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Posted: 2/25/2013 3:02:26 AM EDT

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4 bore bullet.

Picture ?

Posted: 2/25/2013 3:04:05 AM EDT

[#2]

I have a full 20 round paper of 7.62x39 tracers and a couple of rounds of pin fire ammo as well as some larger rimfire ammo as well..

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Posted: 2/25/2013 3:18:28 AM EDT

[#3]

Not much

Some odd Federal Nyclads , some old 308 blanks , and a few antique 45-70 rounds .

Posted: 2/25/2013 3:42:30 AM EDT

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Heres something strange I found in a lot of 7.62x39 BFPU ammo.

These rounds are tightly swedged at the neck and have elongated dimples down the side with what appeared to be a live primer in them.

Anyone know their purpose? IIRC they are Chinese.

Posted: 2/25/2013 3:44:44 AM EDT

[#5]

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Heres something strange I found in a lot of 7.62x39 BFPU ammo.

These rounds are tightly swedged at the neck and have elongated dimples down the side with what appeared to be a live primer in them.

Anyone know their purpose? IIRC they are Chinese.

http://imageshack.us/a/img197/3031/dsc03749b.jpg

Looks like inert practice rounds. They're used for training soldiers in loading and unloading the weapon, as well as clearing jams.

The dimples are there to keep people from mixing live rounds into them.

Posted: 2/25/2013 3:46:10 AM EDT

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Some DWM 7.63 Mauser ammo from the 1930's.

Posted: 2/25/2013 3:52:35 AM EDT

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7.5 French grenade launching blanks
7.62x54 AP
7.62x54 Finnish
7.62x38 Nagant

Posted: 2/25/2013 3:56:07 AM EDT

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Couple of .50 BMG SLAP rounds
WWII 30.06 frangible
2 boxes of Isreali 7.62 NATO AP

Posted: 2/25/2013 4:26:21 AM EDT

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276 made for the original/prototype Garand. Bunches and bunches of less common WW2 Garand ammunition.

Posted: 2/25/2013 5:30:10 AM EDT

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And several thousand rounds of the Czech short range ammo in both calibers. Fun ammo! Would love to see more get imported.

And this big guy 30mm thats a 30.06 round next to it haha. The 30mm is inert, The projectile is just sitting inside the fired casing.

Posted: 2/25/2013 5:31:08 AM EDT

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8*50R, Bulgarian production 1935-36. (likely the final group of mass production)
It's pretty uncommon, but not rare like some of the types/variants posted. What makes it unique is is just how much of it I have, this is one box of 3.

Posted: 2/25/2013 5:33:35 AM EDT

[#12]

Nazi stamped 8x56 Mannlicher rounds

Posted: 2/25/2013 5:48:56 AM EDT

[#13]

I have a box of GP-11.

Have no idea why.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:20:26 AM EDT

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Don't own any guns...have no ammo.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:22:48 AM EDT

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nothing crazy rare, a polymer cased .223 and a round 375H&H

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:25:18 AM EDT

[#16]

.44 Automag.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:33:26 AM EDT

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I remember years ago somebody here posted pics of a box of 7.5mm Swiss and 9mm Para ammo that was in Vatican marked boxes.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:36:19 AM EDT

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I have a couple of 6.5mm Swede training rounds. They have a wooden bullet, painted an orangey-red color. I also have the "shredding attachment" that screws on to the muzzle of my Swedish Mauser 96. The thing was supposed to shred the wooden bullet into splinters as it left the barrel. I've never tried it though.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:37:00 AM EDT

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.22LR

I have heard about this type of ammo..... I was told there was once a time when you could just walk into a store and buy it by the brick? Is that true?

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:37:03 AM EDT

[#20]

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276 made for the original/prototype Garand. Bunches and bunches of less common WW2 Garand ammunition.

http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww259/trobertson5-0/101_0896_zps2df4109d.jpg
http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww259/trobertson5-0/101_0895_zpsc5712584.jpg

That is very cool.

The most unusual ammo I have I guess is the Martini-Henry .450/.577 round - but lots of people on arfcom have Martinis, so it's probably not that unusual.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:38:26 AM EDT

[#21]

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I have a couple of 6.5mm Swede training rounds. They have a wooden bullet, painted an orangey-red color. I also have the "shredding attachment" that screws on to the muzzle of my Swedish Mauser 96. The thing was supposed to shred the wooden bullet into splinters as it left the barrel. I've never tried it though.

It works well. We use the same concept in 7.62 and 5.56 as well.

Just make sure not to fire the blanks against a person at ranges less than 5 meters, unless they wear eye protection.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:40:31 AM EDT

[#22]

Some old Remington .25acp and some older Peters .45acp

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:42:20 AM EDT

[#23]

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nothing crazy rare, a polymer cased .223 and a round 375H&H

When you say "polymer cased" are you meaning wolf polymer coated rounds?

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:44:46 AM EDT

[#24]

I have some old Cordite Kynoch 470 NE rounds.

