How to open Russian 7.62x54r Ammo can???

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So I just bought a can of this stuff.....how the hell do you open it...? I've seen videos of people just smacking through the with a hammer and a chisel....any easier ways out there?

EDIT: It's not one of those like regular cans with a opener. The whole can seems to be in one piece, with the top (supposingly) stamped (?) on to the bottom.....and it didn;t come with an opener. There isn't an obvious break-in point I can get to...otherwise I wouldn't be asking this here LOL.

Update: GOT THE DAMN CAN OPEN!!! found the opener lol, it fell out of the top board and landed someehere in the crate!

Now I'm curious..: whats the white tip at the...well...tip, of each bullet?
 
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I bought half a crate once without the proper tool, made a small hole, got some pliers, pulled back enough of the metal to start pulling the rounds out and had at her. Sure beats trying to get the entire lid off.
 
I have to poke a little fun...
If I was in the field (or at the range) and a can opener was missing and stopping my shooting...I could open the crate and spam can with the foil off of a stick of Juicy Fruit, a chicken bone and a spork.
It's a can...never been hungry and no can opener? We used to smash the side to put in a pressure show dent, throw them on a turbocharger and tear them open with pliers once the dent was popped. Tip the can and inhale. Man up!
No offence intended, just poking a little fun
 
Some guys have resorted to an axe...
I was quite happy to see the newer cans of Czech 762x39 come in individual plastic wrap instead of Spam.
 
Sometimes if the opening key is missing i have seen people get a pair of vice grips to grab the little metal tab where the opener would attach and brace the can with your feet and treat it like it owes you money, you'll get into it eventually.
 
I used the provided can opener and it took me about five minutes to get the lid off. I'm not sure if I'd resort to the grinder method myself.
 
Or you could flip the can upside down on to a slab of concrete and start rubbing the can around. The rougher the concrete the better. Should wear through after couple minutes. I have done this with dog food cans/ tuna cans and it works. The metal is just rolled over and not very thick.
 
saxsaxsax said:
EDIT: It's not one of those like regular cans with a opener. The whole can seems to be in one piece, with the top (supposingly) stamped (?) on to the bottom.....and it didn;t come with an opener. There isn't an obvious break-in point I can get to...otherwise I wouldn't be asking this here LOL.
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Interesting. Got pix?
 
Dude, I've got a can opener at home. As another pointed out, the actual opener is usually mounted on the wood with the spam cans. That is how I have mine. PM me. cheers, Marc
 
alphawolf29 said:
It's there. The silver tip just means its FMJ. Green tip is incindiery, yellow is sniper, black is heavy grain I think.
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In Russian/Soviet and most allied useage, the white/silver tip originally indicated steel-core light ball as opposed to the original lead core. Many of them eventually dropped the silver tip marking since steel-core had been the only light ball for some time. Yellow tip is lead-core heavy ball, but Hungary also made steel-core heavy ball with silver-over-yellow tips. Black is AP, green is tracer, red is explosive (older) or incendiary, and black-over-red is API. There are no markings on the rounds to indicate the sniper light ball ammo - you have to read the cans. The sniper ammo that I have seen in Canada has all been the 7-N-1 version, not the new higher-penetration 7-N-14 round.

http://www.7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmoID.htm

http://www.mosinnagant.net/i3tro4.asp

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmo.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62_x_54_R

Regards,
Joel
 
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