7.65 Argentine Headstamp ID

[Michael J. Spangler]

Hi guys and gals.

Hoping you could help me out with some ammo information.

FN 78 is the first batch. Guessing FN 1978

FMSF 765 65 is the second batch. I did see some info on this and the 65 seems to be in fact the date of manufacture. It’s a soft point.

Just wondering if anyone else has any more info on this stuff? There’s some available locally for a decent price. Some on clips and some loose. All very clean and stored beautifully.

Is it corrosive? Is it accurate? Is it berdan primed?

Thanks!

[Kraschenbirn]

The 'FN 78' is, as you guessed, FN of Belgium, 1978 and, most likely, Berdan primed/non-corrosive. The FMSF is Argentine from the San Francisco, Cordoba military munitions plant in Argentina. I recall having some of the FMSF, imported back in the 1970s/1980s by Interarms, that appeared to have been milsurp with the original FMJs replaced by SPs. Also Berdan primed and, possibly, corrosive.

Bill

[Michael J. Spangler]

Thank you!