7.62 Unknown Ammo In Wood Box

[dwstone1227]

A friend died recently and several of us are helping "disperse" parts of his collection. Right now we are working on ammunition. Tonight we ran into a problem with a wooden box. The wooden box is labeled: "7.62 - 59, 780, 70/62 - bxn, 24 kg, tbpl/Fe, 3/62". My guess is this is either 7.62x51 NATO or 7.62x 39 SKS type ammunition. I'd like to know exactly what is is so we can sell it. If anyone knows if this is brass? Corrosive?

I seem to be limited to one picture so I included a picture of the wooden box showing the sealed metal ammunition can with pull tabs.

Thanks in advance
Dwstone1227

 

[rcmodel]

Surplus, 1960's Czech, 147grn, Light Ball 7.62x54R for the Mosin-Nagant bolt-action.

Steel case, Steel core, copper jacketed, corrosive primed.

rc

 

[Reloadron]

My guess would be Czechoslovakian 1962 7.62x54r Steel Core Light Ball. The link is actually for 1963 vintage. That is purely a guess. Likely uses corrosive priming. The bxn being the factory.

<EDIT> I see RC called it the same so it must be true. </EDIT>

Ron

 

[Havok7416]

I'd like to know exactly what is is so we can sell it.

And I'd like for you to sell it to me!

 

[Reloadron]

And I'd like for you to sell it to me!

Had it been something I shoot I would have made an offer. Ohio isn't all that big and I have family in Columbus and the Cincy areas. I just have no use for the caliber.

Ron

 

[dwstone1227]

Mystery solved. Thanks

Dwstone1227

 

[Nature Boy]

That's cool. I'd keep it as is and use it as a coffee table in the "man cave".

 

[GBExpat]

A friend died recently ...

Sorry to hear about your loss, DW.

 

[Swampman]

The "BXN" indicates manufacture by Sellier & Bellot. It normally has a green laquer coated steel case, a mild steel core and a tombac plated steel jacket with a silver painted tip. In my opinion, it's some of the best surplus light ball ever imported into the US. It's more accurate in my PSL than any other surplus I've tried, including VKT and Lapua.

It also has surprisingly effective terminal performance on hogs. The bullets seem to destabilize even faster than Mk VII .303 Ball with the aluminum or fiber filled nose and since they're traveling 400 fps faster, the effects are very dramatic for an fmj.

I don't think anyone has imported any of the Czech light ball in 8 or 10 years, I wouldn't be surprised if it fetched a higher price than the Soviet and Hungarian stuff that's currently being sold.