7mm Military Ammo Value ??? UPDATE - Headstamp

April 21, 2013 17:57

We found this box that we have had stored. It was shipped to Montgomery Ward many years ago. Box labeled 60-941R 7mm Military Ammo 100 RDS. It still has one carton of 50 like new and several 5 round on stripper clips with brass casings. All looks new but can't find any information pertaining to them. Head stamps are PS 1948. Is this good stuff or does anybody know something definitely on it? There is about 60+ rounds. Is this also 7x57 Mauser ??? THANKS!!

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Comments

8 comments

rufe-snow

April 21, 2013 18:35
My WAG is that is 7mm Mauser,from the Spanish military arsenal.

Spain used the 7mm Mauser from the early 1890's, when they adopted the Mauser rifle as their military standard. This was until 1943 when they changed over to 8mm. No doubt interarms went in and bought all the surplus military 7mm, that Franco had in the arsenals.

I haven't seen the 7mm military stuff on stripper clips like that for years. Might be valuable for a military rifle collector?
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andrewsw16

April 21, 2013 18:57
I worked for Monkey Wards back in the early 70's. Department 60 was sporting goods. The merchandise numbers would start with the department number followed by a hyphen and an individual item number. That covers the 60-941R part of the markings. The rest I have no memory of. [:)]
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cbyerly

April 21, 2013 20:02
A picture of the headstamp would help identify it. Nearly all 7MM military ammo is corrosive. It probably will shoot.
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navc130

April 22, 2013 05:18
The "Mauser Mod. 1893" designation would incidate it is 7mm. My local gunstore had loose 7mm and 8mm old military rounds for sale at $.25 each. The 8mm sold out much faster than the 7mm. What you have is not rare, not expensive and definetly corrosive. They made millions of those rounds. My experience with old military ammo is 25% to 50% misfire rate.
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gary wray

April 22, 2013 07:25
Certainly looks like Interarm 7x57 but need to see headstamp to make certain. As far as the round, very effective as the 1893 Mauser that it was made for shot the heck out of the American Army at San Juan and Kettle hills in the SA War and convinced the US Army that the Krag rifle was not doing the job and led to the design (and paying Mauser for copying their design) to the famous Springfield 'O3. I would think that collectors would be interested in what you have in the box you have. Hope this helps a little.[:)]
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richarda

April 22, 2013 10:13
Corrosive primers (potassium chlorate, a salt); would need to be cleaned out w/hot soapy water or U. S. GI bore cleaner immediately after shooting. Primer type (mechnically) is Berdan, which means the cases cannot be reloaded with Amrican make primers - they won't fit.
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Riomouse911

April 23, 2013 13:19
Here is www.cartridgecollectors.org . They are a very good source of headstamp information.
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jonk

April 28, 2013 18:30
Not particularly valuable and will have a lot of hangfires if shot (in my experience). With the box, I'd say it would go for about a buck a round, slightly less without. I have a few boxes of it kicking around.
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