fanaticalbucsfan 15 Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Hey Everyone hope all is well, I just acquired a rifle which came with a wood case full of 7.62x39, all packaged in a way I have not seen before. So makes me wonder what I have here, so need some help knowing what this is exactly before I start to shoot it? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoutjoe 276 Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Ja, it is East German. Treat it as corrosive primers "East German M43" https://www.google.com/search?biw=1366&bih=642&ei=JPqFW_DFFvHD_QbX1qsI&q=east+german+M43+ammo&oq=east+german+M43+ammo&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0.51341.55355.0.55735.21.13.0.3.3.0.161.1206.8j4.12.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..9.12.938...0i22i30k1j0i67k1.0.FoQi9ts716g Quote Link to post Share on other sites
64tinc 0 Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Hopefully, it goes bang and is very accurate for you and your rifle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 If you shoot them all, it will be that much rarer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NuJudge 1 Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 In the mid 1990s, a large amount of it was imported into the US. Some of the ammunition was blister packed as your picture shows, other was boxed 20 cartridges per box. The German ammo was mostly steel cored, although there was a plastic-cored training version. Not long after it first became available, there was a ban on steel cored 7.62x39, so a fair amount of the East German steel core was re-bulleted with lead core, and then imported. The steel core is the most accurate 7.62x39 surplus I have found, but it is corrosive, so clean with a water based solvent, then use a water-displacing oil afterwards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patriot 7,197 Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 11 hours ago, NuJudge said: In the mid 1990s, a large amount of it was imported into the US. Some of the ammunition was blister packed as your picture shows, other was boxed 20 cartridges per box. The German ammo was mostly steel cored, although there was a plastic-cored training version. Not long after it first became available, there was a ban on steel cored 7.62x39, so a fair amount of the East German steel core was re-bulleted with lead core, and then imported. The steel core is the most accurate 7.62x39 surplus I have found, but it is corrosive, so clean with a water based solvent, then use a water-displacing oil afterwards. Ballistol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
308SAIGA 55 Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 Don't risk it, ship it to me and I'll shoot it for you..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GunStun 0 Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) I support the previous poster. If you haven't shoot it yet, you can ship it to me as well. But it's been a year since you posted this, so I doubt that any ammo from this collection survived. Anyway, I have never seen any east german ammo out there, so I wonder how's the feeling while shooting with such stuff. I'm usually not very emotional while shooting. For example, I don't have goosebumps when I use my favorite 9mm HST ammo, but I may have different feelings while shooting from old guns with old ammo. It's interesting to discover... Edited December 11, 2021 by GunStun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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