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ICONOCLAST:FCTS-CW-07-7-68 SMALLARMS AMMO ID GUIDE

mrmike08075
TEAK...
i picked up the following at a yard sale for $1.00...

FSTC-CW-07-7-68
ARMY MATERIAL COMMAND
US ARMY
FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
AN ARMY INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENT
SECRET (in red ink)
DIA TASK No: T67-07-3 APRIL 1969

259 pages
GENERAL / IDENTIFICATION STEPS NOMENCLATURE SYSTEM / CALIBER IDENTIFICATION / HEADSTAMP SYSTEMS / COUNTRY DETERMINATION / HEADSTAMPING PRACTICES BY COUNTRY / ILLUSTRATIONS /

it breaks it down by every imaginable catagory. color codes of bullet tips,, etc... its out of date, but seemt to be a superb referance and identification guide / tool.

have you seen / do you own one???
i have never seen it before.
best regards, mike.

What other dungeon is so dark as ones own heart, what jailer so inexorable as ones own mind.
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  • Iconoclast
    Mike, I have some, don't know if that particular one is among them. I know none of mine are marked "SECRET" - but that could be bureaucratic overkill. In the 60s, they were classifying virtually everything but the existence of the military!

    "There is nothing lower than the human race - except the French." (Mark Twain) ". . . And liberals / DemoWipes" (me)
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  • Tailgunner1954
    Here's a similar one, and it's online. My thanks to another poster here at GB for finding it.
    http://www.dia.mil/Public/Foia/smcal_vol1.pdf
    http://www.dia.mil/Public/Foia/smcal_vol2.pdf

    Whittemore
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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  • mrmike08075
    its nice to make a find like this once in awhile...
    i try to pick up referance works, even out-of-date ones whenever i can. best regards, mike.

    What other dungeon is so dark as ones own heart, what jailer so inexorable as ones own mind.
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  • Iconoclast
    Mike, the smartest decision I ever made when I started collecting was to make investing in references my first priority. Knowledge is power, especially when dealing with material about which most firearms owners, much less the general public, are uninformed. Hey, for a buck, I would have snagged the manual without a second thought, whether I had it or not!

    "There is nothing lower than the human race - except the French." (Mark Twain) ". . . And liberals / DemoWipes" (me)
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  • mrmike08075
    i just discovered that if you present an FFL and a TAX EXEMPT / RESALE certificate to KRAUSE PUBLICATIONS, and order 5 items, you they take 40% off the price, and shipping is FREE. i ordered 6 new books.

    i also cruise ATLANTIC BOOK WAREHOUSE once per month to check for gun related books. i just bought the BERETTA history / coffee table book for $9.99, and its a few hundred pages long.

    best regards, mike.

    What other dungeon is so dark as ones own heart, what jailer so inexorable as ones own mind.
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