FAL did not get along with that. The cans generally come in varying degrees of nice to corroded, but every one with the exception of the one with the corroded rounds had a good airseal and a strong fishy smell like you'd expect from long-sealed surplus equipment. Honestly, I don't think we're ever gonna see this stuff again and it bums me out, because it's very good ammo for the price.
Malaysia mempunyai 2 syarikat pengeluar peluru 1. Sg buluh 2. Shah alam Malah timah malaysia digunakan bg perang dunia ke2 membantu pihak berikat mengalahkan jerman bg pembuatan peluru
I had an issue with my Galil ACE ripping the rim off the round when trying to eject and then casing would get stuck in the chamber, happened maybe 1 in every 30 rounds at least.
I found your video very interesting! I have exactly the same ammunition manufactured in 1986. It will not fire through my M1A, all click no bang. At this point, I thought it was the rifle. I purchased several boxes of brand new ammo at the gun range and the weapon worked flawlessly. I ran another magazine of the Malaysia, Ammo, and nothing. I went as far to replace the fire control system in my M1 and still it will not fire that Malaysia Ammo. Very frustrating.
You do know you can use the 8mm Mauser stripper clips for your 30.06 and your .308 (7.62x51), they all run a very close head size. I use them for my 30.06 and .308
very interesting, enjoying the growing material in your line of ammunition review. i would like to see how the bullets perform, breaking them on steel in closeup or a ballistic jell. great source of information
I was hoping ian would do a video on this as I bought on of the .50 Cal cans of this. Great timing! Wonder if he could also find some Yugo 1950s surplus 8mm to test.
I will state that these hard primers do cause issues in some semiautomatic rifles. Also if you plan on shooting this ammo in a semi-auto an adjustable gas block is pretty necessary for reliable function of the weapon.
Back in the mid 90s, I bought 820 rounds of Malaysian 5.56 M195 ball for shits and giggles. I bought in a place called B&B sales in Westminster Ca. I took it out to shoot a week later, it was terrible! Bent casings, corrosion around the primers etc. I didn't even shoot it! I ended up selling itwarts and all at a Great Western Gun Show in Pomona a few weeks later... Looks like the quality of the 7.62 is so so too.
I bought a couple cans of FN made 5.56 ss109 ammo that came with the lead sealed wire. I feel stupid watching how easy Ian twisted it off while remembering what it took me to cut mine off.
thia ammo was made in december of 1981,,,,the same month/year i was married. I see the ammo has lasted longer than my marriage. (for those interested,,,,,,,6 yrs,49 days)
5 thumbs down from the people who thought they were starting cool new jobs at the munitions factory. Then found out they were gonna spend all day tying pink ribbons onto undersized ammo boxes.
Wow, never know ammo i been lugging around fking swap in nowhere jungle Been feature inside my fav channel ! Ahh, those good old days when im not doing something stupid with those ammo yet
@@ArcturusOTE yeah. Plus we have one of the strictest gun law where no one can own a gun even an airsoft. Only a VIP can carry a gun but with super strict restrictions. So gun culture are basically none existent in Malaysia.
