Bullet lubricant

[Havenot]

The Swiss GP11 ammo has the heavy wax bullet seal to this day. I had not read or heard of Italians issuing lubed bullet ammo? I wonder if it's for machine-gun use or the like?

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[mhb]

The Swiss GP11 ammo has the heavy wax bullet seal to this day. I had not read or heard of Italians issuing lubed bullet ammo? I wonder if it's for machine-gun use or the like?

The GP11 is lubricated at the case mouth only, while the Italian ammo has a waxy coating on the bullet itself: heavy enough to be scraped-off with the thumbnail. I believe the GP11 wax is intended to help ease extraction in the straight-pull Swiss action, which does not have the powerful primary extraction camming of the turnbolt actions. The Italian waxed bullet is still a puzzler.

mhb - MIke

[Eaglelord17]

The Swiss GP11 ammo has the heavy wax bullet seal to this day. I had not read or heard of Italians issuing lubed bullet ammo? I wonder if it's for machine-gun use or the like?

Swiss did away with the outer wax seal around 79-80. It was there for two different reasons
1) prevent moisture from getting in the case
2) aid in extraction from the LMG-25

*information gained from Guisan, one of the foremost authorities on Swiss firearms until he passed away