7.62x54 identification

[CzaK]

7B6DD651-14BA-4233-9CF8-2382C4CA048C.jpgCan anyone identify the country of origin of this tin of 7.62x54. Markings are pretty worn out.8884AF29-89EF-4664-ABD4-F2114DFB7FB3.jpg

[ShadeRabbit]

Bulgarian? Looks Cyrillic, but I don't think there was a lot of pre-1970s spam can import from Russia. Link below has a picture of Bulgarian 50s era spam can.

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmo015.htm

[CzaK]

I could not find anything over there that would positively identify the ammo. What*s left of the markings are just not that good. There is one other mark a *00* up in the corner of can.

[Hodgie]

Only other way would be to open it up and see the head stamp on the ammo itself.

[CzaK]

I was hoping to avoid that. I really don*t want to open it .

[Hodgie]

I figured as much. The only other advise I can give you is to sign up on Gunboards and post this up in the myosin Naha the or collectors ammo sections. They have more C&R and combloc collectors over there then here and you may get lucky. I would also put the best picture up of the whole spam can.

[scoutjoe]

My guess is it's going to be Hungarian of some type. They were "square" tins instead of the "rectangular" ones from Russia, Romanian, Polish, Albania.

http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmoID07.htm

[CzaK]

It*s a rectangular tin like your typical green Russian. Corners are squared and don*t have the curve.

[cruzie27]

Looks like Chezh silver tip to me, if it is then it is good stuff.

[CzaK]

I will see what I can find about Czech markings. Plenty of info out there on head stamps but not can markings.