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    Please help identify the ammunition in the spam can

    Help please. What kind of ammo? M-74?

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    M74 is the Russianicon 5.45 X 39 round. Why the can is also stamped 7.62 is a puzzler.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sapper740 View Post
    M74 is the Russianicon 5.45 X 39 round. Why the can is also stamped 7.62 is a puzzler.
    Well that was unexpected. Thanks.

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    Definitely not 5.45.

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    That's 7.62 x 54R. Copper washed steel case, light bullet. Made at Novosibirsk.

    Anyway, here you go. Have at 'er... Decoding Soviet Military Surplus Ammunition Labels
    Regards, Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    That's 7.62 x 54R. Copper washed steel case, light bullet. Made at Novosibirsk.

    Anyway, here you go. Have at 'er... Decoding Soviet Military Surplus Ammunition Labels
    ???????!

    (I copied and pasted 'thank you' in Cyrillic and it came up question marks,)

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    Spasibo will do.

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