Topic: Ammunition Box Submissions

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9mm Parabellum (9x19) caliber full metal jacket ball, manufactured by Smith & Wesson in Rock Creek, OH.  50 round, cardboard box, blue printing, blank ink stamped "115 gr 9mm Full Metal Case Luger S9mm5"  Brass cased, nickel boxer percussion primer, green primer sealant, headstamp ".. S&W .. 9mm"  Headstamp dots designate source of brass used in ammunition construction.

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30-06 150 gr. FMJ-BT Ball, copper jacketed/lead core bullet.  Match load, by Federal Cartridge Co for National Garand rifle championsips, US DoD Civilian Marksmanship Program.  20 round, white cardboard boxes, with black printing.  10 rounds per clear plastic belt ammunition holder.  Brass case, brass percussion boxer primer, red primer sealant, no primer crimp, headstamp "FC 30-06 SPRG"

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7.62x51 (7.62 NATO) caliber Ball, 2nd model, from Pakistan Ordnance Factories, model L2A2, gilding metal clad steel bullet jacket, smooth bullet crimp cannelure, brass case, brass percussion primer, purple primer sealant, ring primer crimp, headstamp "POF 80 L2A2"  From 20 round, yellow cardboard boxes, with tan over label printed in green ink, with purple ink stampings of 1980 production date, lot number, acceptance, etc.

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.50 BMG (12.7x99) caliber ball from Pretoria Metal Pressings S. Africa.  690 gr. FMJ-BT, copper jacket, mild steel core projectile with smooth crimp cannelure, brass case headstamped "D 02 12.7"  Brass, percussion, boxer primer, purple primer sealant, 3-stab primer crimp, 234.7 grains ball powder.  Two, 10-round, tan cardboard boxes to an olive drab battle pack.  White labels with black printing "10 RD 12.7x99mm Ball 046 D 02" on both.  D indicates "Denel" the parent company of PMP, 046 is the lot # and 02 is the production date of 2002.  Imported for the US commercial market by Wideners of TN, May of 2008. 

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12.7x99 (.50 BMG) caliber Ball from South Africa, 1998 production, Pretoria Metal Pressings (PMP), gilding metal jacket, mild steel core, smooth crimp cannelure, brass cased, brass percussion primer, purple primer sealant, 3-stab crimp.  Reportedly part of a lot originally produced for either Columbia or Kazakhstan.  M1A5 bullet.  (Type 1, Ball, 5th model)  Two brown, 10-round, cardboard boxes per clear plastic battle pack.  Boxes have white label with black printing.  Battle pack has olive drab label with yellow printing.  "D" in lot number indicates Denel, the parent organization of PMP.

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9x19 (9mm Luger, 9mm Parabellum) M939 Training-Practice-Tracer from FFV VINGAKER of ESKILSTUNA, SWEDEN, US DoD contract, not for pistol or SMG's but as a sub-caliber training device for the M287 target practice launcher of the M136 AT4 Anti-armor weapon.  Same ballistic trajectory of M136 HEAT round to 400 M, MV 950 fps, Trace to 450 M, Max range 1600 M.  Red tip, white case mouth sealant.  Brass case, brass, percussion primer, white primer sealant, case head 1/2 blackened for ID, headstamp "FFV 90"  Packaged in white cardboard, 50 round box, with black plastic tray carrier, black ink printing "50 rds 9mm Practice Cartridge M939 90E003-010" Lot number indicates May 1990 production.

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7.62 NATO FMJBT, cupro-nickel clad steel jacket, lead core, smooth crimp cannelure from Metallwerk Elisenhütte G.m.b.H., Nassau, Lahn, Germany.  Lot imported for the US commercial market, available by Midway USA, June, 2008.  Brass case, brass percussion berdan primer, green primer sealant, 3-stab primer crimp.  Headstamp (NATO symbol) "MEN 94B0008"  (Headstamp includes lot number, indicating February 1994 production.)  Bullet design is AB22 whose terminal ballistic performance in tissue is unique from most other 7.62 NATO FMJBT Ball bullet designs.  Rather than pitching up 90 degrees, then pitching backwards another 90 degrees and exiting backwards, AB22 pitches up 90 degrees then breaks into two parts at the cannelure, similar in performance to M193 5.56 NATO Ball.  Packaged 20 rounds to a tan cardboard box with white label and black printing "AB22 20 Patrone 7.62mm DM111 Weichkern LOS MEN94B0008."  Packages had been opened & resealed with thin white paper label with blue printing "MMunDp6."  10 cardboard boxes to an olive drab plastic "battle pack," with white label & same markings.  Battle Packs have been opened and resealed with olive drab duct tape.

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9x19 (9mm Parabellum) caliber ammunition from WW2 Germany.  Tan cardboard box of 16 rounds, with two-tone blue label and black ink.  PistolenPatronen 08 indicates P08 model pistol (aka "luger").  Ammunition is a dark grey lacquered steel case and corrosive, percussion, berdan primer.

