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Thread: 7.62x54 identification
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January 18th, 2021, 08:15 PM #1Junior Member
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7.62x54 identification
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
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January 18th, 2021, 08:20 PM #2
Re: 7.62x54 identification
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
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January 18th, 2021, 09:28 PM #3Junior Member
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Re: 7.62x54 identification
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.
Last edited by CzaK; January 18th, 2021 at 09:55 PM.
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January 18th, 2021, 09:45 PM #4
Re: 7.62x54 identification
Only other way would be to open it up and see the head stamp on the ammo itself.
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January 18th, 2021, 09:55 PM #5Junior Member
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Re: 7.62x54 identification
I was hoping to avoid that. I really don*t want to open it .
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January 18th, 2021, 09:59 PM #6
Re: 7.62x54 identification
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.
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January 19th, 2021, 09:44 PM #7
Re: 7.62x54 identification
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.
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January 19th, 2021, 09:59 PM #8Junior Member
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Re: 7.62x54 identification
It*s a rectangular tin like your typical green Russian. Corners are squared and don*t have the curve.
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January 28th, 2021, 07:12 PM #9
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Looks like Chezh silver tip to me, if it is then it is good stuff.
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January 29th, 2021, 11:00 AM #10Junior Member
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Re: 7.62x54 identification
I will see what I can find about Czech markings. Plenty of info out there on head stamps but not can markings.
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