7.62X54 brass case

alan self

I cut open a brass case 7.62x54 surplus rd. It had a thick red plastic liner inside. Why would they have that ?

Tailgunner1954

Special purplse loading (reduced velocity?)
Can you put up a photo of the sectioned round, can/box markings (if possible) and the headstamp?

alan self

Don't have any pic. All it has stamped is P c ?? thanks

Tailgunner1954

Well, I cross posted it here: http://iaaforum.org/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7328
Let's see what they come up with.

alan self

Something else I forgot about. The primer pocket has three holes in it unlike the others two holes ?

Tailgunner1954

A munitions guy from Germany thinks it was origionaly a "gallery" load (reduced power, indoor target load).

1fisher

That is interesting - was this a fired case, or did it have a bullet? With a plastic lining, I think you would see effects of firing if it had any powder in it at all.

Maybe some kind of CB round? (just a very light bullet over a primer only?)

alan self

I fired the rds. They all went bang just like the steel cased ones. Didn't check any cases at the time. I only cut a couple on the lathe because I had a project to use the brass. The plastic is like shot shell hulls & it will not come out in one piece. Only have a few cases of this ammo left. Maybe be a good round for that old nagant??
thanks