Gifted some mystery cartridges. My initial thought was some 7.62 Tokarev but I'm not entirely sure. Anyone have a clue? Sorry for yet another "what is this?" post that we all roll our eyes at lol.
Posted by AccidentalHamburger@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 14 comments
gunsforevery1@reddit
Polish 7.62x25
They used those dimple stakes and used the circle stamp for their factory.
TheRumrunner55@reddit
7.62x25 tok or 7.63 Mauser you can fire either “safety” in a 7.62x25 tok gun but NOT in the Mauser the tok round has significantly higher pressure and I also advise just not mix matching the ammo
DigitalLorenz@reddit
7.62x25 without a doubt.
53 notes 1953 manufacture. The 1 is either batch of the year or January production - depending country/factory made it.
What is the oval will note the factory. I can't make it out/don't recognize it.
SergeiMosin@reddit
Looks to be Romanian, the stamp looks to me like a circle with “21”, which would place it from the Romanian Cugir arsenal.
SergeiMosin@reddit
Polish manufactured 7.62x25. Probably loaded hot for use in subguns, definitely corrosive.
gspnst@reddit
Classic Tokarev. When I was a child, my cousin was doing a summer job demolishing an old cabin with a couple of mates. One day one of them fell through a rotten floor - nobody knew the cabin had a basement and stumbled upon a WW2 partisan cache, with hundreds of Tokarev rounds, hundreds of rifle rounds, grenades, some small arms. They had to call the police, but I managed to sneak one pistol round away - looked exactly the same.
SnooDoodles6060@reddit
Looks like tokarev, and some tokarev is loaded hotter than others for smg reliability
TheRealTwooni@reddit
You can always measure the dimensions to confirm. But I’m about 99% sure you have a 7.62x25 cartridge (as you suspect).
Careless_Cockroach58@reddit
I'm sorry... 7.63 Mauser... Perhaps. Factories in the USSR made such cartridges.
Jedinutcracker@reddit
99% sure its a 7.62x25 but id believe you if you told me it was a 7.63 mauser too
GenericUsername817@reddit
Maybe 7.63 mauser?
Porchmuse@reddit
Is that little divot on the case neck intentional?
AccomplishedGap3571@reddit
yes, I have a few boxes of Polish cartridges with that three-point crimp. likely faster than a full crimp but it makes a brittle spot in the brass prone to cracking.
LoydJesus@reddit
7.62x25 for sure.