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Miscellaneous => Ammunition, Reloading, and Range Reports => Ammunition => Topic started by: 100Acre on January 30, 2019, 07:36:38 PM

Title: Got some Spam Cans
Post by: 100Acre on January 30, 2019, 07:36:38 PM

Got some Russian spam cans of 54r and 762X39. I paid $150 each. I am not all that sure what each of them are besides the silver stripe 54r one. also I have never seen the LPSZ on a can. I am really curious about the hunting cartridge as well.Any thoughts?

(https://i.ibb.co/Nm103rh/fullsizeoutput-10d3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/D8GBbYX)



(https://i.ibb.co/rHQSqWb/fullsizeoutput-10d2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cQyHRmb)

Title: Re: Got some Spam Cans
Post by: Greasemonkey on January 30, 2019, 07:50:57 PM

I think the second x54r tin is Hungarian, and the bottom solder sealed tin may be a 300 rd tin.  Been a while since I played ID my can...so memory may be a little off.

I'm sure the x39 is something like Brown Bear or maybe Wolf.. good stuff to tuck up under the stairs......just in case.

Title: Re: Got some Spam Cans
Post by: Phosphorus32 on January 30, 2019, 07:52:51 PM

Top to bottom:
Hunting cartridge (in Russian) 7.62x39 hollow point (not really in the expanding sense, more like open tip), white box
Same only with translation to English. They only say "hunting" so they can assert that it's for sporting use
Russian Novosibirsk (188) factory LPS; light ball (147 gr, mild steel core)
Polish LPS
Not sure about the lead sealed galvanized metal can. May be the older Russian on stripper clips in 15 rd boxes

Title: Re: Got some Spam Cans
Post by: 100Acre on January 30, 2019, 09:27:25 PM

Thanks Y'all

Title: Re: Got some Spam Cans
Post by: carls sks on January 31, 2019, 09:10:36 AM

fried spam, yummy. wife refuses to let me eat it.  pullhair1

Title: Re: Got some Spam Cans
Post by: Phosphorus32 on January 31, 2019, 02:59:24 PM

GM is correct on the dark green 7.62x54R light ball can, it's Hungarian, not Polish.

7.62x54R Light Ball (147gr), mild steel core
Russian: 7.62 ЛПС гж
Romanian: 7.62 LPS GJ
Hungarian: 7.62 LPSz GSz
Polish: 7.62 ŁPS GZ

Title: Re: Got some Spam Cans
Post by: Greasemonkey on January 31, 2019, 03:51:01 PM

Quote from: Phosphorus32 on January 31, 2019, 02:59:24 PM

GM is correct on the dark green 7.62x54R light ball can, it's Hungarian, not Polish.

Hey... Once and a while... I get something right :)