What round is this and what weapon fires it?

[silveira]

I found these rounds in an old military crate my grandpa had but I have no idea what it is… marked 351 90 and has a black tip no projectile unless if it is filled with lead bbs like bird shot or snake shot. I have compared these rounds to every rifle he has given us but none of them quite look the same and none of them will chamber the round. Please tell me what it is

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[Andy54Hawken]

Looks like 7.62 x 39mm blank ammunition.
Andy

 

[Ben B.]

Yep

https://www.mfgresearch.net/product/7-62-x-39-brass-blanks/

 

[Unka-Boo]

Looks like 7.62 x 39mm blank ammunition.
Andy

Chinese, I beleive.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Chinese, I beleive.

So if you shoot it ...will your rifle be "hungry" an hour later...?
Andy

 

[FATAL125]

I found these rounds in an old military crate my grandpa had but I have no idea what it is… marked 351 90 and has a black tip no projectile unless if it is filled with lead bbs like bird shot or snake shot. I have compared these rounds to every rifle he has given us but none of them quite look the same and none of them will chamber the round. Please tell me what it is

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Looks like 7.62 x 39mm blank ammunition.
Andy

This ☝☝☝

 

[Ruger Rich]

So if you shoot it ...will your rifle be "hungry" an hour later...?
Andy

Just a couple of glasses of water will do

 

[Ducati_Meister]

Looks like blank x39 ammo with a rose petal crimp.

 

[titsonritz]

So if you shoot it ...will your rifle be "hungry" an hour later...?
Andy

That's fried rice you plick.

 

[Hueco]

That's fried rice you plick.

 

[Flopsweat]

So if you shoot it ...will your rifle be "hungry" an hour later...?
Andy

My rifle is always hungry.

 

[FnM]

I found these rounds in an old military crate my grandpa had but I have no idea what it is… marked 351 90 and has a black tip no projectile unless if it is filled with lead bbs like bird shot or snake shot. I have compared these rounds to every rifle he has given us but none of them quite look the same and none of them will chamber the round. Please tell me what it is

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If it was in grandpa's kit it's not 7.62x39. My guess would be 8mm Lebel.

 

[Ben B.]

If grandpa was born in 1943, he'd be 80 this year. The 7.62x39 has existed every year of his life, and was present in Korea, Vietnam, and various desert scuffles. Seems like there's a chance gramps laid his hands on some.

 

[Certaindeaf]

This is simply an unsolvable mystery.

 

[FnM]

If grandpa was born in 1943, he'd be 80 this year. The 7.62x39 has existed every year of his life, and was present in Korea, Vietnam, and various desert scuffles. Seems like there's a chance gramps laud his hands on some.

That is well understood and presumptuous on my part. My grandparents are of an earlier generation. Still, despite it's early existence how prevalent were they in the US when your grandfather was collecting cases of relic training ammunition?

 

[FnM]

Definitely not Lebel which case has an extruded extractor rim.

 

[FnM]

Looks like 7.62 x 39mm blank ammunition.
Andy

Agreed
NORINCO state factory 51 manufactured 1990 according to my research. The first stamp indicates the factory and the second year of manufacture.

 

[Flopsweat]

This is simply an unsolvable mystery.

 

[theduke]

Well.

Winchester did make the 351 Self loader.

Sold mine years ago and can't think of any reason blanks would ever have been made.

The "90" wrecks my theory

 

[CLT65]

I have a 50 cal size ammo can full of those somewhere around here, except mine are Yugoslavian, I think. A friend has an AK pistol, and picked up an AK BFA at a gun show. Wow, talk about a loud boom and fireball! Amazingly loud blanks, fun to shoot with a BFA.