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Posted: 12/10/2015 10:00:24 PM EDT
Any help with the ID on this tin would be great

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Link Posted: 12/10/2015 10:19:34 PM EDT
[#1]
I did some more digging and it looks like it is Hungarian steel core
Anyone seen these before?
Link Posted: 12/11/2015 12:23:41 AM EDT
[#2]
Where did you get it?

Almost looks Polish to me.
Link Posted: 12/11/2015 7:19:49 AM EDT
[#3]
Got its few years ago from an older guy cleaning out his collection. I alway thought it was Chinese until last night and started looking for info on it

This from the collector website

it is a Hungarian can, basically the printed information is

first line:
7,62 (calibre) PS (steel case ball) GS (steel case (I'd expect lacquered)) 23 (maker of the cartridges)
second line:
43 M (model 43) 660 DB (660 ea.) 74-111 (lot 111 of 1974)
third line:
KARB. 84-[7] (I don't know) VUFL (powder type VUFL) 12/73 51 (lot/year code of powder maker)

Country of origin? Hungary
Steel core? Yes
Corrosive? Yes
Year of manufacture? 1974
Factory where made? Matravid

Link Posted: 12/14/2015 3:16:26 PM EDT
[#4]
Looks like great stash ammo to me.

Those old soviet corrosive primers last forever.  I have some ammo from the 1940's and it has all went bang save for one round that was defective when it left the factory.
Link Posted: 12/25/2015 12:45:24 AM EDT
[#5]
I picked up a can similar to this several years ago. I thought it was 7.62x39, but after opening it, i found out it was 7.62x25. But, it was all good. I got it cheap, and my Tokarev's loved it.
Link Posted: 1/2/2016 4:22:23 PM EDT
[#6]
Model 43 = M43. 7.62x39 ball. Probably steel core. At least that's my take on it. I've had the rounded-corner green tin of Hungarian 7.62x54. It seems like the 7.62x39 should be in the same kind of tin, but this one is different. BTW, I think the pistol ammo is shown as '7.65x25'.
Link Posted: 1/7/2016 5:49:21 PM EDT
[#7]
M43 should be steel core ammo, good find there!  Back in the good ole days, that stuff was about .08 cents per round...!
Link Posted: 1/17/2016 2:22:51 PM EDT
[#8]
You remember that too! I bought a giant green wood crate containing a huge tin of 1360 rounds of E. German 7.62x39 for $110! I think that's worth about $600 today but unfortunately it's been gone for years. :(
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