The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

As title says trying to identify these 7.62x54r Rounds as I sadly can't speak Russian. Headstampe is 188/77

Lol this is the blast from the past. Looks like this was manufactured during the soviet era.
The transition is SPORTING RIFLE AMMUNITION 7.62mm
Second pic has the quality stamp on upper left corner and the bottom is the performance data. Bullet Speed 750 meters/sec, weight 13.05 grams. Not sure of the head stamp but it prob manufactured year is 1977 I could be wrong on the head stamp though.

188 is Novosibirsk factory I think.

Yup, Novosibirsk. I have a box of that that I picked up at a gun show shortly after I got my first couple Mosins. Ironically, though labelled as "Sporting Ammunition", it is FMJ, which is illegal for hunting in most states.

entropy wrote:Yup, Novosibirsk. I have a box of that that I picked up at a gun show shortly after I got my first couple Mosins. Ironically, though labelled as "Sporting Ammunition", it is FMJ, which is illegal for hunting in most states.

It is for sport. Target shooting and the like.
This is Hunting Ammo:

Yeah, I have a box of those left, too.

Haha I have a box of "hunting ammo" also. Though it's more modern and ya not a soft point. Almost makes you wonder what your suppose to hunt with it.

Lavitias wrote:Haha I have a box of "hunting ammo" also. Though it's more modern and ya not a soft point. Almost makes you wonder what your suppose to hunt with it.

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Lavitias wrote:Haha I have a box of "hunting ammo" also. Though it's more modern and ya not a soft point. Almost makes you wonder what your suppose to hunt with it.

Good for hunting people and steel gongs