Help with 7.62 ammo!
I recently acquired some surplus 7.62 Nato ammo at a gun show for a fairly good price. I need help ID'ing it, I was told that it was South African, German, and Austrailian. On one HS it has MF F4 83, on another it has 84 12, but the box is marked M1A2, and the last HS has B81 R1M1 7.62. Are any of these corrosive, reloadable, "safe to shoot"?
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If it's corrosive it should say so on the box. If you look inside a fired case and you see 2 tiny holes where the primer is, it is berdan primed and you don't want that. While it is possible to reload berdan primed brass, it is not worth while. You would need specialized tools and then try finding berdan primers any where. Other than that it should be safe to shoot. 0 -
Is there a small circle with a cross on the ehadstamp? Indicates NATO standard loading. Should be safe in any military weapon chambered for 7.62 NATO ammo. 0 -
The MF F4 83 is Australian and may be the most accurate ammo you ever try !! The B81 R1M1 is south African and if it has a black/purple sealer
around the primer it is berden primed and just a plain blasting away ammo.0 -
So. African arms industry coded their bullet type, and the factory. The numerical strings are most likely So. African, as all my So. African rounds have numerics stamped into the head only. The cross guarantees that pressures, overall dimensions, and velocities are within NATO guidelines for a specified cartridge. Best, Joe 0 -
Thanks for the great info!! 0 -
Do a search for AMMO HEADSTAMPS and it should tell you what most headstamps are. some very good info there and there should be lots of sites. Tom 0 -
babun is right, the stuff we used here in the l1al`s was extremely accurate...even better in a bolt rifle! 0 -
There is a headstamp reference on falfiles.com/forums on the ammo section. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by armilite1015
If it's corrosive it should say so on the box.
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