Ammo Store Finds 30 Mauser and 7.62x25

[usabaker]

Stopped by the ammo store today and scored these three items;

• 30 Mauser (A0515 V 25 kpl 7.63 pist.p ase v8/54 Uudelleen Pakattu)
• Bulgarian surplus (I think) 7.62x25 Tokarev
• Interarms surplus Russian 7.62x25 (30 Mauser)

not much, but I buy'm when I find'm

[Sapper740]

You're a lot like me. I'll buy up any odd or old ammo I find on the back shelves of gun and sporting goods stores. Before they became a thing of the past, old school 0ne-off hardware stores were a good source of vintage ammo. Eventually you'll run into someone who shoots that caliber so the ammo makes for great trade fodder. Some of the ammo I've found over the years: boxes of .244 Remington, Kynoch 9 X 57 Mauser, R.A.F. .30-'06, 9.3 X 74R, and .375 Weatherby Magnum just to name a few. I even found a bunch of 7 X 61 Sharp and Hart which had a modicum of success until the 7mm Remington Magnum came along.

[jonnyc]

Your "Interarms" box has 1948-51 Soviet surplus 7.62 Tokarev ammo in it...your decision on whether to call it 'Tokarev' or 'Mauser'. The Finnish boxes are interesting. They are repacks of often captured Soviet or German ammo, and sometimes contain pre-war 7.63 Mauser or early-war 7.62 Tokarev cartridges.

[usabaker]

Your "Interarms" box has 1948-51 Soviet surplus 7.62 Tokarev ammo in it...your decision on whether to call it 'Tokarev' or 'Mauser'.

Thanks, Jonny, I have not opened the box, so only went by what is on the label, in this case, 30 Mauser. I will eventually open the box, not sure yet if I want to get another box and keep this or not.

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Eventually you'll run into someone who shoots that caliber so the ammo makes for great trade fodder. Some of the ammo I've found over the years: boxes of .244 Remington, Kynoch 9 X 57 Mauser, R.A.F. .30-'06, 9.3 X 74R, and .375 Weatherby Magnum just to name a few. I even found a bunch of 7 X 61 Sharp and Hart which had a modicum of success until the 7mm Remington Magnum came along.

I'm always buying this old stuff and I have run into folks looking for the odd out-of-production cartridge and help them out if I can. In this case I have been collecting the Tokarev and 30 Mauser to chronograph and document; I've lost count of all the difference manufactures and countries but do know I'v almost got two 50 cal ammo boxes full

[jonnyc]

I'd be very interested to know what you have. If you PM me an email I will send you my "Known Tokarevs" and Mauser lists to help you identify and document.