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Originally Posted by Blackthorn370
...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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I'm sorry I took so long, I FINALLY managed to get hold of the guy! He said that it's Egyptian ammo, possibly loaded in Syria. The reason was unknown. The quality is EXTREMELY poor on them. He suggested that if you're going to use them, you should pull the bullets, dump the powder, and after weighing the bullets, reload with your own powder to the proper specs. They're much too hot now.
He didn't like the looks of the neck, and suggested that you get the gun to a smith to have the chamber & headspace checked.