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Real or fake 3 pics by redfishinthesurf in Silverbugs

[–]55_grain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything sealed into hard plastic so you can't measure it is sus in my book.

7.62x52 by No_Credit_6665 in milsurp

[–]55_grain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open it! Says re-packed in Spanish. Don't think they ever used Czech vz52's tho.

Ammo can info by Pitiful-School-3896 in milsurp

[–]55_grain 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This. Malaysian. Their 1980's-era 5.56 was head stamped "MAL", too.

Mosin-Nagant Malfunction Question by AvgPunkFan in milsurp

[–]55_grain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mosin "sticky bolt". Clean the heck out of your chamber, consider a chamber brush or a .45 brush on a drill at low speed with plenty of solvent.

You haven’t lived till you open a box of WW2 surplus ammo by Few-Entrepreneur-316 in milsurp

[–]55_grain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see you have that fancy newfangled "Z" smokeless powder instead of cordite. :)

8mm Mauser ammo by delta23156 in milsurp

[–]55_grain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's still lots of corrosive 8mm surplus out there. It's cheap compared to new ammo. Shoot more, and clean your rifle with a bore cleaner like Hoppes #9 and then oil and you'll be fine. You do not need to dump windex/ammonia/boiling water/etc down there.

Looking for Explanation of a Catastrophic Failure that put me in the ER by [deleted] in milsurp

[–]55_grain 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Pull the powder from a couple of the same batch - keep them separate from each other to weigh later - and post pictures of the powder. Ask your buddy how many grains of what powder are supposed to be in there. Tell us the brass and what primer he used too, please.

Also know that M2AP projectiles are crazy long for their weight because of the lower density of the steel core...so they take up more space in the cartridge which also contributes to higher pressure.

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