Oh damn.....

[padams8888]

I know I'm a lucky b&st&rd sometimes.....as Joe can attest to....but how I didn't get outbid on this one I'll never know!!! 600 rounds of pre NATO 7.62x51 Armor Piercing, called 30 Light Rifle. 



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[Phosphorus32]

Looks like food to me 

I guess 7.62x51mm is ".30 light rifle" compared to the 7.62x63mm (.30-06) it was replacing 

[padams8888]

Of course.....it just stings less when it hits you....LOL........    Although that .30 Cal M2 AP is a bad-azzz.....

[firstchoice]

Any idea on date of manufacture? Lake City ammo? What a find! Lucky, for sure.

firstchoice

[Phosphorus32]

The "FA" in the lot number indicates Frankford Arsenal in Philly.  I would guess early to mid 1950's since they weren't calling it 7.62x51 and even the Armor Piercing cartridge designation is a "T" rather than the adopted service cartridge "M" designation; T93 instead of M61. 

That is quite a find!

[jjjxlr8]

GREAT find!!  I've never seen that stuff for sale before.

[padams8888]

I think I narrowed it down between 1950-1952 going off of data on other open boxes with the lot number of FA 13. I'm thinking probably closer to 53...
Yep....definitely Frankford Arsenal. I did a search to even find another pic of a can of 600 like this.......the only one I found was the exact one I purchased.....I know people have them tucked in safes.....I don't own any 7.62x51 or 308 rifles right now...so it was an investment move, because I know me....I would have opened it...and that would have been dumb.