My first spam cans... looks like Bulgarian light ball

lalunette said:
Yes, that is exactly the same stuff... and I did pay $224.99, despite what I put in my first post... which I have now corrected.

So, what are you using to shoot this stuff ?? Mosin Nagant ?? SVT-40 ??
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I am also shooting the same stuff, put 60 rounds through the Mosin a week ago, was ringing a steel plate at 175 yards.
 
lalunette said:
Yes, that is exactly the same stuff... and I did pay $224.99, despite what I put in my first post... which I have now corrected.

So, what are you using to shoot this stuff ?? Mosin Nagant ?? SVT-40 ??
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I'll be shooting a 91/30 and two M38s with this ammo. I also have 430 rounds of Chinese stuff so it'll be neat to compare.

Yes, the sign is incorrect as well. It says Sellier & Bellot which is Czech I believe.
The UPC says "Russian" surplus.
Origin of ammo is likely Bulgarian as stated, hence "Russian".

 
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EL34/6L6 said:
I'll be shooting a 91/30 and two M38s with this ammo. I also have 430 rounds of Chinese stuff so it'll be neat to compare.
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I also have some Chinese ammo (bought from SFRC) and I'll be using a '34 Tula 91/30 and a '43 Tula SVT-40 to shoot it.

Mostly I'll be using the SVT-40 as the 91/30 is getting scoped and sighted in for deer season !!!
 
JimDO said:
The silver tips on the rounds looks interesting. Any special purpose?
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http://www.ammochannel.com/7-62x54r-147-gr-steel-core-silver-tip-bulgarian/

Interesting bullet composition. Bi-metal jacket, with a lead tip in front of the mild steel core. 2854 FPS rated out of a 91/30, so cooking along pretty good.

The red stuff is sealer, so quite safe to store outside the spam-can for several years without risk to the powder or primer.

The composite core is friggin' nasty, in military terms. The lead tip (even though it is beneath a FMJ) will deform quickly on impact, causing the round to yaw and spall wildly on impact with objects composed 90% of water (figure it out). This was a trick the Soviets figured out sometime in the late 60's and started feeding into their Dragunovs. Scared the piss out of the CIA/Merc set in the 70's and 80's when they started coming across the effects it had in A-Stan and other places that the US wasn't officially involved in. It was dubbed a "super-round" at the time, IIRC, and the first real exposure it got given to western civvies was in Soldier of Fortune magazine (oh, SoF, how we miss you).

Really, really, good military ammo. Really good price. Already have a crate, might have to stockpile the stuff at these prices.
 
Hey lalunette, can I link to your photo? I'm going to post a wanted to buy advert, I have a spam can and no opener.

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SOF was the first to give the CIA ammo for the new AK74 that featured a bullet with an air pocket in the nose that caused the bullet to tumble/keyhole on impact resulting in horrific wounds............Harold
 
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