Anybody tired of repro Chargers ("stripper clips")?

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Anybody tired of repro Chargers ("stripper clips")?

Post by NuJudge » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:22 pm

AIM is advertising Russian 7.62x54R on chargers, 60 clips and 300 rounds for $69.95. The chargers look like the Bulgarian early post war chargers that came in some years ago:
http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=A76254SC

These have to be better than the recent cheap Chinese copies.

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Re: Anybody tired of repro Chargers ("stripper clips")?

Post by Dutch Mosin » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:03 am

Man.....every now and then I wish I were a US citizen.
I can buy that type of ammo here too, only the price is different (more expensive) and the ammo is offered without the clips.
I reload my Mosin Nagant ammo and had to look for clips on the Internet and at gun shows in Germany.

Here's a picture of a Chinese clip with ammo and a couple of Russian and Finnish clips I found on the Internet and at a German gun show.

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Re: Anybody tired of repro Chargers ("stripper clips")?

Post by dhtaxi » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:46 pm

I have not shot my Nagant in a age I guess its time to give it a outing.
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Re: Anybody tired of repro Chargers ("stripper clips")?

Post by Niner » Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:37 pm

No telling how many stripper clips I've tossed out over the years. I should have realized they had some value. I always figured there would be more of them with the next batch of ammo....but I was wrong.
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Re: Anybody tired of repro Chargers ("stripper clips")?

Post by Brass Rat » Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:34 pm

Those brass looking Chinese chargers are pretty much useless. The only ones that I have that actually work are some that I bought from TN Gunparts 7 or 8 years ago. I haven't seen any for sale in chargers for quite a few years.
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Re: Anybody tired of repro Chargers ("stripper clips")?

Post by kermit » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:22 pm

i bought Finn GWS and real Tikka clips from Ann Kelly of kelly surplus. contact her at akelly110@rcn.com she also shipped winchester,Izhevsk -bow and arrow to me. i bought 100 clips from her,and highly recommend her as being honest and fast shipper. check price and tell her bill may sent you.
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Re: Anybody tired of repro Chargers ("stripper clips")?

Post by Josh Smith » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:13 pm

Hello,

I have some of the ones Kermit ended up with, and can vouch for them. I did some mods to make the Mosin feed from them about as well as a Mauser, too. Just fitting of parts; no real mods I guess.

The Chinese ones can be made to work if you have a fireplace. Just cook them in coals for the day and quench them in water. Problem is they're still sharp, just not quite as flimsy.

I use the Chinese ones to hold empty shells now, so that I can anneal five at a time for handloading! :bigsmile:

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Re: Anybody tired of repro Chargers ("stripper clips")?

Post by sakorick » Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:28 pm

I've got 40 or so extra stripper clips .....some Izhevsk marked, look like new. PM me if you need any. Regards, Rick.
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