rtracy2001
11-07-2010, 08:36 PM
OK, I know yet another ID this powder for me, but oh well.
I decided to pull down some surplus 8mm ammo and I was suprised by its contents. Instead of the square black flakes that came out of other 8mm surpluss stuff, this was a rod powder very similar in apearance to IMR powders that I am familiar with (3031 or 4350). Each round contained between 46.5 and 47 grains of powder and were behind a 155 gr steel core/copper jacketed projectile. The cases are green laquered steel with a headstamp of "22" over the primer and "76" beneath the primer (both numbers are oriented the same way, not radially aroud the primer). There were no other markings of any kind on the boxes. Of note is the fact that the cases seemed to have dimensional issues as half of them had to be forced into my shellholder.
I will probably just reload this into brass cases at about the same charge, but if there is a firm idea what it is, it may find uses elsewhere.
I decided to pull down some surplus 8mm ammo and I was suprised by its contents. Instead of the square black flakes that came out of other 8mm surpluss stuff, this was a rod powder very similar in apearance to IMR powders that I am familiar with (3031 or 4350). Each round contained between 46.5 and 47 grains of powder and were behind a 155 gr steel core/copper jacketed projectile. The cases are green laquered steel with a headstamp of "22" over the primer and "76" beneath the primer (both numbers are oriented the same way, not radially aroud the primer). There were no other markings of any kind on the boxes. Of note is the fact that the cases seemed to have dimensional issues as half of them had to be forced into my shellholder.
I will probably just reload this into brass cases at about the same charge, but if there is a firm idea what it is, it may find uses elsewhere.