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modtodd82
I recently bought som bagged 7.62x25 Tokarev ammo. the headstamp is nny 1986 - from what ive been able to find its Prvi/Yugo stuff, but i cant seen to detremin if it corosive, anyones guess??
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  • shoff14
    It is Prvi/wolf/ect. Sealed primmer?
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  • jcc7x7
    I've used NNY headstamped ammo in a 6.5x55 a bunch and left the rifle uncleaned for longer than I should have when I shot it again there where no problems with accuracy and when I cleaned it after that session there were no signs of any pitting in the bore.
    I would think that nny primes with the same type of primers ie non corrosive, JUST a thought
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  • modtodd82
    The primers are sealed in red. My logic tells me that because of the 1986 head stamp it would be non-corrosive as im not aware of its(7.62x25) miltitary use in the mid 80's. I may well be wrong about that. I went to Prvi's web site and tried to find som info but didnt find any on the primers. i did fint that if the stuff that i have is like the current production ammo......its hot stuff.....85gr fmj at 1722 fps. I'm going to shoot some of it today. I report on it later.
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  • beantownshootah
    quote:Originally posted by modtodd82
    The primers are sealed in red. My logic tells me that because of the 1986 head stamp it would be non-corrosive as im not aware of its(7.62x25) miltitary use in the mid 80's. I may well be wrong about that. I went to Prvi's web site and tried to find som info but didnt find any on the primers. i did fint that if the stuff that i have is like the current production ammo......its hot stuff.....85gr fmj at 1722 fps. I'm going to shoot some of it today. I report on it later.

    Most commie-bloc military type ammo has the red sealant. By itself that doesn't mean the ammo is, or isn't corrosive.

    Also, its a mistake to simply assume that ammo from the mid-1980s is non-corrosive.

    I know as a fact that many Commie-bloc countries manufactured military-type corrosive ammo well into the 1980s, and my understanding is that many of them STILL manufacture corrosive primer ammo, believing that the corrosive primers will function better under extreme cold temperatures.

    Also, you can't assume that 7.62x25 ammo made in the 80s wasn't intended for military or service use.

    The Russian police routinely used this round well into the 1970s, and supposedly there are special Russian police and military units that STILL occasionally use it, on account of its armor-piercing tendencies.

    Twenty years ago, there were probably more of them, as this round was relatively popular in Asia and the Commie countries.

    Further, this round did see considerable use in submachine guns, and given the velocity you mention, its possible your ammo was actually intended for that use.
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  • modtodd82
    It shot well, though 1 round needed a double hammer strike the fire the round. i cleaned the gun(assuming it's corrosive) as soon as i got back from the range. Thanks for your input guys.
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