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7.62 X 51 Ammo Question
Horse Plains Drifter
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In the steel case ammo question, this was posted:
quote:62fuelie Posted
RE: the Berdan primed 7.62X51. The Radway Green British loads are corrosive, so take the necessary time and care to clean properly after use.My research has not turned up any information pointing to this as fact. I would have serious doubts that the Brits would be making corrosive ammo anytime in the last 60 years, but anything is possible. Anybody know of any solid information either way? Thanks.
quote:62fuelie Posted
RE: the Berdan primed 7.62X51. The Radway Green British loads are corrosive, so take the necessary time and care to clean properly after use.My research has not turned up any information pointing to this as fact. I would have serious doubts that the Brits would be making corrosive ammo anytime in the last 60 years, but anything is possible. Anybody know of any solid information either way? Thanks.
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There is some Chinese made 7.62X51 with copper washed cases, that is corrosive, and it has the same head stamp as Radway. The difference is the copper washed cases.
The only other corrosive 7.62X51 that I know of, was Czech made, with a PPU or NNY head stamp.
Someone else here can probably confirm this, but my understanding is that 7.62X51 milsurp with the NATO + stamp is all non-corrosive primed, both Boxer and Berdan.
PPU: Serbian, not Czech.
nny (actually Cyrillic letters equal to "PPU" in English alphabet): Prvi Partizan-Namenska Proizvodnja, Titovo, Uzice 31000, Yugoslavia (same company/address as above, only prior to Yugoslavia's breakup).
quote:Originally posted by TRAP55
The only other corrosive 7.62X51 that I know of, was Czech made, with a PPU or NNY head stamp.
Czech 7.62 NATO with a "ZV 69 7.62" headstamp is corrosive. Has brass cases & the Berdan primers are 100% covered/sealed with a black lacquer. Sports 147gr FMJBT copper jackets/lead cores. Fabulous ammo, btw.
PPU: Serbian, not Czech.
nny (actually Cyrillic letters equal to "PPU" in English alphabet): Prvi Partizan-Namenska Proizvodnja, Titovo, Uzice 31000, Yugoslavia (same company/address as above, only prior to Yugoslavia's breakup).
quote:Originally posted by TRAP55
The only other corrosive 7.62X51 that I know of, was Czech made, with a PPU or NNY head stamp.
Absolutely right, I was thinking of two different rounds when I posted that.