Some GI 45 ball ammo in a box from the 50s, some german WWII ammo on stripper clips, and some good ol' China Sports 7.62.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:45:08 AM EDT

[#25]

7.62 Nagant is the most exotic round that I have.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:45:37 AM EDT

[#26]

577-450 Martini-Henry

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:58:55 AM EDT

[#27]

7.63 Mauser Broomhandle ammo from Finland

Winchester 9m/m ammo for Submachine guns

German 9mm from WW2

Austrian 7.62 NATO for STG-58 rifles

Posted: 2/25/2013 7:02:35 AM EDT

[#28]

I have a fairly extensive ammo collection my dad put together while he was a gunsmith in the '50's. Some of the more interesting pieces are:

20x110mm Hotchkiss (Used in the Spitfire, Huricane, etc.):

Paper patched cartridges:

And some very obsolete black powder cartridges such as the .50-70 and some Peabody cartridges. The collection also includes a few solid cannon shot from the late 1800's and early 1900's including one very interesting piece that has a lead sleeve that engages the rifleing rather then the standard copper/brass driving band.

Posted: 2/25/2013 7:03:37 AM EDT

[#29]

Aguila 22 Sniper SubSonic 60gr bullet

Posted: 2/25/2013 7:33:01 AM EDT

[#30]

Either .257 Roberts or a .45-70 bandolier from the late 1800s.

Posted: 2/25/2013 7:43:15 AM EDT

[#31]

55gr accelerator in 30-06 from around 1988.

Posted: 2/25/2013 11:22:28 AM EDT

[#32]

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nothing crazy rare, a polymer cased .223 and a round 375H&H

When you say "polymer cased" are you meaning wolf polymer coated rounds?

Nope. I'm sure he is talking about natec poly case ammo. I've got a box of it.

A few years back the army tried to make ammo lighter by eliminating most of the brass in the rounds. Didn't work so well.

Posted: 2/25/2013 11:27:18 AM EDT

[#33]

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Quoted:
nothing crazy rare, a polymer cased .223 and a round 375H&H

When you say "polymer cased" are you meaning wolf polymer coated rounds?

like this but with more brass at the bottom

Posted: 2/25/2013 11:32:27 AM EDT

[#34]

Got a thousand rds of Winchester 9mm Black Talon

Posted: 2/25/2013 11:35:44 AM EDT

[#35]

.38 Special PMC Ultramag (+P) 66 Gn Tubular

Posted: 2/25/2013 11:37:41 AM EDT

[#36]

12ga cardboard slug(the shell is cardboard, not the slug)
9mm AP
2mm pinfire(not really ammo, just blanks to make noise)
.30-06 55g accelerator, only one from factory, but have hand loaded several

What I assume is an early attempt at .38special AP
not my picture, but the one I am talking about looks just like the round on the left.

Posted: 2/25/2013 11:41:18 AM EDT

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Found a 220 Russian case in with some once fired Lapua 300 Win. Mag. brass yesterday. Cool looking little pipsqueak.

Posted: 2/25/2013 11:41:32 AM EDT

[#38]

I have a round of 7.62 NATO Starlight Tracer from the Vietnam era.

It has a green and pink tip. Supposedly burns in the IR spectrum, visible through NV only.

Posted: 2/25/2013 1:00:43 PM EDT

[#39]

.17 Shrew (Based off of .223 brass)

.308 Sabot

Onyx

Posted: 2/25/2013 2:54:10 PM EDT

[#40]

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nothing crazy rare, a polymer cased .223 and a round 375H&H

When you say "polymer cased" are you meaning wolf polymer coated rounds?

Nope. IIRC a middle east company was making 556 rounds with a brass base & polymer case. I bought a few hundred and liked the stuff. Shotgun style really but some people had issues with the bullet crimp. I shot mine up but I should have saved some samples. ADCO?

Posted: 2/25/2013 3:04:46 PM EDT

[#41]

.32 rimfire and a 7.7x58 taken from Guam during WWII

Posted: 2/25/2013 3:06:47 PM EDT

[#42]

Some original black powder 38-56. It for an original 1895 marlin.

Posted: 2/25/2013 5:15:58 PM EDT

[#43]

A couple of boxes of IMI .41 AE, and some .243wssm and .25wssm. They aren't super rare, but are headed the way of the dodo.

Posted: 2/25/2013 6:59:27 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
nothing crazy rare, a polymer cased .223 and a round 375H&H

When you say "polymer cased" are you meaning wolf polymer coated rounds?

like this but with more brass at the bottom

http://www.special-ops.pl/images/photos/blogs/24/317/__b_PCP_Ammunition_Polymer_Cased_Rifle_Ammo_Defensereview_com.jpg

NATEC?

Posted: 2/26/2013 6:59:50 AM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

Quoted:
4 bore bullet.

Picture ?

I bought these from a fellow member:

Posted: 2/26/2013 7:00:31 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:

Quoted:
4 bore bullet.

Picture ?

I bought these from a fellow member:
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd476/billytpage/4boreCTG.jpg
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd476/billytpage/4boreHS.jpg

My shoulder aches from just looking at that...

Posted: 2/26/2013 7:13:46 AM EDT

[#47]

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What I was told was "urban" 7.62x54r that wouldn't go through walls. Very light bullet weight, rounded nose; white tip, IIRC.

Don't know the real story on it. I've also read it's training ammo.

I like this ammo. It shoots in my PSL. Lots of noise. Same impact at 100.

62 grain Czech practice ammo. Won't fly more than 300 if fired level and flat to the ground.

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My odd ammo -

I have 20 rounds of 30/40 crag (sp?)