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8mm green tip?

littlenazipimplittlenazipimp Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
edited May 2002 in Ask the Experts
Any idea what the green tip designation means? Just bought 'em on an auction because of their curious nature. According to the description the headstamp is BPD/943. Just another tracer? I've got FN 7.92x57 red tip tracers but this is news to me...
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know about those, but I think it may mean that it has a steel core. Armor piercing maybe?

    BTT

    I just wish I had a dollar for every gun I wanted, then I'd be a rich man.
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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.comcaptkirk3@dslextreme.com Member Posts: 3,804
    edited November -1
    Hers What my Book of German Ordinance has to say about the 7.92 x 57 with the Green Tip..
    Patr. S.m.K.v. Spitzgesschoss mit Kern (Verbesserte) High Velocity. A.P. 178grain (Steel Core) Boat Tail, Green ring on Bullet..(first type had a Green Tip)...Hope this helps you out...Best...Captain Kirk, Tech Staff

    Captain Kirk, Tech Staff
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    little, "BPD 9-43" is an Italian headstamp. Sounds to me as though these could be the Italian Breda 8x59 rather than 7.92x57. Not sure what a green tip would indicate in that round. Before I go chasing references, would you double check the dimensions to verify the caliber? Capt. Kirk's ID is correct, but 1943 is much too late for the green tip version of the S.m.K.v. Also give us an idea of the shade of green. Dark, light, bluish?
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  • littlenazipimplittlenazipimp Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here was the auction:

    http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=3829966

    That's the pic that I have to offer, currently, but I'll surely take a gander at it when I have it in-hand. Sorry for the hesitation in replying; forgot that I posted until this evening.
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