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Pathfinder
01-11-2012, 12:23 PM
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Inventory as of 28th Oct 2022. 117 cases remaining in the United States now, subject to prior sales

We managed to get our website links working again that were posted here after transitioning our website

You can also contact us via our new link for the revised contact link. Parts of the website are still evolving and improving, however, slowly

https://www.caina-longbranch.com/Contact_Us.php
PKM 7.62 x 54R factory new qualified metallic links and ammunition cans in stock by the sealed case or pallet. 100rd belts with starter tab. Please inquire for case and pallet load pricing

N.B: Please check for current inventory of PKM Links & Ammunition on the latest post, our website or contact us directly


$300.00 - Delivery Included - per 10 - 100rd belts, each belt with its own starter tab in the domestic U.S. only, Ships least expensive way at this price

March 2016: We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport. This is a good start for USG programs that need samples but have no funding, and we will even accept payment on your USG credit card.

Also for civilian shooters, who at about 700 RPM your PKM has put you in the “poor house” and cannot afford a full case, based on our “Poo Folks” pricing offer :) (the name of an actual restaurant in West Virginia).

We also offer 5,600 PKM link case pricing, full pallet pricing, and 1,000,000 link pricing directly from stock for 4-5 day emergency delivery to domestic US Conus bases so they can be overnight anywhere U.S.A.F transport wing flies. This is why we depot them in an heated, air conditioned U.S. warehouse for USG emergency delivery, since 2009 at our expense. For all of us who have served in the armed forces we understand military “hurry up and wait” procurement that will never change as the armed forces have changing priorities thrown at them out of the blue. No other contractor that we know of will carry six figures of "lost leader inventory" for the USG in the United States alone

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Caina Longbranch Limited
https://cainalongbranch.com/index.html


November 2013 Update

Special note to PKM users and buyers: The NATO US Mil Spec system buys M-240 and M-249 ammunition already linked, in M-13 and M-27 links respectively. The Eastern Standard “PKM system”, almost NEVER buys the ammunition linked.

For the Eastern Europeans, and at least one smart USG customer in 2002, it is best to by both items, as available and link as required (belt loaders stocked & provided, if necessary). If one holds out to buy both at the same time like M-240/M-249 ( a little unreality) they might just find the ammo and loose the links. Budget craziness is off and our smallest USG order to date was 2,000,000 links - twice what we have in stock in the US. Our European inventory would be 90-120 days from import if we sell out US stock . If this happens some customers can be practical, however some other will get really angry with both of us because stock was not held for them. We are both made to feel like we drove a dump truck over their pet cat Rupert (meow!) and we need to somehow atone for this.

Seriously, we spell this out to be clear and avoid the drama and the human anguish! Caveat Emptor.

Additionally, we were just reminded that our recently produced 7.62 x 54R PKM links are the last of an era that not only received factory production certification, but also strict MOD certification which was discontinued a few years ago throughout Eastern Europe due to cost cutting measures. Its essentially a double certification of the highest certified quality. When these links are gone, while we can produce more we can no longer provide both our factory production and MOD certification.


October 2013 Update

We finally found out what the situation is with the defective or hidden over priced PKM links and some 7.62 x 54R Steel Cased ammunition producers are now be considering our PKM link production, as a second source

In some cases, the customers are paying $29.00 to $38.00 USD per 100rd round belt with starter tab. They are also fully qualified PKM links like our own at $20.63 USD per belt with starter tab (price ex works Europe)*. Some manufactures hide the overcharge in the lower cost steel cased 7.62 x 54R ammunition, which makes things appear “normal”. We only produce 7.62 x 54R brass cased ammunition, and only provide steel cased ammunition as a distributor when we are over capacity, but we know both markets very well since 1986. We also replaced 2,000,000 rds of defective 7.62 x 54R ammunition for a U.S. government customer who found themselves caught in a real mess in 2002.

Worse still, some suppliers use refinished scrap links that are made to look like new but are used and damaged, which doesn't take much and will jam in a PKM. (its sort of "Russian Roulette" as to which situation you might have ) . Various American purchasers are still getting it up the rear end, “pardon my French” because they just don’t know the Eastern Standard Ammunition business and are vulnerable to overcharging or defective/used links being hidden in qualified lower cost steel cased offers (in which the ammunition is qualified but the links are not, including the use of false certificates. A similar case was caught in 2002 with missile certificates in Eastern Europe, leading to criminal fraud charges. If there is money to be made, these rascals stop at nothing. “Caveat Emptor” and don't bend over for the soap around these people. Our company has been involved in Eastern Europe since 1986 and have seen pretty much everything, in addition to similar “adventures” in North America on NATO/U.S. Mil Spec Standard.

The best solution to overcharging or being defrauded with used defective links is to ask for the cost of 7.62 x 54R PKM qualified steel cased ammunition in basic military packing for the best price (not all 7.62 x 54R FMJ will function in a PKM machine gun). If what we say turns out to be the case in your purchase, we can ship pallets of PKM links directly to your ammunition producer or you can. Either way you save overcharging and get a fully qualified product, and faster as we hold inventory that others simply don't have in stock for immediate delivery.
We can also provide you with as little as a single case of 5,600 links in the United States if you would like to purchase a sample in the US, or from our depot in Europe . We currently have over 1,000,000 links in the United States for immediate delivery, and over 3,000,000 in our production facility in Europe. We also have an approved export permit to France, from Europe, as of August to support French Afghan and African aid projects. We also just received yet another US import permit if more of the European inventory is required in the United States.

