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6/18/2010 2:13:39 PM EDT
I have some ammo that is about the same size as 30/06 ammo it is headstamper\d with ps and then a date such as 1950 or 1947. Any ideas what it is.
6/18/2010 3:47:40 PM EDT
[#1]
Either Fiocchi or Korean maybe.
6/18/2010 4:09:24 PM EDT
[#2]
"PS" is South Korean.  Should be good stuff.
6/18/2010 5:45:43 PM EDT
[#3]
Yep

Poog-Sang ammo facility in Korea if I remember right...

This is the non-corrosive stuff. I have shot a lot of it––no issues with me or my Garands. That's me.

BUT––I recall some Korean PS .30M2 Ball had a lots with "issues" reported by another ARFComer:

Prior AR15 Post of 28 July 2009: FWIW (This is not my post––this is another shooter's views)

"Here is a list of known bad lots. Just because a particluar lot isnt listed as bad doesnt mean it isnt.
I know alot of guys ave shot this ammo and had no problems but persoanlly I wouldnt take it if you gave it to me.
I have seen to much damage over the years from it"
PS 2-033 (Bad - one report - unspecified problem)
PS 2-035
PS 2-088
PS 2-090
PS 2-093
PS 2-094
PS 2-097
PS 2-098
PS 2-100
PS 2-101
PS 2-104 (one positive report based on very few rounds fired)
PS 2-105 (one positive report based on a few hundred rounds)
PS 2-122
PS 2-124
PS 2-127
PS 2-128
PS 2-135
PS 2-144
PS 2-145
PS 2-146
PS 2-147
PS 2-148
PS 2-149
PS 2-151 (Maybe OK - based on VERY limited information)
PS 2-152 (VERY Bad - numerous reports of ruptured heads!)
PS 2-154 (Some positive reports / negative report [splits] based on sketchy info)
PS 2-155 (Bad - one report of splits 2 out of 250 rds)
PS 2-156 (??? - there are reports it's fine - one report of splits)
PS 2-157
PS 2-161
PS 2-165
PS 2-169
PS 2-171 (one negative report of blown primers)
PS 2-173
PS 2-177
PS 2-181
PS 2-183
PS 2-184
PS 2-185 (One negative report but only on hearsay)
PS 2-186
PS 2-187
PS 2-192
PS 2-193 (??? - some of this lot badly corroded)
PS 2-194
PS 2-195
PS 2-198
PS 2-204
PS 2-205
PS 2-152 (VERY BAD - DANGER - numerous reports of ruptured heads!)
PS 2-154 (VERY BAD - DANGER - multiple negative reports splits and ruptured head)
PS 2-155 (VERY BAD - DANGER - multiple negative reports splits and ruptured head)
PS 2-156 (BAD - multiple reports of serious splits)
PS 2-158 (VERY BAD - DANGER - Nasty split cases...all the way to the head of the case)
PS 2-161 (reports of leaking primers, one blown)
PS 2-165 (Bad – multiple reports of leaking primers and one report of serious split case from mid-case into head, but not through rim)
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