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Miscellaneous => Ammunition, Reloading, and Range Reports => Ammunition => Topic started by: Greatguns on March 19, 2022, 06:24:29 PM

Title: Confirm what I have please?
Post by: Greatguns on March 19, 2022, 06:24:29 PM

You can probably tell from my last thread in this section I was getting some ammo. Got a bunch, most of which I know what it is. These 5 I kind of know what it is, but want to confirm, partly if it is corrosive or not.

M67 NNY over...oldest stamp is 1985, newest is 1992. Corrosive or non-corrosive?
M67 IK over...looks like 86 to me. Is this Igman? Corrosive or non-corrosive?
IMI over 7.62x39 thinking this is newer commercial Israeli ammo? Maybe Boxer primed? Primer looks a little different to me.
Thinking these last 2 are Chinese, but I have never seen the colors of these casings before. They look more like a Poly finish than a lacquered one;
Matte Green 61 over 81, Corrosive or non-corrosive? Lead or Steel core?
Matte Plum 71 over 89, Corrosive or non-corrosive? Lead or Steel core?


(https://i.ibb.co/0hVcVKv/IMG-3310.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Rz494Nd)

(https://i.ibb.co/BzH9Wx5/IMG-3311.jpg) (https://ibb.co/f1Vs65z)

(https://i.ibb.co/g7fwmKw/IMG-3312.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QcTnpwn)

(https://i.ibb.co/0sb1KPk/IMG-3313.jpg) (https://ibb.co/CPG46xq)

Title: Re: Confirm what I have please?
Post by: Phosphorus32 on March 19, 2022, 10:21:32 PM

Rule of thumb on Yugoslavian, if it has Cyrillic headstamp letters, it has corrosive primers, so your Prvi Partizan (ППУ), and Igman Konjic (ИК) are corrosive.

The IMI is modern Israeli, probably boxer primed and certainly non-corrosive.

The Chinese, Factory 61 from 1981, and Factory 71 from 1989 are corrosive. Probably mild steel core but could be lead core.

Title: Re: Confirm what I have please?
Post by: Greatguns on March 19, 2022, 11:44:30 PM

Thanks Jon, kind of what I figured, but wasn't sure.

Title: Re: Confirm what I have please?
Post by: Phosphorus32 on March 20, 2022, 05:49:45 AM

Quote from: Greatguns on March 19, 2022, 11:44:30 PM

Thanks Jon, kind of what I figured, but wasn't sure.

thumb1  :)

Title: Re: Confirm what I have please?
Post by: Bob_The_Student on March 20, 2022, 04:35:52 PM

GG, for future reference most of the time you can figure out what you have using this site.


http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes?page=headstampcodes

Title: Re: Confirm what I have please?
Post by: Greatguns on March 20, 2022, 04:43:38 PM

Quote from: Bob_The_Student on March 20, 2022, 04:35:52 PM

GG, for future reference most of the time you can figure out what you have using this site.


http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes?page=headstampcodes

Thanks Bob, saved for future reference.