Additionally, we also hold a small stock of new production belt loaders in Europe so that customers can store separate types of 7.62 x 54R such as FMJ ball, tracer or API and link them as required for mission requirements, as needed

We hope this is helpful in avoiding disaster and another scandal

Pathfinder
04-03-2012, 01:21 PM
In order to quote shipping rates for domestic orders we will need your zip code.

Penguin
04-03-2012, 05:02 PM
Out of curiosity are the 100 round belts in 25 round sections? Or are they one solid 100 round belt? Also curious if you have any linkers. I don’t know that I would buy either, just mostly wondering. I already have one linker and plenty of belts. Couldn’t hurt to know for future reference though.

Pathfinder
05-02-2012, 10:46 AM
Out of curiosity are the 100 round belts in 25 round sections? Or are they one solid 100 round belt? Also curious if you have any linkers. I don’t know that I would buy either, just mostly wondering. I already have one linker and plenty of belts. Couldn’t hurt to know for future reference though.


Please excuse the delay in our reply. The belts are produced in straight 100 round sections, each with its own starter tab. Each belt is then dipped in oil, packed two belts per plastic bag and 56 of the 100rd belts per wooden case

Regret no belt loaders in North America at the moment. We have to ride the hand cranked belt loaders in with another incoming shipment, otherwise the shipping cost on belt loaders alone is prohibitive for regular orders

Penguin
05-02-2012, 07:23 PM
Ok thanks. I will pass at this time on the 100 round belts. I already have a lot that are in 50 round sections. If you get a linker though Let me know I would probably be interested in one.

Pathfinder
05-03-2012, 09:32 AM
when they come in we can send a PM and if you are interested at the time this is OK

Penguin
05-03-2012, 07:07 PM
Sounds good to me thanks.

Pathfinder
07-25-2012, 12:37 PM
In answer to a few questions asked, this is indeed a price per belt. Other qualified new production internationally ranges from $24.00 USD per 100rd belt with starter tab from the China which is non-importable, to $29.00 USD per belt to $40.00 Euros per belt in various places in Eastern Europe for this complex, costly to produce link. Please keep in mind that these other prices are for the 20ft sea container price elsewhere. We stock new production qualified links, based on stock on hand, as a strategic complement to our 7.62 x 54R military ammunition sales. The shooter collector market simply benefits with sales of as little as a single case as an off shoot of this military logistic support. Please also keep in mind that some sell used belts with no qualification of fitness for as much as $40.00 USD per belt that was bought as metal scrap and imported. Used links such as, while OK for recreational shooting, should never been taken into the field as a military/combat qualified item. It is like used parachutes, climbing ropes, or un-documented used aircraft parts. If the links fail so will the PKM and someone is going to “drop out of the sky!”

We hope this helps to answer questions on PKM link pricing, availability and operational safety for actual service issue use

Pathfinder
09-11-2012, 04:37 PM
Thank you for your comments and I thought that we should share them with the group as we are all such keeners! :oh-shit:. Most or much of what we provide is for military sale/government use only as we are primarily a defence contractor as opposed to a civilian sales importer. Items that are available for civilian sale and are in North America are advertised with pricing shown. Items such as 40mm grenades are not a civilian sales item, and pricing is quoted to qualified military government buyers only on a case by case basis from stock or production which changes.

The only aberration are the new production 7.62 x 39 Zastava M-70 / AK-47/AKM magazines which are depoted in Europe and will probably vanish in an military sale before we could import them. They were bought to support our military 7.62x39 rifle and new ammunition sales. There has been a flood of scrap and scrap refinished magazines bought and imported into the US based on price alone. While the price for the new magazines is attractive they are sold in bulk as class A combat serviceable military magazines. New rifles magazine and machine gun links truly are like parachutes and climbing ropes. They must be a new production, military service item upon which lives can depend. There is no room for used, refinished or civilian standard items. Its one thing for you and I to go to the range on the weekend as a hobby (we are shooters as well). It’s quite another for someone in the field when the fighting, killing and dying takes place in which there is truly no margin for error or sloppy or iffy standards and this is a huge responsibility

We noticed that the new production PKM cans we have in stock were not priced and could be and should have been. The prices are as follows with a minimum $200.00 order to avoid losing money on this new production item (new factory production, not used or refurbished surplus stock)

- 200 rd. 7.62 x 54R steel PKM ammunition can: $ 31.32 USD ( In stock).

- 250 rd. 7.62 x 54R steel PKM ammunition can: $ 25.80 USD (In stock, the highest volume can and the lowest price).

- 100 rd. 7.62 x 54R aluminum PKM ammunition can: $ 33.42 USD (Last price sold at, out of stock at the moment). These actually attach to the gun like an M-249/Mimimi plastic 200rd 5.56mm SAW pack.

There are limited numbers of the 200rd and 250rd cans in the U.S. and when they are gone, more will be imported along with more 100rd cans and PKM links. If history is any indiction, the US PKM link and can inventory may be gone by end of Sept 2012 as the USG spends its 2012 budget dollars before the end of this month to avoid losing them and having to spend 2013 dollars after the beginning of Oct 2012 - next month.

Please note that we have no connection to any other company. Our business practices for the past 26 + plus years are our own and believe they are pretty consistent and straight forward. Life is simpler that way. If we can answer a question well will. If we cannot, due to the primary nature of our business, we will tell you that also

We hope this lengthy explanation is helpful

Penguin
09-12-2012, 12:24 AM
Thanks for the info. It has been my experince that I like the 100 round belt boxes the best. They also tend to the be the hardest and most expensive to find.

