A friend of mine offered to sell me a load of .223/5.56? ammunition which was sealed in unmarked battle packs. I opened one and the brass cased, 55gr FMJ had the heel markings of “CJ” and “92” now I know the “92” means it was manufactured in 1992 but there is no other identifying markings as to if this is .223 or 5.56 pressure loadings.
Plus they were all on 10rd striper clips in unmarked brown boxes.
Now I’m sure they are not reloads and the brass is dent free and bright so does any one have a idea who the maker is by the “CJ”?
CJ is a marking that is related to Norinco. Since they also make an M4gery for export I would venture to guess it makes sense that they make ammunition as well.
Don’t know if it’s the same stuff but I fired off a couple of boxes of the yelllow-boxed Norinco stuff a while back. Had a pretty good punch to it and worked without any issues. Brass cased and non-corrosive (supposedly).
Thirty two hundred rounds of Norinco? I’m assuming at a buddy price, as he has no personal need for it? I would think that you should pick it up before he gets a look at the demand for ammo online at places like this forum. He’s sitting on at least $1500-$2000 worth of ammo given current prices.
I made the deal this afternoon and he only wanted $500.00 for the lot to pay for a car repair. Being a friend I was very honest about what the current market value was on .223/5.56 ammunition but also advised him when selling ammunition with vague markings he had to be careful to sell to someone with a 5.56 chambered rifle just to be safe.
We both ended up being very happy with the deal as I have some more plinking ammo and he can pay his car repair bill.
I’M still thinking this is .223 pressure but its only a guess until I can shoot it in my A2 and see the numbers.
