Poongsan ??? - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

mvician · 08-18-2007, 03:35 PM

Have any of you ever seen this stuff ?

Headstamp is PS 78......so it is probably older than alot of you here

jeepinbanditrider · 08-18-2007, 04:35 PM

That ammo is 7 years older than I am.

It doesn't surprise me the South Koreans are our allies afterall.

petey1 · 08-18-2007, 06:07 PM

Wang Dang, sweet Poongsan!

Haven't heard of it, but I was a year old when that stuff was manufactured! I've got some South African surplus that's almost that old.

Saggin · 08-18-2007, 07:39 PM

I saw some at the gun shop the other day but didn't pay any attention to the price or how old it was. Besides I am 11 years older than that box.

titus_1133 · 08-20-2007, 12:26 AM

The South Koreans made 30-06 ammo for Garands that they had back in the 70s on American machines. It wouldn't surprise me if this was something similar.

CharlieHo · 08-20-2007, 07:06 AM

Seen it before, shot it before, didn't pay attention to HS date, dropping jaw at the age of some of you young'ns!!!

ichy_trigger · 08-20-2007, 07:11 AM

Im 9 years older than your ammo, how much was it?

beakersloco · 08-20-2007, 07:44 AM

So im going to guess that ps 78 means it was produced in 1978 ?

mvician · 08-20-2007, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlieHo

Seen it before, shot it before, didn't pay attention to HS date, dropping jaw at the age of some of you young'ns!!!

I was 19 when this stuff was made.....that's why I posted this was to see if the young'ns had ever seen it

Quote:

Originally Posted by ichy_trigger

Im 9 years older than your ammo, how much was it?

got this a maybe 6 months ago....IIRC I gave $60 for 300 rounds, 20 cents a pop

Quote:

Originally Posted by beakersloco

So im going to guess that ps 78 means it was produced in 1978 ?

yep

here is another pic, this time of Hansen Cartridge Company
Ever seen this ? headstamp RTA P87 only have 4 boxes of this

philbo · 08-20-2007, 10:55 AM

RTA=Royal Thai Army Arsenal, Bangkok, Thailand.

Either reloads, repacked and distributed by HCC, or bulk brass purchase by HCC. But, I haven't seen them before now.

I saw quite a bit of milsurp from Poongsan being distributed by PMC in the 90's before they went out of business. Recent rumor has it that the US Gov't has contracted w/Poongsan for ammo allotments due to the shortage of ammo here of late.

08-18-2007, 03:35 PM	#1
mvician XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 3,622	Poongsan ??? Have any of you ever seen this stuff ? Headstamp is PS 78......so it is probably older than alot of you here

08-18-2007, 04:35 PM	#2
jeepinbanditrider XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mineral Wells, Tx Posts: 4,979	That ammo is 7 years older than I am. It doesn't surprise me the South Koreans are our allies afterall. __________________ Stuff USPSA-A59201

08-18-2007, 06:07 PM	#3
petey1 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 677	Wang Dang, sweet Poongsan! Haven't heard of it, but I was a year old when that stuff was manufactured! I've got some South African surplus that's almost that old. __________________ "No free man shall EVER be barred the use of arms." -Thomas Jefferson springerprecision.com bcsportsmen.org gunfacts.info

08-18-2007, 07:39 PM	#4
Saggin XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Adrian, Mi Posts: 140	I saw some at the gun shop the other day but didn't pay any attention to the price or how old it was. Besides I am 11 years older than that box. __________________ XD 45 Tactical Kimber Ultra CDP II Smith & Wesson 629 classic 44 mag 8 3/8 in barrel Ruger LCP Mosin M44 7.62 X 54R Smith & Wesson M&P 15 NRA Member Michigan CPL

08-20-2007, 07:06 AM	#6
CharlieHo XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairmont, WV Posts: 514	Seen it before, shot it before, didn't pay attention to HS date, dropping jaw at the age of some of you young'ns!!! __________________ "The philosophy of gun control: Teenagers are roaring through town at 90 MPH, where the speed limit is 25. Your solution is to lower the speed limit to 20." - Sam Cohen, inventor of the Neutron Bomb

08-20-2007, 12:26 AM	#5
titus_1133 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Yerington, NV Posts: 232	The South Koreans made 30-06 ammo for Garands that they had back in the 70s on American machines. It wouldn't surprise me if this was something similar.

08-20-2007, 07:11 AM	#7
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 8,316	Im 9 years older than your ammo, how much was it? __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

08-20-2007, 07:44 AM	#8
beakersloco XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Greenville NC Posts: 1,062	So im going to guess that ps 78 means it was produced in 1978 ? __________________ \"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)

08-20-2007, 10:55 AM	#10
philbo XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 309	RTA=Royal Thai Army Arsenal, Bangkok, Thailand. Either reloads, repacked and distributed by HCC, or bulk brass purchase by HCC. But, I haven't seen them before now. I saw quite a bit of milsurp from Poongsan being distributed by PMC in the 90's before they went out of business. Recent rumor has it that the US Gov't has contracted w/Poongsan for ammo allotments due to the shortage of ammo here of late.

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