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...and have come up empty! I am hoping someone here can help me ID some 7.62x39 I have. The supplier claims it is Egyptian surplus...but there are NO Arabic characters anywhere on the round or on the box, EVERYTHING is in English. The information I DID find confirms the the initials A.R. E. stand for Arab Republic of Egypt...but ALL of the headstamps pictured with that confirmation are in Arabic script, not English as on the ammo I have.

Round:
Brass case, copper wash steel FMJ (lead core?), Berdan primer.

Headstamp:
A.R. E. 94 7.62x39

Box:
Label wraps completely around the box and is printed with the following:

7.62 X 39 MM

50 ROUNDS

NON CORROSIVE (on a red stripe)

LOT NO. 09 94 or 13 94

Then stamped with blue ink
SHELF LIFE
10 YEARS
inside a rectangle
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Last edited by Blackthorn370; March 12th, 2009 at 01:10 PM. Reason: Clarification
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