Pathfinder
09-12-2012, 04:00 PM
Its a matter of materials used and volumes produced. The 250rd cans are steel, are simpler than the 100 rd aluminum ones that attaches to the gun. The 250rd or proverbial fortress box so to speak is also general issue and hence the volumes produces are quite ubiquitous

As soon as we need more links imported into the US, more 100rd aluminum boxes with be produced and shipped to save on shipping and avoid having to charge an arm and a leg per box for the civilian market as well

Pathfinder
09-21-2012, 05:01 PM
Other Lengths: - We also produce 200rd and 250rd belts (or variations) upon request, but consider the 100rd with starter tab to be the most practical for most operations. These new production belts can also be converted into the two longer, or smaller, lengths simply with the use of a pair of needle nose pliers. This is exactly the same way the belts are assembled during production. Simply detach one starter tab and join full belts or part belts as needed. This can be done in the field by soldiers or in our production facility according to customer requests.

Pathfinder
10-09-2012, 07:12 PM
Please excuse the inconvenience of our website being offline over the long weekend of 6th October. Some computers don’t like to communicate with one another. Some definitely communicate with people and there are those who don’t like to communicate with either. We have since sent in an “insertion team” with thermite grenades and this computer is in the process of meeting a “sticky end” as the Brits would say. Hooah!

If the non hyphenated one doesn’t work this evening, try the hyphenated one at:

http://www.caina-longbranch.com/Home

Pathfinder
10-17-2012, 02:32 PM
OPTION: 250rd PKM Belts with starter tab, factory converted & re-packed from new production European inventory only. $55.58 USD/belt by the case, Ex Depot, Europe, subject to prior sale with stock on hand.

Pathfinder
12-26-2012, 05:07 PM
The 100rd PKM cans will have to ride in with the next lot of PKM links to keep the price reasonable. Right now we don't have a definite delivery as the remaining 185 to 190 cases of PKM links that we have now in the United States will sell first and then we will bring in the next import with 100rd PKM cans to save shipping

Pathfinder
01-13-2013, 03:29 PM
Please note that are PKM cans are new factory production, not used or surplus refurbishments

Additionally, our factory new production, combat PKM links are still one of the best values around at $21.66 per 100rd belt with starter tab by the case or 200 or 250rd belts at about half the price of others with links of undetermined origin

Big Daddy
01-18-2013, 05:15 PM
bump

Pathfinder
02-17-2013, 06:59 PM
This question was asked and should be shared with the other readers The starter tabs in each 100rd belt also help to orient the belt so you are not inserting it in the upside down as you can only insert the belt one way with a starter tab always at the same end of the belt

The surplus belts or surplus scrap purchased as steel scrap by the Kilogram from scrap yards that have been imported in many cases are for earlier guns and not necessarily PKMs. Not unlike buying used climbing ropes or parachutes and hoping they work most of the time. It the belt fails, then so does the gun. Some may fit and feed, some may not but most or many do not have starter tabs and this is why belts can go in upside down

Additionally, the 100rd belts with starter tabs are the most practical however, when you need larger or smaller belts in the field the sizes can be made larger or smaller with a pair of need nose pliers. This is the same way they are assembled by hand on the production line and we can also make or convert from stock larger or smaller belts to order. Complex part, “old school” production, however, very effective and less chance of damage during assembly. This is also why PKM links traditionally cost more the simpler to produce 7.62 x 51 M-13 or 5.56x45 M-27 NATO links.

Pathfinder
06-05-2013, 11:55 AM
As noted, only the 100rd belts with starter tab are ready to ship. Other lengths can be produced with a set of needle nose pliers to make any length you need

For other lengths, apart from 100rds with starter tab from our European production, we only offer these from Europe for import into the US or to operational theatres. We are not set up in the United States to convert belts, only distribute what we have in stock at the moment. Quantities that are viable for import can be imported in other lengths, but this is usually 4-500,000 links plus to justify the 20ft sea container and the import paperwork

Pathfinder
06-12-2013, 01:37 PM
$21.66 USD/belt by the full case only ($1212.96 per case), Ex Depot, United States for fast, convenient CONUS / domestic delivery, subject to prior sale.

After 1 July, 2013 this above price will apply to orders of 10 cases + because this price is a volume 20ft sea container price in which our company sees link production and sales as a strategic complement to our 7.62 x 54 ammunition production to support the dominant 7.62x54R machine gun; the excellent Soviet pattern PKM series (for which most of our ammunition in this caliber is made). The above price will still apply to 10 + cases, but orders under 10 cases will be sold for $24.00 USD per 100rd belt with starter tab or $1344.00 USD per full case of 56 belts to offset the cost of running and shipping small orders domestically. The price of $24.00 USD per belt for a small order is still more than fair when one considers that this is the same next best price for a 20ft sea container of PKM links (approximately 1 million pieces) from other manufactures. After that the next best price that we have seen on the market for the same new production, correctly combat qualified Eastern Standard PKM links from other link manufactures is $29.00 USD for the same belt, followed by $38.00 USD/belt followed by 40.00 Euros per belt for export viable quantities. This makes either of our prices not only more than fair, and the 10 + case truly excellent for new PKM links which is sometimes not understood for the value it is.

The volume case price for less then 10 + cases as noted above will be honoured in the United States only up until and including 1st July 2013. After that the small order price of $24.00 per belt by the case applies.

