dangerous 7.62 x 25 ammo?
I know that the super-dangerous ammo is Bulgarian, pink paperwrapped, marked with a star, a 3, a 10 and a 52. I have some bought in bulk from Century last spring that is all these traits, only its...
View ArticleRe: dangerous 7.62 x 25 ammo?
I had several 100 rds that sound very much like what you described. It was practically free! About 1/3 was cracked out of the box, almost all of it was cracked after firing, and about 1/3 of it did...
View ArticleRe: dangerous 7.62 x 25 ammo?
the pink wrapped ammo i do believe is a proofing load... and can produce pressures in the same range as that turk 8mm mauser you mentioned
View ArticleRe: dangerous 7.62 x 25 ammo?
I have been looking at CZ 52 sites and have found referrences to 7.62x25 intended for use in the PPSh. It is not safe for use in the CZ, allegedly. Would any of you know how to identify this...
View ArticleRe: dangerous 7.62 x 25 ammo?
The site below may help.www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/4653/bad.htm
View ArticleRe: dangerous 7.62 x 25 ammo?
OUCH! I have never had occassion to fire any bulgarian ammo, and now feel further disiclined to do so, even in my 91/30. I have passed that geocities info along to the gun shop where I bought my CZ...
View ArticleRe: dangerous 7.62 x 25 ammo?
JG just shipped me the bad 3-10-52 Bulgarian.I called them & they think it's just old InternetBS. They don't believe it's any different fromany other 50s 7.62x25 ammo.
View ArticleRe: dangerous 7.62 x 25 ammo?
There has been a lot of debate on the bulgarian in other forums. A lot of people have used it with no ill affects, others have had the normal bad brass defects commonly found, and a very few have had...
View ArticleRe: dangerous 7.62 x 25 ammo?
I had similar experiences and found that some cartridges would not even chamber deep enough to allow the closing of the breech. I ended up hand checking each one for size. See my post @...
View Article