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Unread 04-15-2014, 10:15 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by John Sabato View Post
I think this is a "combat" pack of 7x57 mauser tightly packed. The fact that the box looks as wide as it is tall seems to eliminate pistol ammunition. The ammo is probably packed with every other round being head/bullet/head/bullet up... maybe 5 rows of 20...
I would second that...And add that from the lack of advertising, contents, ingredients, etc, it is probably from a military contract...

I posted pics from another forum some time ago, ammunition that looked good on the outside of the cartridge but which had become so moisture contaminated inside that the brass had changed color [green, corrosion] and begun to disintegrate...Definitely unsafe to shoot...

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=30713
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