Pathfinder
09-12-2013, 12:57 PM
We are out of stock in our U.S. Depot of the 100rd Aluminum new production PKM cans. Delivery may be by the end of the year and production prices have also not been confirmed as of this writing

Pathfinder
10-01-2013, 04:18 PM
A useful question asked by and answered for a customer

The FMJ ball you want is generally heavier ( say between 170gr and 182 ) although there are some 149gr " light ball" that will work with enough recoil impulse for the PKM . Not all 7.62 x 54R is created equal. Additionally, if some is made to European Civilian CIP standards this is not "Eastern Standard Mil Spec" (not to be confused with U.S. Mil Spec) and will most likely fail in a PKM with not enough recoil impulse to run the gas/operate the bolt and belt. The USG already tried this once and was about to do it again until we corrected them (different USG customer as they don't always talk to one another) What you can "get away with" in a AK/7.62x39 is much different in what you can get away with in a PKM. The AK/7.62x39 is more tolerant to bad ammunition mismatches.

Pathfinder
10-11-2013, 06:36 PM
We have posted this on our original posting to aid people in military procurement avoid making critical mistakes on 7.62 x 54R PKM link belts and ammunition. Mistakes that could be fatal for the people in the field who depend on this gun for their mission. Read and reach your own conclusions.

Pathfinder
11-14-2013, 06:46 PM
Technical update added to the beginning of this post for interested PKM users and buyers

Pathfinder
03-10-2014, 03:12 PM
Regret that we are still waiting for a viable import on these cans

Pathfinder
05-02-2014, 04:14 PM
We are still waiting to justify our next import. We need enough goods to fill a 20ft sea container otherwise the import cost becomes prohibitive. The 100 rd new production aluminum PKM cans were just under $35.00 USD each in 5 or more, and we would like to keep them in that range again

Pathfinder
07-04-2014, 10:47 PM
bump

Pathfinder
07-28-2014, 01:54 PM
We regret that all of the AK-47/AKM magazines have now been sold to an export customer and we are no longer able to offer the price based on 2007 new inventory. While we still have new production PKM links in the United States for domestic delivery the AK-47/AKM magazines are sold out

This PKM link post is fine, but we cannot seem to delete the AK-47/AKM magazine post

Pathfinder
08-19-2014, 11:25 AM
We were also asked about DSHK Tripods and I thought I would share this answer with the group

DSHK Tipods is something that we would like to bring into the US as we support both the gun and 12.7 x 108mm ammunition.

With the current craziness overseas we expect our Domestic PKM link inventory to be wiped out and more PKM links, 100rd cans can come in with the next sea container. We would actively work to add DSHK tripods to that mix

Pathfinder
09-05-2014, 10:13 AM
One person asked why not buy a single surplus belt at $40.00 each elsewhere rather then investing in a case of qualified new production links at a lower cost and the answer was worth sharing with the group below


The belts we have a qualified new factory production with both production and MOD certification. The belts you refer to are bought as surplus scrap metal by the pound, and you do get what you pay for.

These importers are buying on price alone an maximizing profits
Ours are used in combat for military use. Sometimes surplus is great and it works, sometimes it is not. The difference is that when you are carrying a PKM in the field or on outpost or a checkpoint, the gun cannot fail or your buddies end up in body bags or being beheaded on a Ytube Video. The USG has bought over 10,000,000 of these links from us as links have to be treated like certified aircraft parts, climbing ropes or parachutes. You cannot load a PKM with a coal shovel if the PKM link fails.

Cavet Emptor

Pathfinder
09-22-2014, 10:05 AM
bump

Pathfinder
10-06-2014, 08:48 AM
Regret no ETA on the 100rd cans yet. The US Government purchasing on these items seems to be hibernating and we need to bring in a 20ft sea container of them for US consumption only or we loose money or have to jack up the price to cover a small import which is counter productive and will also loose money as well. Our plan is to add them to the next US domestic import, either for the USG use or civilian use or both

tmckay2
11-04-2014, 08:37 PM
please keep us posted. if there is any way to sign up to be notified when they come in let me know, i am in for several, as well as links.

Pathfinder
11-17-2014, 11:58 PM
We have the 200 & 250 rd cans in the US now. The ETA on the 100rd cans we regret that we don't have yet. Larger military orders usually don't enter the US

The 7.62 x 54 R ammunition are primarily military orders however we would like to have case lost available to the public (ball only) when some of the military business slows down

Pathfinder
01-24-2015, 05:02 PM
bump

Pathfinder
01-31-2015, 11:43 PM
bump

Pathfinder
06-09-2015, 03:59 PM
Regret we are still having issues bringing in more new production 100rd Aluminum PKM cans that some have asked about as the use of steel offered by a subcontractor defeats the purpose of light weight for a can that becomes part of the guns overall combat weight

Pathfinder
09-27-2015, 01:45 PM
bump

Pathfinder
10-09-2015, 05:46 PM
bump bump bump

l921428x
11-23-2015, 06:38 PM
so where does this go? cost for 1 can?

Pathfinder
01-10-2016, 11:25 AM
so where does this go? cost for 1 can?

We have 250 and 200 rd cans in stock, but we need a minimum order of 5 new cans to avoid losing money. 100rd Aluminum cans will be in stock once they ride in with another container of PKM links. If they ride in by themselves, there is so little money in new cans without overcharging that we loose money

Pathfinder
02-04-2016, 08:04 PM
U.S. Inventory Sale Pending

Pathfinder
03-20-2016, 12:56 PM
March 2016: We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport. This is a good start for USG programs that need samples but have no funding, and we will even accept payment on your USG credit card.

