Unboxing Surplus 1968 7.62x54R Ammo

Published 2020-09-01
Unboxing some vintage 7.62x54R surplus ammo. This case of ammo was made in 1968 in China (PRC).

All Comments (21)
  • Always enjoying to watch your videos about unboxing and testing ammo . I live in Canada, just like you , and we don't have as many options of ammo as the US. So, your videos is very helpful, especially in Canada when I looking for ammo . Thanks a lot again Ruslan.
  • @Thorsaxe777
    Looks pretty clean, it amazing that something could be so well preserved for all this time, I believe that most of the ammo fresh from a can that is corroded and shows discoloring is from the metal alloys not getting along and electrolysis taking over, there really isn't anything you can do about that. what you have there looks like good surplus-dave
  • @slowhand1198
    Sure looks pretty, wonder if it'll shoot. It'd be interesting to see if the workers were happy in the paradise of Factory 71that year.
  • @kevinclift7369
    I have tried this 1960s Chinese surplus against Barnaul, 1970s chinese surplus, 2009 norinco and czech silver tip, and I found it produced better groups then all of them. Maybe my m39 just liked this type of ammo better but I was quite surprised how accurate this 1960s batch really was. Good ammo.
  • Primer in these later Chinese 7,62x54R is the Standard 5,5mm ( .217") Berdan primer, not the earlier ( Russian) 6,45mm ( .254") Berdan. Tula/Murom had both these about 10 years ago in the US but Embargo on Russian components has nixed availability. They reload well, with Non-corrosive Primers ( Vihtavuori 5,5) of which I have 400k in stock here in Aussie. DocAV
  • @ratagris21
    Great video. Combloc countries know how to pack a spam can. Packed for freshness for the Revolution. Viva la Revolucion!!!!
  • @jsnsk101
    These are so easy to open if you just think before you start, how would i open this in a trench? Put your foot on it and with a swift hard yank that handle tears the top along the diagonal line and its open.
  • I would assume it was probably destined for Vietnam as military aid seeing it has a production date of 1968.