Eric802 It's not the years, it's the miles... Team Member Joined: Feb 2001  TX, USA Posts: 17339 Feedback: 100% (15)	Posted: 5/5/2012 2:42:01 PM THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT I'm cleaning out some ammo that I want to sell and I've come across this stuff. Plain brown paper wrapped 20-round packs, no headstamp. Anyone know what I have here? Bought it years ago and, unfortunately, didn't save any packaging.
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mad_mardigan Member Team Member Joined: Oct 2008  IL, USA Posts: 2936 Feedback: 100% (13) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/5/2012 5:41:33 PM Chinese?
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texashomeserver Member Joined: Apr 2009  TX, USA Posts: 893 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/5/2012 5:52:16 PM Some type of light ball, I forget the country of origin, but I remember they used to leave the headstamps off on some years. Nothing special.
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quarry_plinker Member Joined: Dec 2002  WI, USA Posts: 510 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/5/2012 6:07:18 PM Thats an odd one. Wrong color paper for the Bulgarian. I wonder how long the copper washed has been arround. Was the Chinese wrapped with twine like that? Im certainly not an old pro at this. The Russian I have looks a little like that. Im sure somebody knows exactly what that is though.
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WayneG I just threw your stinkin' palm tree overboard! Team Member Joined: Sep 2004  VA, USA Posts: 2702 Feedback: 100% (26) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/5/2012 6:14:24 PM [Last Edit: 5/5/2012 6:24:30 PM by WayneG] Chinese 7.62x54r Lead Core Light Ball http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmo026.htm http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmoID04.htm ETA- Actually, I'm not 100% here since all I've seen have some kind of headstamp. It could actually be Polish. Some are very small. Can you get a better picture of the case head?
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cjroman Member Joined: Jun 2006  MD, USA Posts: 169 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/5/2012 6:49:15 PM The shootin' kind.
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tommee-boy-72 Member Joined: Jul 2003  IA, USA Posts: 163 Feedback: 100% (8) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/5/2012 9:16:19 PM There are #'s on that casehead. What are they? I cant read them.
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noboost4u Member Joined: Jan 2009  OH, USA Posts: 129 Feedback: 100% (12) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/5/2012 9:53:28 PM Looks like Hungarian.
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scottrh2 Member Team Member Joined: Jul 2006  KWT Posts: 4171 Feedback: 100% (181) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/5/2012 10:28:57 PM Originally Posted By tommee-boy-72: There are #'s on that casehead. What are they? I cant read them. +1, on the outer ring of the rim there are numbers at the 12 and 6 position, very small.
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quarry_plinker Member Joined: Dec 2002  WI, USA Posts: 511 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/6/2012 4:30:51 AM The way its wrapped is the same as the Chinese. Looks like 7 on top and the botton and 6 in between. 20 rds. The paper looks like it might be the same color. Maybe....
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Clockwork138 Member Joined: Aug 2005  KY, USA Posts: 3154 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/6/2012 5:38:59 PM Looks like Hungarian light ball. Numbers on headstamp would be "21" and year of manufacture(xx).
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ETNgunner Member Joined: Mar 2010  TN, USA Posts: 81 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 5/6/2012 5:42:32 PM Russian or other ComBloc country ammo from a spam can would be my guess. Likely anywhere from the 1950's-80's. It is safe to shoot but berdan primers and corrosive so clean it as soon as possible after shooting.
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Posted: 5/7/2012 9:11:06 AM Well, I would've sworn that there was nothing on the casehead, but after reading the replies I took another look under a strong light; sure enough, there are very faint numbers at 12 and 6. The one at 12 *might* be a 21; can't read the other number but it looks like it starts with a 6. So I would guess that I have Hungarian based on that. Thanks for the replies, all. Knew I'd find an answer here.

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