Also for civilian shooters, who at about 700 RPM your PKM has put you in the “poor house” and cannot afford a full case, based on our “Poo Folks” pricing offer :) (the name of an actual restaurant in West Virginia).

We also offer 5,600 PKM link case pricing, full pallet pricing, and 1,000,000 link pricing directly from stock for 4-5 day emergency delivery to domestic US Conus bases so they can be overnight anywhere U.S.A.F transport wing flies. This is why we depot them in an heated, air conditioned U.S. warehouse for USG emergency delivery, since 2009 at our expense. For all of us who have served in the armed forces we understand military “hurry up and wait” procurement that will never change as the armed forces have changing priorities thrown at them out of the blue. No other contractor that we know of will carry six figures of "lost leader inventory" for the USG in the United States alone

Pathfinder
04-01-2016, 10:09 PM
March 2016: We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

Pathfinder
04-08-2016, 10:43 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files

Pathfinder
04-15-2016, 10:16 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

Pathfinder
05-10-2016, 09:39 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

Pathfinder
05-22-2016, 10:59 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

Pathfinder
05-31-2016, 10:11 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

Pathfinder
06-12-2016, 09:59 AM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

Pathfinder
07-02-2016, 09:17 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
07-28-2016, 12:35 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

The Company that bought from us before and selling by the belt is no longer supplying new links as far as we know, but was known to find counterfeit links in the US that was reported to the FBI. Buyer Beware

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
08-16-2016, 08:10 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
08-31-2016, 10:09 AM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd 7.62 x 54R PKM belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
09-07-2016, 04:59 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd 7.62 x 54R PKM belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
09-25-2016, 09:22 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd 7.62 x 54R PKM belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
10-07-2016, 11:12 AM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd 7.62 x 54R PKM belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
10-19-2016, 09:11 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd 7.62 x 54R PKM belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
10-27-2016, 11:35 AM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd 7.62 x 54R PKM belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
11-05-2016, 10:26 PM
We are now offering 10 - 100rd 7.62 x 54R PKM belts each with Starter Tab (1000 links, 10 starter tabs) for $300.00 per lot delivered in the domestic United States. Ships least expensive way only such as USPS or UPS, unless you want to pay the difference in transport.

We also offer lower volume case prices, pallet prices and lots of 500,000 and 1,000,000 from new production stock in the United States for immediate delivery, no waiting. These can be shipped to U.S. Domestic Conus bases and be on an aircraft wherever USAF transport Wing files.

We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
11-21-2016, 04:26 PM
We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines as these quantities are too small to justify a U.S. import ourselves. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
11-29-2016, 10:41 AM
We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines as these quantities are too small to justify a U.S. import ourselves. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
12-09-2016, 12:11 PM
We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines as these quantities are too small to justify a U.S. import ourselves. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
12-16-2016, 10:12 AM
We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines as these quantities are too small to justify a U.S. import ourselves. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
12-23-2016, 02:30 PM
We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines as these quantities are too small to justify a U.S. import ourselves. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
12-30-2016, 11:45 AM
We are also looking for 1 or more used belt loaders for 12.7 x 108 and 23 x 152 B mm belt loading machines as these quantities are too small to justify a U.S. import ourselves. We will also buy or trade for some of our new production PKM links.

Pathfinder
01-06-2017, 12:08 PM
Half of our PKM link inventory is gone, and the balance is subject to prior sale to the first confirmed orders. When this is is gone further production is subject to production availability behind others orders on a first come, first served basis

For more information

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links

Limited amount of new production 200rd and 250rd steel PKM cans remaining in our American depot

Pathfinder
01-13-2017, 11:21 AM
Half of our PKM link inventory now sold as of 3rd January 2017, and the balance is subject to prior sale to the first confirmed orders. When this is gone further production is subject to production availability behind others orders on a first come, first served basis

For more information & current inventory updates

The Company that bought from us before and selling by the belt is no longer supplying new links as far as we know, but was known to find counterfeit links in the US that was reported to the FBI. Buyer Beware

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Limited amount of new production 200rd and 250rd steel PKM cans remaining in our American depot

Pathfinder
01-20-2017, 05:30 PM
Half of our PKM link inventory now sold as of 3rd January 2017, and the balance is subject to prior sale to the first confirmed orders. When this is gone further production is subject to production availability behind others orders on a first come, first served basis

For more information & current inventory updates

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Also, a limited amount of new production 200rd and 250rd steel PKM cans remaining in our American depot

Pathfinder
01-27-2017, 05:39 PM
We just received information this week that cases of supposedly new Eastern Standard* PKM links have appeared on the market in the United States in wooden cases that are the same or similar to ours, but we know for a fact that these are not our new production links, and in wooden cases like ours. The plastic bags they are packed in also are slightly different from ours and if you do a direct comparison of these links to our new to ours they are different.

We are working to gather more information, but it appears they may be used 1960s Chinese Production that circulate the market that have been refinished and fraudulently passed off as new production, or Eastern European scrap that were sold as scrap metal for smelting, and instead were covertly diverted, refinished and falsely sold as new production PKM links. Forged certificates are offered in some cases and we are trying to ascertain if certificates are also included with this lot.

