7.62x51 NATO?

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Tangara	7.62x51 NATO?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 629 (01/01/09 10:41 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I was sorting some 7.62x51 ammo I have and am curious about the stamped marks on the bottom of the cases. All have a circle with a plus sign in the center and have two letters and two numbers. Is the letters code for manufacture and the numbers for the year made, and is this all US surplus? Here are the codes: FC 60 RA 65 TW 68 RA 69 LC 73 LC 74 LC 75 LC 81 Is this corrosive? Any information on this ammo would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
WVchuck		#1	[-]
Posts: 11610 (01/02/09 08:04 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	FC should be Federal Cartridge Company RA should be Remington Arms TW I can't recall oiff top of my head. LC is Lake City The (+) indicates it is loaded to NATO specs. It is all US Surplus, no US manufactured 7.62x51 ammo should be corrosive that I am aware of.
mauserand9mm		#2	[-]
Posts: 1180 (01/02/09 08:46 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	TW - Twin Cities Ordnance Plant, Minneapolis, MN
WVchuck		#3	[-]
Posts: 11612 (01/02/09 10:05 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	'Doh!!! Twin Cities..... I knew that.....
Tangara		#4	[-]
Posts: 631 (01/03/09 12:53 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks guy's I figured it was US surplus but did not know if corrosive or not.
Ranger487		#5	[-]
Posts: 77 (01/08/09 08:30 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	No NATO ammo is corrosive
sscol96	7.62x51 NATO?	#6	[-]
Posts: 1 (02/14/09 02:07 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Ranger, there have been some NATO that was corrosive. Mostly before 1942. Some that was made during WW-II was mildly corrosive in that they had mercuric primers. Also during WW-II and Korean War, there were some .45 ACP ammo made by Twin City that was steel cased and had mercuric primers. Nothing major, as with all milsurps, just do a good cleaning after firing any of this ammo.
aoe303	NATO	#7	[-]
Posts: 45 (02/14/09 04:55 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I think you mean corrosive 30-06! Work on the new cartridge did not start until 1946 and the 51mm length .30 cal T65 did not become standardised as the 7.62mm NATO until 1954. Regards TonyE
beanstrung		#8	[-]
Posts: 5031 (02/14/09 10:21 AM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	sscol96 wrote: Ranger, there have been some NATO that was corrosive. Mostly before 1942. Some that was made during WW-II was mildly corrosive in that they had mercuric primers. The treaty that created NATO was signed on April 4th, 1949. NATO did not exist during WWII. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? Joel 3:9-10
Amendment II		#9	[-]
Posts: 1621 (02/15/09 08:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	sscol96 wrote: Ranger, there have been some NATO that was corrosive. Mostly before 1942. Some that was made during WW-II was mildly corrosive in that they had mercuric primers. Also during WW-II and Korean War, there were some .45 ACP ammo made by Twin City that was steel cased and had mercuric primers. Nothing major, as with all milsurps, just do a good cleaning after firing any of this ammo. In addition to being a little mixed up on when NATO was formed, you are also mixing up mercuric primers and corrosive primers. Mercuric and corrosive are two totally separate issues. The U.S. military stopped using mercuric primers around the year 1900 or so. They continued to use corrosive non-mercuric primers until the early 1950's. Mercuric primers can be non-corrosive too. Welcome to the forum. __________________________ "Oro En Paz, Fierro En Guerra" um, yeah, right.

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