I was re-organizing my ammo storage and thought I'd share a few pics of samples of some of the milsurp ammo I've accumulated (hoarded) over the years.
Feel free to correct my identifications, as I've forgotten what a lot of it is for sure.And no, none of it is for sale.
7.62x54R:
From top left to right:
Hungarianlight ball in charger and in the paper and tar package;
Sovietball in 15 round boxes;
Hungarian heavy ball in string wrapped wax paper;
Romanian(?) in the grey boxes, lacquered steel cases;
Soviet(?) ball in 125 rd package from Century, price $30 on package;
Soviet match in yellow boxes, brass cased;
Norma soft points. If you squint you can see the $38 price tag and that ammo is at least 25 years old!
.303 British
IVI ball and soft point. No, it's not stolen, it's my Ranger issue ammo;
In bandoleers, 1950 British Radway Green;
In the plastic bags, FNM 1950 ball on chargers;
Big boxes, 1986 FNM ball;
FN 1950 ball, note the "Bren" designation in the close up;
7.92x57mm
Left to right, top row:
Loose in ammo can, Ecuadorian;
FN tracer, in 100 rd box and on the charger;
Czech(?) copper-washed, steel case, on the charger and in the two boxes under it;
Box with crest, Ecuador;
Open box and in spam can above, Romanian light ball, lacquered steel case;
Next row:
Germanwar-time S.m.K;
Late war Czech;
Pink wrapper, Romanian or Czech war-time, dated '43;
FNM ball in 80 rd box;
Last two boxes on right, Czech too?
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