Sometimes these worn out links are also sold separately or hidden in with good ammunition that is qualified but the PKM links are not. If the links fail, the out of tolerance or slightly bent link will seize ammunition in the belt or drops cartridge out of the belt with a worn/oversize link. New Production combat qualified Eastern Standard PKM links can be potentially re-used technically up to 10 times in ideal conditions as they are stronger than one use only Nato/Mil Spec links , but not in this case. In either case with these used or surface refinished PKM links both the gun and ammunition can fail in battle and people will die, and operations will be compromised. This will not be the first time when American programs or programs for the Afghans and Iraqi government are being cheated as they are not Eastern Standard specialists. We have been involved with and embedded in Eastern Europe going back to 1986, and speak with some authority.

You are welcome to compare our links to these counterfeits and judge for yourselves. If you inspect these bargains in painful detail your people will probably see that these “new links”, while refinished, may have marks of being used, damaged or worn out and our out of spec. Like counterfeit or refinished used aircraft arts that cause aviation accidents these worn out PKM links can also be lethal, and compromise operations. Our first obligation is to the people in the field who are engaged in the fighting, the killing and the dying on our behalf. This “profit over people” is a profoundly disloyal act against the people in the field

Semper Fidelis

* Sometimes also called NSA or Non-Standard Ammunition in the United States. This is considered a derogatory term in Eastern Europe and we refuse to use this term as a result

Pathfinder
02-03-2017, 11:17 PM
We just received information last week that cases of supposedly new Eastern Standard* PKM links have appeared on the market in the United States in wooden cases that are the same or similar to ours, but we know for a fact that these are not our new production links, and in wooden cases like ours. The plastic bags they are packed in also are slightly different from ours and if you do a direct comparison of these links to our new to ours they are different.

We are working to gather more information, but it appears they may be used 1960s Chinese Production that circulate the market that have been refinished and fraudulently passed off as new production, or Eastern European scrap that were sold as scrap metal for smelting, and instead were covertly diverted, refinished and falsely sold as new production PKM links. Forged certificates are offered in some cases and we are trying to ascertain if certificates are also included with this lot.

Sometimes these worn out links are also sold separately or hidden in with good ammunition that is qualified but the PKM links are not. If the links fail, the out of tolerance or slightly bent link will seize ammunition in the belt or drops cartridge out of the belt with a worn/oversize link. New Production combat qualified Eastern Standard PKM links can be potentially re-used technically up to 10 times in ideal conditions as they are stronger than one use only Nato/Mil Spec links , but not in this case. In either case with these used or surface refinished PKM links both the gun and ammunition can fail in battle and people will die, and operations will be compromised. This will not be the first time when American programs or programs for the Afghans and Iraqi government are being cheated as they are not Eastern Standard specialists. We have been involved with and embedded in Eastern Europe going back to 1986, and speak with some authority.

You are welcome to compare our links to these counterfeits and judge for yourselves. If you inspect these bargains in painful detail your people will probably see that these “new links”, while refinished, may have marks of being used, damaged or worn out and our out of spec. Like counterfeit or refinished used aircraft arts that cause aviation accidents these worn out PKM links can also be lethal, and compromise operations. Our first obligation is to the people in the field who are engaged in the fighting, the killing and the dying on our behalf. This “profit over people” is a profoundly disloyal act against the people in the field

Semper Fidelis

* Sometimes also called NSA or Non-Standard Ammunition in the United States. This is considered a derogatory term in Eastern Europe and we refuse to use this term as a result

Pathfinder
02-10-2017, 01:34 PM
This matter has gone from Armed Forces CID (criminal investigation division) to BATF and the FBI who has offered to investigate. Our serious concern is that if counterfeit/defective PKM links make it into the military supply chain jams and stoppages could get the people in the field killed, and operations compromised. We owe the people in the field and our allies who also put their lives on the line much better than that.

Pathfinder
03-01-2017, 11:41 PM
Now 600,000 rds in stock as of 24/03/2017, subject to prior sale to the first confirmed order

PKM Ammunition in Stock: We also have 600,000 rds of 7.62 x 54R 148gr FMJ ball steel cased 2016 production ammunition in the United States for immediate shipment with new PKM links only. More Ammunition after that may be brought into the United States in April 2017, if it is not shipped elsewhere to support operations. Subject to prior sale(s), without notice

The 600,000 round lot of new production 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition and 200,000 new production Eastern Standard combat qualified PKM links in 100rd belts with starter tab is $616.60 USD per 1000 before shipping

We hadn't considered smaller lots but could sell 20,000 round of the same ammunition and links for $645.00 USD per 1000 before shipping which we just offered another forum member who asked. You can send a PM if you would like as well or use our contact page as well

https://cainalongbranch.com/Contact_Us.php

Pathfinder
05-10-2017, 08:59 PM
We now have 4,000,000 PKM Links back in stock between & Domestic US CONUS & Europe

We now have more 7.62 x 54R 148gr FMJ ball steel cased 2016/17 production non-corrosive Ersatz ammunition (1) in stock Domestic US CONUS, for immediate shipment with new PKM links only subject to prior sale to the first confirmed order (s). More Ammunition after that may be brought into the United States, if it is not shipped elsewhere to support operations. Subject to prior sale(s), without notice. Qualified ammunition stock varies, please inquire for assistance (Ext 224 or 222).

For example: We will offer 200,000 rounds of ammunition with new production Eastern Standard combat qualified PKM links in 100rd belts with starter tab is $616.60 USD per 1000 before shipping. Ammunition & links packed separately at these prices. Some belt loaders available.

