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    Help with M2 ball identification

    Just bought a lot of surplus ammo and there is about 200 of these rounds in a cardboard box. I was wondering what the experts had to say about these headstamps. Mainly curious if is it corrosive? Would it be okay to put through a M1icon?

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    I have a reference book that I think could decode this but your picture is quite out of focus.
    Give it another shot and I bet I can help you out.

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    Looks like Cyrillic, or maybe Arabic?
    Regards, Jim

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    Iranian 1960's production. Supposedly non corrosive and made for use in M1icon Garands.
    Last edited by vintage hunter; 05-02-2019 at 06:05 AM.

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    If I remember right it was Samco that was selling this and quite a bit of it was click bang.

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