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That is Yugoslavian ammo in what is the now the Privi Partisan factory. Also known as Enterprise 11. It was located in what is now Serbia, town of Uzice.
Almost certainly corrosive, but good ammo. Fine to use but clean your gun very well after shooting it!!
Sirhr
Almost certainly corrosive, but good ammo. Fine to use but clean your gun very well after shooting it!!
Sirhr
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They are not 9x18 Makarov too long.
That’s some cool old Interarms stuff from back in the day when they were selling everything to everyone and skirting end user certificates just about everywhere.
That would have been some ancient expired East Bloc stuff that they got a scrap deal on and put in their own boxes. Betting sold in USA in early 80s.
Good ammo. Corrosive and almost certainly Berdan primed.
I think some folks for Interarms went to jail, IIRC. They also sold and brokered a ton of ammo to South Africa (despite the embargo), Dominica, Nicaragua, Afghanistan (well done, Mike Vickers), and every other small war from 1965 until the late ‘80s.
They had their own brands... and sold a ton of guns in USA. But that was small potato’s compared to international arms trading.
Sirhr
That would have been some ancient expired East Bloc stuff that they got a scrap deal on and put in their own boxes. Betting sold in USA in early 80s.
Good ammo. Corrosive and almost certainly Berdan primed.
I think some folks for Interarms went to jail, IIRC. They also sold and brokered a ton of ammo to South Africa (despite the embargo), Dominica, Nicaragua, Afghanistan (well done, Mike Vickers), and every other small war from 1965 until the late ‘80s.
They had their own brands... and sold a ton of guns in USA. But that was small potato’s compared to international arms trading.
Sirhr
You may be correct, I have a Makarov but have never had ammo that had a long projectile like the ones in the image.
Most of the stuff I have shot had a bullet like this.
But there were some steel core and other different bullets for the 9x18 so it could be one of those.
Pretty sure those are 9mm... measure oal case length. Makarov is 18mm. 9mm parabellum will be 19mm.
Bullet diameter for 9mm will be about 9.01mm. Makarov will be about 9.25 mm.
Placed next to either a .380 or 9mm case, the dimensions will be visually obvious. My money is on 9mm. Interarms definitely sold 9mm on the us market and there was not a big enough demand for the Soviet cartridges until the wall came down and you could trade a Makarov for a pair of jeans on any street corner in Berlin.
Paperweights? Once the zombie apocalypse hits, you can trade them to stupid liberals and don’t tell them to clean their guns..... again, nothing wrong with shooting them. Just clean your guns well after.
Sirhr
Bullet diameter for 9mm will be about 9.01mm. Makarov will be about 9.25 mm.
Placed next to either a .380 or 9mm case, the dimensions will be visually obvious. My money is on 9mm. Interarms definitely sold 9mm on the us market and there was not a big enough demand for the Soviet cartridges until the wall came down and you could trade a Makarov for a pair of jeans on any street corner in Berlin.
Paperweights? Once the zombie apocalypse hits, you can trade them to stupid liberals and don’t tell them to clean their guns..... again, nothing wrong with shooting them. Just clean your guns well after.
Sirhr
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