We hadn't considered smaller lots but could sell 20,000 rounds of the same ammunition & links for $645.00 USD per 1000 before shipping which we just offered another forum member who asked. You can send a PM if you would like as well or use our contact page as well. PMs may be slower to answer with our operational work load

https://cainalongbranch.com/Contact_Us.php

(1) We produce brass cased 7.62 x 54R ammunition only; however, due to up & down shortages we also offer steel cased 7.62 x 54R ammunition for PKM use as a Ersatz*. This is good ammunition as a replacement for production shortfalls due to operational up tempo

* Ersatz is a German word literally meaning substitute or replacement. Not substandard or low quality in any way. We simply produce and also prefer brass cased ammunition military operational use. We also realize some USG people use these forums as an information resource and we try to answer your serious questions in the “first pass” for the people in the field where our first loyalty lies. You and I get to go home at night. These people and our allies do not.

Caveat Emptor: Some wooden cases of PKM links may look like ours but are not new, but used links, refinished and packed to look like new. In one instance even trying to copy our packaging to pass off as new production from the cases that we have already shipped nationwide in the U.S. alone since 2009. We have gone to great lengths to distance ourselves from these rascals in the U.S. market this year, once discovered including reporting them to both the FBI & BATF for investigation as counterfeit/fraud . You should also. These used links that have been passed off as qualified new production could fail in combat with fatal results, and compromised missions. More information upon request . Like the Klondike Gold Rush there are a lot of “Industry transients” that we have seen "pass though" field in our 32 years. Our company; same company, same business, same people. Next year these transients , including even some well-intentioned ones drawn by "the lure of the Klondike" or using OPM (other people's money) invested foolishly will be selling used car parts or mismatched book ends. Enough said

Pathfinder
05-22-2017, 10:13 AM
Rather that the usual Bump Bump nonsense as if we all have suspension problems :gum: , we thought that we would share something of value with forum members which is as follows:

Winston Churchill spoke quite eloquently about empathy; not sympathy but empathy - big difference when he talked about sitting down and at least listening to others you completely disagree with when he said:

“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen”

“Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

As a follow on a truly excellent 87 second part interview with Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal along those lines for leadership and also civility with others in our day to day affairs

On GPS: Gen. McChrystal's checklist for leadership
CNN's Fareed Zakaria
Aug 29, 2015
http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/08/29/exp-gps-mcchrystal-sot-leadership-checklist.cnn

Pathfinder
10-18-2017, 03:24 PM
We have another 500,000 rds of 7.62 x 54R PKM ammunition to compliment the PKM links in stock, subject to prior sale

Pathfinder
11-02-2017, 01:13 PM
We also have a small quantity of belt loaders that can be included with PKM link and ammunition sales to support operations

Pathfinder
11-14-2017, 10:07 PM
We also have a small quantity of belt loaders that can be included with PKM link and ammunition sales to support operations

Pathfinder
12-05-2017, 01:20 PM
We also have a small quantity of belt loaders that can be included with PKM link and ammunition sales to support operations

Pathfinder
12-14-2017, 05:40 PM
We currently have 161 cases of 5600 new production PKM links (900,000 + links) in the United States alone, subject to prior sale

Pathfinder
12-21-2017, 12:21 PM
We also have limited stock of new production 7.62 x 54R PKM ammunition. and belt loaders in stock as well; subject to prior sale(s) to be fair to all

Pathfinder
12-28-2017, 03:15 PM
Currently in stock 1,500,000 rds of new 2017 steel production 7.62 x 54R 148gr FMJ ammunition for the PKM; however, sold only with links and subject to prior sales

U.S Conus new production link inventory down to 896,000 links in belts of 100rds with starter tab (160 cases of 5,600 links per case). We have more to be that can be imported however, unlike our U.S. inventory with a 4-5 domestic delivery our European stock will take longer accordingly

Pathfinder
02-15-2018, 10:45 PM
Currently in stock 1,500,000 rds of new 2017 steel production 7.62 x 54R 148gr FMJ ammunition for the PKM; however, sold only with links and subject to prior sales

Pathfinder
03-16-2018, 11:57 AM
We have replenished PKM ammunition in stock for immediate delivery and Currently in stock 1,500,000 rds of new 2017/18 steel production 7.62 x 54R 148gr FMJ ammunition for the PKM; however, sold only with links and subject to prior sales. We also have 700,000 rds on the water for a 30 delivery but this is also subject to prior sale

New Production PKM links are also subject to prior sale to the first confirmed orders with payment. USG orders welcome under FARs

Pathfinder
03-26-2018, 06:24 PM
We also have limited stock of new production 7.62 x 54R PKM ammunition. and belt loaders in stock as well; subject to prior sale(s) to be fair to all

Pathfinder
04-04-2018, 01:47 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
04-10-2018, 01:05 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
04-16-2018, 03:23 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
05-07-2018, 10:27 AM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
05-16-2018, 03:16 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
05-30-2018, 10:58 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
06-19-2018, 10:42 AM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
07-09-2018, 11:12 AM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

[https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
07-26-2018, 04:55 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
08-09-2018, 02:04 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
08-20-2018, 01:15 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
08-27-2018, 01:12 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
09-03-2018, 02:49 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
09-10-2018, 12:30 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
09-17-2018, 02:21 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html

Pathfinder
09-24-2018, 03:00 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html


No 7.62x54R ammunition's left

Pathfinder
10-15-2018, 10:16 AM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html


No 7.62x54R ammunition's left

Pathfinder
10-22-2018, 12:40 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html


No 7.62x54R ammunition's left

Pathfinder
10-29-2018, 02:59 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html


No 7.62x54R ammunition left

Pathfinder
11-08-2018, 07:15 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html