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7.62 NATO (7.62x51) Blank from Germany, Dynamit Nobel (DAG).  Olive Drab plastic case body & "bullet," steel case head, nickel primer, no primer sealant, 3-stab crimp, "7.62x51 DAG-89-70" headstamp.  "Bullet" is cross-hatched (4 slits) at the tip for breakage when fired.  Packed 50 rounds to a tan cardboard box with white label and black printing.  4-segmented circle on label indicates "blank"  10 boxes to a tan cardboard sleeve with similar white label.  Sleeve is sealed in clear plastic "battle pack" bag.  Boxes had apparently been opened at some point and resealed with twin, thin, white strips printed in black ink "Munitionsdepot Zetel."

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9mm Parabellum (9mm Luger, 9x19) caliber Simunitions from SNC/IVI.  Live fire practice rounds, with paint marker, for use with specially protected troops.  Various colors available, propelled by primer impulse slightly boosted by a very small powder charge.  Brass case, nickel primer, no primer sealant, ring primer crimp, headstamp IVI 9mm 02.  Blue/Black/White/Red box with black plastic 50 round tray.

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5.56 NATO caliber Mark 262 Match/Sniper load ("Long Range") for US Special Operations Command.  77 gr Sierra Match King Open Tip Match (NOT hollow point) copper jacketed, lead core, boat-tail.  Mod 0 is without bullet crimp cannelure, Mod 1 is with cannelure.  Produced exclusively by Black Hills Ammunition of South Dakota utilizing brass from other producers.  Tan 20-round cardboard box with black plastic separators, black ink stamping.  Department of Defense Identification Code (DODIC) AA53.  Brass case, brass percussion boxer primer, no primer sealant, ring primer crimp, headstamp WCC 04.

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7.62 NATO (7.62x51) Plastic Practice ammunition.  Projects a blue plastic bullet when fired.  For short range training uses, "low-lethality," capable of being fired with vehicles down range for realistic training.  The lightweight bullet falls out of the air very quickly, eliminating the need for large impact areas.  The blue color is NATO standard for training or practice ammunition.  Steel case head, nickel primer, no primer sealant.  Headstamp is "7.62x51  DAG 96j0638"  Indicating production by Dynamit Nobel A-G, Troisdorf, Germany, (previously Geco and DNG Gustav Genchow, Karlsruhe), Sept 1996 production.  The lot number ("los") of the ammunition appears not only on the packaging, but on the headstamp as well as a means of trying to track responsibility for ammunition issuance.  The symbol on the 50 round, tan cardboard box packaging label is a combination of NATO symbols for "Ball" and "Blank" ammunition, an interesting dichotomy, but represents the role of this ammunition as a training round that does, in a manner, expel a projectile.  The blue stripe on the label confirms, visually, that the contents are for training.

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.50 BMG (12.7x99) caliber ball ammunition from S Korea, imported for US commercial sales.  PMC's "Bronze" line of ammunition is one of several classes of ammunition, Bronze being the least expensive for target practice or training.  The .50 BMG Bronze was new to the market in 2008, preceeded by the 5.56 Ball caliber.  Standard M33 Ball cartridge, brass cased, brass, percussion, boxer, non-corrosive primer, red primer sealant, ring crimp, headstamp "PSD 08," indicating 2008 production at the PoongSan Dongrae plant in S Korea.  Copper jacketed, mild steel, non-armor piercing core, full-metal jacketed boattail 660 gr projectile with knurled crmping cannelure.  10-round cardboard boxes with the standard PMC "Bronze" line graphics.  Mfgr stock number 50A.   Black ink stamping inside the flap Lot # 50A-0018

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.50 BMG (12.7x99) caliber Ball, standard-issue, M33 production by Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Independence, MO, marketed by Federal Cartridge Co to the commercial market as part of their "Black Box" line of inexpensive target practice/training ammunition.  First released in 2008, designated "XM33" to indicate non-cataloged item, intermittantly available production.  Packaged in 10-round, black cardboard Federal boxes, with lot number SMQ08K404004, indicating October 2008 production.  650 gr., FMJBT, copper jacketed, mild steel, non-armor piercing core, lead base plug, knurled crimp cannelure.  Brass case, headstamped LC 08, brass, non-corrosive, boxer, percussion primer, ring primer crimp and numerous colors of primer sealant (some, tradtional lacquer/transparent paint, some new, water-based/opaque).

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.50 BMG (12.7x99) caliber, armor piercing load mfg'd by Fray Luis Beltran arsenal of San Lorenzo Argentina.  Imported for the US civilian market, distributed by Discount Distributors ( www.ammoman.com ) of West Berlin, NJ, circa March 2009.  Brass, percussion, berdan primed, black primer sealant, 3-stab crimp.  Projectile design virtually identical to US WW2 vintage M2 AP, 695 gr, FMJBT, hardened steel core, copper jacket, smooth crimp cannelure.  216.5 gr of extruded powder.  Very heavy brass casing, 915.6 gr New Primed Empty.  20 rounds/tan cardboard box with black printing and white paper label seal.  20 boxes/wooden crate.  Note that an identical Ball loading exists, also in tan 20 round cardboard boxes, but the ball boxes are unmarked.