 tankerfrank 
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Posted: 6/8/2012 3:57:15 PM
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT |
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Posted: 6/8/2012 5:49:53 PM
[Last Edit: 6/8/2012 5:52:36 PM by plouffedaddy]
There you go  |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 1:21:25 AM
Unless I'm mistaken, all 7n6 5.45x39 ammo imported is ball type and corrosive regardless of where it is manufactured. Shoot it and clean your rifle after.
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Posted: 6/9/2012 9:07:19 AM
[Last Edit: 6/9/2012 9:13:40 AM by tankerfrank]
thank you that help some. do you have this for the 5.45 ammo. as my can is not the same, the photo that you have is for sniper ammo, very cool, I have a few box of that,
so P 55 must be the cartridge type, you would think that the 7n6 would be mark on the can? |
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Posted: 6/9/2012 10:47:14 AM
[Last Edit: 6/9/2012 10:51:21 AM by emmetf]
To the original poster, your sealed-can of 5.45 was manufactured in 1976 at the Lugansk Munitions Factory, in what is now Ukraine. Lugansk used the Soviet State Factory code of "270" back in the Soviet-era. Very excellent surplus ammo indeed.
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Posted: 6/10/2012 9:56:59 AM
[Last Edit: 6/10/2012 10:07:33 AM by 1Devildog]
For the most part, all Soviet and ComBloc era cans follow the same basic format, regardless of caliber. The above is a good template to keep handy for future reference...
O.P. Your can markings "P55-76-270" can be borken down to read: "P55" is the lot number. "76" is the year of manufacture and "270" is the factory (Lugansk). The second set of information is the powder type, lot number and year of manufacture/factory code. in 5.45, the cartridge is called the M-1974 after the year it was adopted, "PS" is the designator for a steel cored ball projectile. "7n6" is the Russian (not Soviet) designation for the PS bullet. Keep in mind the USSR and Russia represent two different eras and some nomenclatures have changed. I have not yet seen any can markings using the "7n6" or "7n1" etc. nomenclature. It seems to be more of an internal designation. All of the surplus we are getting from Russia, Ukraine, etc.. is Soviet era, so it will follow Soviet marking and nomenclature practices... For some reason, on 7.62x54r cans, the factory code is often not included in the lot numbers... 1DD |
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