Olympic Ammunition- Greek Ammo

[Cygnus]

During the last 9mm shortage I ran across a box of OlymIc Ammuntion. Made in Greece. Kilkis, which is a city in the north. Anyway it is 124grain. Orange and white box. It does not appear to have sealer on the primer. Printing in Engish, Greek, and French

Anyone ever use it?
Is it NATO spec? ( it is not marked so).
Anyway I figured I would ask the INGO ammo crowd.

 

[johntheplinker]

I haven't used any of their 9mm but the 7.62x54r can best be described as junk. IIRC the x39 and 5.56 weren't of the best quality either.

 

[Cygnus]

Thanks. I will save it for function testing a new carry gun. Hoping to do so this holiday season.
What made it junk? Dirty? inconsistent loads? embers flying downrange? Smoky? All of that?

 

[Woobie]

It probably rioted every time someone suggested austerity.

 

[johntheplinker]

Poor accuracy, inconsistent loads that vary from near squib to HOT, loose and/or canted bullets, just generally poor quality. Brass was so bad one primer would almost fall out, the next needed extra effort to decap, necks off center and thickness variation. I fired about half a box and the rest got the bullet pulled hoping it could be reloaded but ended up scrapping all of it.

It probably rioted every time someone suggested austerity.

 

[Cygnus]

Good to know. Like I said I can use for a function test. One thing, if it converts my Dollars to Drachmas I will be pissed off.

 

[SEIndSAM]

I saw some of that Olympic Brand ammo at a local gun show back during the Panic. Glad that I passed on it now...

 

[Leo]

I have shot the 9mm Olympic fodder. Dirty, one shot sounds normal, another sounds like it didn't even clear the barrel, inaccurate, and a couple of rounds did not feed into my Beretta that eats everything. Save your money.

 

[Cygnus]

So my box of ammo is going to default on at least some of my range fun? Dang!

 

[opus1776]

Also, I think that olympic 9mm has very hard primers. Some striker fired guns may need two or three hits before a round will fire......











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[451_Detonics]

I had a case of the 8X57 that shot great in my Hakim...like so much of the import ammo it can vary greatly

 

[drop45]

As a proud Greek, they should probably stick with making olive oil, and gyros, and baklava.........