David Sinko
Member
Recently a guy at a gun show was selling some odd 7.62x39 cartridges. They were packaged 20 each in hard smoke colored plastic with no label whatsoever. They were RN configuration and very light in weight. The seller insisted that they are blanks, pointing to loose cartridges with crimped brass next to them and saying that they are the same. The crimped stuff obviously was blanks, but the stuff in the plastic box was obviously different. He insisted again that they are the same and wanted to argue with me, so I just walked away.
A few weeks later a guy at the range is shooting this same stuff. He said they are not blanks, as they definitely put holes in targets at 50 yards. He gave me one and I took it home to examine it. The case is a lacquered greenish steel with the numbers 10 and 90 on the head, which I guess is either Bulgarian or Russian manufacture. The bullet is VERY light in weight and attracts a magnet. So... what is it and what's the intended use?
Dave Sinko
A few weeks later a guy at the range is shooting this same stuff. He said they are not blanks, as they definitely put holes in targets at 50 yards. He gave me one and I took it home to examine it. The case is a lacquered greenish steel with the numbers 10 and 90 on the head, which I guess is either Bulgarian or Russian manufacture. The bullet is VERY light in weight and attracts a magnet. So... what is it and what's the intended use?
Dave Sinko