No 7.62x54R ammunition's left

Pathfinder
11-20-2018, 03:32 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

https://cainalongbranch.com/PKM_Links.html


No 7.62x54R ammunition's left

Pathfinder
11-27-2018, 12:56 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
12-04-2018, 02:58 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
12-11-2018, 04:11 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
12-19-2018, 03:50 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
12-28-2018, 12:37 AM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
01-07-2019, 01:44 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
01-14-2019, 05:15 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
01-29-2019, 12:39 AM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
02-05-2019, 04:21 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
02-20-2019, 09:11 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
02-27-2019, 12:14 AM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
03-13-2019, 07:06 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
03-20-2019, 04:41 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
04-05-2019, 06:09 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
04-14-2019, 08:25 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
04-22-2019, 11:44 AM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
04-28-2019, 11:03 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links


We currently have about 900,000 new production PKM links in the US now and another 1,000,000 + rounds of 7.62 x 54R steel cased ammunition IN STOCK in the United States for immediate delivery, as a substitute standard to our own brass cased production which has a lead time due to demand

Pathfinder
05-06-2019, 12:25 PM
Please check current PKM link and 7.62 x 54R Conus ammunition inventory levels for immediate shipment at:

http://cainalongbranch.com/pkm_links

Due to our production backlog of our own 7.62 x 54R brass cased lead core FMJ ball for the PKM machine gun we now have 2,000,000 rounds of steel cased ammunition in stock in the United States as a quality, serviceable substitute standard subject to prior sale with new production PKM links only (links & ammunition sold together but not linked)

Due to the pricing of only $616.60 per 1000 FOB our depot, Conus (New York State), we only offer minimum lots of 300,000 rds per order and can usually have delivery within 4-5s days to most locations or bases within the 48 states.

For more information please feel free to contact us at the following link

http://www.caina-longbranch.com/Contact_Us

Pathfinder
05-13-2019, 01:37 PM
To compliment our new production PKM links in stock we currently have 2,000,000 rds of steel cased 149gr FMJ non-corrosive ball in the United States now, subjection to prior sale. We sell the PKM links separately or can offer them for $616.60 /1000 together but un-linked . We do have separate hand cranked belt loaders if required

We will offer this substitute standard ammunition until we have more 7.62 x 54 brass cased ammunition to offer and fill orders with after some of our production back logs are met

Pathfinder
05-20-2019, 02:09 PM
Please contact us for current inventory levels. We have belt loading machines also

Pathfinder
05-27-2019, 10:18 AM
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Pathfinder
06-06-2019, 11:25 AM
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Pathfinder
06-15-2019, 08:27 PM
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Pathfinder
07-05-2019, 06:52 PM
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Pathfinder
07-19-2019, 11:12 PM
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Pathfinder
08-06-2019, 02:12 PM
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Pathfinder
08-18-2019, 10:02 PM
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Pathfinder
08-26-2019, 01:13 PM
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Pathfinder
09-03-2019, 11:04 AM
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Pathfinder
09-14-2019, 05:09 PM
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Pathfinder
09-23-2019, 11:04 AM
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Pathfinder
09-29-2019, 07:13 PM
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Pathfinder
10-18-2019, 02:59 AM
We had someone contact us after using someone else's PKM links that are refinished to look new and repacked to look new in the U.S. We sent them a sample of our new production they did a comparative test and this is what they found this month:

We received the belts. Thank you so much for sending them. I loaded two of them and there was definitely a difference. The belts we got originally looked almost the same with the only visible variations being slight changes in where the metal folds over on some sides. The real difference was in loading. The old ones were often too tight, to the point where we had to sometimes force rounds in with a mallet in order to get them to click in place.

Your belts were much more consistent when it came to the pressure required to link rounds, and were MUCH easier to load and the rounds stayed in place.

Overall, the weight, look, and feel were about the same, but the force required to link them was substantially different.

It's what we expected in that you have received used links, which is actually quite common. There are at least 5 pallets of these counterfeit links in the United States. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

Surplus scrap links are refinished and sold to the USG as new production, with false certificates as they ask. The PKM link is stronger than the NATO M-27 o M-13 link, however, used links can be damaged, and refinishing is only a cosmetic fix which does not repair or fix tolerances. If they make their way onto the battlefield they will fail/ make the gun fail and get people killed. It's sort of like the counterfeit medications and drugs on the international aid market; they are more dangerous than giving the patient nothing at all. Selling off these counterfeit links as new production is fraud and will get someone killed on the battlefield. We think they are refinished 1960s used Chinese scrap out of Albania or Soviet scrap originally out of Ukraine. This is what happens when the USG dumpster drives for the bottom of the barrel.

These links can either seize ammunition in the belt as above, or drop the ammunition out, also jamming the gun at an inopportune time. It's just a matter of time before someone gets killed when they fail.

Pathfinder
10-29-2019, 09:31 PM
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Pathfinder
11-06-2019, 07:10 PM
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Pathfinder
11-19-2019, 12:10 AM
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Pathfinder
11-25-2019, 10:46 PM
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Pathfinder
12-07-2019, 11:31 PM
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Pathfinder
12-20-2019, 10:56 PM
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Pathfinder
01-30-2020, 01:41 PM
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Pathfinder
06-14-2022, 06:11 PM
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We managed to get our website links working again that were posted here after transitioning our website

You can also contact us via our new link for the revised contact link. Parts of the website are still evolving and improving, however, slowly

https://www.caina-longbranch.com/Contact_Us.php

Pathfinder
10-30-2022, 08:12 PM
Inventory as of 28th Oct 2022. 117 cases remaining in the United States now, subject to prior sales