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What is this box?
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Tuna?
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Here's another pic with a bandolier for scale, I think he said the pouches have stripper clips of 7mm Mauser. He said the box was heavy. No hinges or anything but the handle that looks like a rip cord.
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The bandolier in the background looks like Turkish 8mm, to me.
The sealed tin, just from the photo, has the general shape and size appearance as some Polish 7.62x25mm I has a long time ago, 1260 rounds per tin. That's just a wild guess based on shape though, could be anything.
The best way to tell is to grab that little handle on it and pull real hard...
The sealed tin, just from the photo, has the general shape and size appearance as some Polish 7.62x25mm I has a long time ago, 1260 rounds per tin. That's just a wild guess based on shape though, could be anything.
The best way to tell is to grab that little handle on it and pull real hard...
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guessing a spam can possibly w ammo?
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Bangalore w/ a pull igniter?
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There's one sure way to find out, pull on that tab good and hard.
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Used to be common before the import controls; many varieties of cartridges came in spam cans like this. Without the labeling, I'd guess you need to open it to know the contents.
Possibly old ammo inside. That "rip cord" is designed to open the can with a device like a large key with a slot in it. Like sardines are packaged. Vice grips work as a substitute. If you slowly twist the rip cord around your vice grip you'll get better leverage.
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Doh....think youre right....shoulda known, Ive gone through a crapload of M67
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True story:
Got a spam can sorta like that, but it was the size of a shoe box at a gun show. Had some cryllic writing on it stating it was "7.62".
All excited to run my CZ-52 pistol with it, as the S&B 7.62x25 was becoming unavailable.
Turns out it was 7.62x54r.
Not sure if I was ripped off, or if the dealer was mistaken.
Ended up shooting it anyway on some M44s
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Sealed 7,62 x 54R ot Turkish 8MM Mauser. Its Gold Jerry Gold..
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I've had a lot of ammo tins over the decades, with a lot of different rounds from numerous different countries. The shape didn't look right to me for any 7.62x54R that I've owned. Similar to 7.62x25 but not quite either.
The thing that caught my eye on yours is the little wooden dowel on the pull wire. I looked around on line to confirm it, and found this:
Not mine, found the photo on another forum. The shape and tin style look right, and it's got the same wooden dowel.
I think you have a 900 round tin of Yugoslavian 8mm Mauser, early to mid 1950's. The 70's Yugo 8mm was better ammo, but I think it came in different packaging.
EDIT: Another search tells me that the 70's ammo is indeed packaged the same, so it could me that too, AND the Yugo M67 is also packaged much the same. It's hard to tell dimensions from the angle of the photos, so it could very well be that. Either way, it is Yugoslavian.
The thing that caught my eye on yours is the little wooden dowel on the pull wire. I looked around on line to confirm it, and found this:
Not mine, found the photo on another forum. The shape and tin style look right, and it's got the same wooden dowel.
I think you have a 900 round tin of Yugoslavian 8mm Mauser, early to mid 1950's. The 70's Yugo 8mm was better ammo, but I think it came in different packaging.
EDIT: Another search tells me that the 70's ammo is indeed packaged the same, so it could me that too, AND the Yugo M67 is also packaged much the same. It's hard to tell dimensions from the angle of the photos, so it could very well be that. Either way, it is Yugoslavian.
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