Need help

[Charles W Webb]

I bought a box of ussr 7.62x54R today and all of the bullets in the shells were copper, cept one witch was silver. I checked 7.62x54R.net but nothing. If anyone can enlighten me I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[GigaBuist]

A picture (or description) of the head stamp might help.

 

[Charles W Webb]

Cant get a good pic, heck I can't read it myself with or without my glasses lol but I'll try to get the numbers.

 

[Charles W Webb]

Looks like it says 60 on top and 29 on bottom. Hope that helps.

 

[Charles W Webb]

I just noticed it doesn't stick to any magnets so it can't be steel. Maybe it's the uber anti wolf round :O

 

[Charles W Webb]

So can anyone tell me about this bullet? o.o

 

[trueblue1776]

are they all the same headstamp?

60= Russia
29= 1929, you sure you read that right?

 

[Charles W Webb]

It appears to say that so yes.



ETA: All the others have diff headstamps with Russian on them so I can't read them. But I have never seen one that looked like it had a steel bullet o.o

 

[GigaBuist]

I've got some 8mm Mauser and 8x56R that looks like that. I think it's a zinc jacket but I'm not at all sure about that.

 

[trueblue1776]

Zinc would be my guess also.

 

[Blackbeard]

all of the bullets in the shells were copper, cept one witch was silver

Save that one for werewolf attack.

 

[TheLaxPlayer]

I would guess steel jacket, much like Swiss GP11 in 7.5Swiss.

However, not knowing for sure what it is and only having one of them, I'd probably just hold on to it and not shoot it.

 

[MikeG]

My guess would be a copper/nickel alloy. I have Turk 8mm with copper colored bullet jackets from one year and cupro-nickel from other years.

 

[TheLaxPlayer]

Is it magnetic? If not, we know it's not steel (meaning i was wrong) but if it is it could still just have a steel core and not a steel jacket.

 

[Chawbaccer]

save that one for vampires.

 

[Charles W Webb]

Ok thank you for all the info guys.

 

[MilsurpShooter]

Most likely a Nickel or a zinc finish. I've seen it on a few surplus rounds, more notably Ecuadorian 8mm but not so much on the 7.62x54r