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Join Date: Oct 2006
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| ID on M1 carbine ammo
I picked up a few 50 round boxes of surplus .30 cal carbine ammo yesterday, but I have no idea where it was made. The box is marked 50 cartuchos 30 M1 . The headstamp is 30 M1 60. Thank you for your help. Ted |
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Sounds like Belgium. Is the ammo stamped FN?
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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| AMMO ID
It would be nice if it was made by FN, but it is not marked "FN", the only headstamp is 30 M1 60. |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 5
| Cartuchos is Spanish, so it must be from south of the border somewhere. As we know some South American countries make better ammunition than others.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 61
| Cartuchos
My guess would be Ecuador...they have a well developed ammunition manufacturing operation They makes some damfine 7.62 x 51 ammo |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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| Ammo
Yodar Do you think it is corrosive? |
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Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada
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"...Do you think it is corrosive?..." When in doubt, clean as if it is corrosive. Is it berdan primed? U.S. made .30 carbine ammo won't be, but your's could be. Spanish marked ammo could be from anywhere. Lots of M-1 Carbines went South over the last 60 years.
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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| ammo
It is not like any berdan case I have ever seen. It has one flash hole instead of two and it is not centered like boxer primed cases.
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