Odd looking 7.62x39 round - what is it?
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:23 pm
Amongst my last purchase of rounds from Oleg I found two with unusual grey round nosed bullets.
(see pic above the conventional round)
Like a conventional round it has a steel jacketed bullet (I put a magnet against both).
It has a steel cartridge case - same as standard.
However, when weighed it was found to be 187 grains compared to the conventional round which weighs 256.5 grains.
The head stamp markings are: 74 05
I wondered if the disparity in weight, 69.5 grains, is partly because there is no charge within . Shaking either round isn't much help as you can't hear any powder shifting in the normal round to begin with.
Is it some kind of training round?
(see pic above the conventional round)
Like a conventional round it has a steel jacketed bullet (I put a magnet against both).
It has a steel cartridge case - same as standard.
However, when weighed it was found to be 187 grains compared to the conventional round which weighs 256.5 grains.
The head stamp markings are: 74 05
I wondered if the disparity in weight, 69.5 grains, is partly because there is no charge within . Shaking either round isn't much help as you can't hear any powder shifting in the normal round to begin with.
Is it some kind of training round?