Notice on Dangerous Bulgarian 7.62x25 ammo

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January 26, 2005 19:39

7.62x25 ammo with headstamp 3 10 52 star has blown up some CZ52s.
Pressure tests have averaged 46,000psi with max pressures to 55,000psi.
see www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/4653/bad.htm

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  ATF

  January 27, 2005 13:37

  That's why I reload it. [:(] [:D]
  
  
  
  
  

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  v35

  January 27, 2005 14:43

  I wonder if it's within the BATFs' province to recognize this kind of hazard and recall it.
  A "let the public beware" policy shouldn't apply here.

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  gruntled

  January 27, 2005 17:13

  It would be interesting to see what would happen to a Broomhandle.
  Cheap as I am that's why I never use the 7.62 X 25.

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  chunkstyle

  January 27, 2005 18:33

  This stuff comes in pink paper 16 round packages, and was likely meant to be arsenal proofing rounds, not normal ammo. Someone back in Bulgaria likely wanted to make a few bucks on the milsurp market, and sold it to some importers. I junked mine, pulled the bullets, tossed the brass (Berdan-primed).
  
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  ~Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here
  
  
  
  "Our enemies...never stop thinking about new ways to
  harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
  
  ~President George W. Bush

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