1ST CARTRIDGE;
1ST CARTRIDGE;
Last edited by Grmps; 10-16-2017 at 05:49 PM.
2ND CARTRIDGE;
Last edited by Grmps; 10-16-2017 at 05:49 PM.
Appears the cartridge photo's are with the wrong headstamp photo's?
The MF FA 83 appears to be 7.62x51 made at the Footscray or Maribyrnong ammunition plant in Australia. The stripper clip on it is of M14 style. Note there is no + with the circle around it because Australia is not a NATO nation.
The 7.9 FS 1941 is 8x57 of Turkish make. Note the neck shoulder area of the cases is not annealed. Many of these necks will split on firing (or when the bullet is pulled) and will give hard bolt lift. It's simply because the cases have become brittle. Many think they are "high pressure" but they are not. They are loaded to German specifications and give 2850 - 2900+ fps depending on barrel length. I have pressure tested numerous lots of this Turkish milsurp and none are over pressure (CIP standards) for the 8x57 cartridge.
Larry Gibson
“Deficient observation is merely a form of ignorance and responsible for the many morbid notions and foolish ideas prevailing.”
― Nikola Tesla
yeah, looks like things got flipped in the pic's and stuff.
It was a trick question.
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Pretty hard to trick this bunch!
IT AINT what ya shoot--its how ya shoot it. NONE of us are as smart as ALL of us! The more I travel, the more I like right where I am.
You caught it I put them the correct way for posterity.
They were in this pouch when I got them.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |