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Unread 01-11-2010, 09:34 AM   #51
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Default Hot Chinese Ammo

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Originally Posted by postino View Post
Do you have a pic of the "Norinco" on the headstamp??? That's a lot of letters to get on a 9mm cartridge head...with the 9mm letters/number as well...

What is this "red box" Norinco ammunition??? Test ammo???
Dear Postino:

I'm not an expert on Chinese types of ammo, as I had such a bad experience with the ammo I tried that I was totally turned off by it. The quote from the net above has not been verified by me, rather, it was a passing comment of a poster from 2006.

Go to the Gunbroker.com site and search Norinco 9mm. What should come up is what I purchased off of this site about three years ago. It packaged in either a darker red box or a light blue box. As stated above, I really don't remember the head stamp on the ammo, but it was loaded in very light, thin cases.

This is the red hot stuff I'm referring to. This is what is commonly available for purchase today. This is the stuff that caused severe breech-block slap in my byf 41.

No, it's not test ammo, or it is not marked as such.

I hope that answered your queston.

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