03-19-2008, 04:36 PM
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#21 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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Just like Mike said:
1. I used a pair of vice grips and opened my spam can no problems. Ince three sides of the can were open, the job was done.
2. Once I opened the can, a very nasty smell came out of the box, almost like someone puked in there right before they sealed it up. That smell went away after a day or so.
3. As mentioned, I have had ZERO PROBLEMS firing this ammunition, and I must have put over 100 rounds of that ammo (and another 100 rounds of the hungarian heavy ball) with absolutely NO misfires or problems. In both cases of ammunition, I was absolutely shocked that ammo from the 50's and 70's could look like they just rolled off the assembly line (I am new to military surplus firearms and ammo).
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03-19-2008, 04:47 PM
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#22 | | Firearm Zealot
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mine smells great! i moved them all to a sealed ammo can so i can sneak down in the middle of the night for a quick fix/inhale! almost as good as cosmoline!
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03-19-2008, 04:50 PM
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#23 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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LOL! Why don;t you just fill your pillow casing with ammo so you can drift off to sleep with the sweet sweet smell of surplus ammo?
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03-19-2008, 05:03 PM
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#24 | | I LIKE POLKA!
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Just got back from the range (25 yrd.). Shot heavy ball surplus in both the M44 & 91/30. Shot good in both with no FTF or bolt problems. More accurate in the 91/30 though.
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03-19-2008, 06:07 PM
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#25 | | Firearm Zealot
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Wasn't the plague going around when those were canned?  | |
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03-19-2008, 07:40 PM
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#26 | | I LIKE POLKA!
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Originally Posted by Geo M44  Wasn't the plague going around when those were canned? | Yes, the plaque of Mosinitis!
Symtoms include greasy palms of cosmoline and empty wallets.
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03-19-2008, 07:44 PM
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#27 | | Firearm Zealot
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Exactly LHS LOL
+1 on the empty wallet
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03-19-2008, 07:45 PM
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#28 | | Resident Curmudgeon
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That's why I sell stuff on eBay - to support my shooting habit without affecting the family budget. Since it's my stuff I'm selling my wife gets no say on what I do with the money.
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03-19-2008, 07:58 PM
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#29 | | Firearm Zealot
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There was a guy on gun broker a month or so ago selling skids of ammo and I bet thats is where the bad stuff came from
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03-25-2008, 03:55 AM
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#30 | | Banned
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I've only opened one of my two cans so far. there was no white powder inside, and there was no smell at all except the faint whiff of brass and old paper.
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03-25-2008, 07:56 AM
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#31 | | Some People's kids....
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When I opened my can a Russian fairy princess popped out and gave me a kiss! 
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03-25-2008, 09:24 AM
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#32 | | Firearm Zealot
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Originally Posted by texnmidwest When I opened my can a Russian fairy princess popped out and gave me a kiss! | and of course as in the fairy tail she turned into  a frog???
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03-25-2008, 10:08 AM
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#33 | | Firearm Zealot
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a frog? didnt think frogs could survive in russia's climate....maybe a toad tho 
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03-25-2008, 01:29 PM
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#34 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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03-25-2008, 01:35 PM
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#35 | | Some People's kids....
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Originally Posted by marion57 and of course as in the fairy tail she turned into a frog??? | That is what that is?!!! I thought she turned into an ugly mermaid!
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03-25-2008, 03:17 PM
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#36 | | Firearm Zealot
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blues, that's the sign at a buddies place, gonna try and find one for mine, someone said they might be being made now for the public, cuz his is custom made with lil red mailbox letters and wide pinstriping for the border.
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03-25-2008, 03:24 PM
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#37 | | Firearm Zealot
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Originally Posted by texnmidwest That is what that is?!!! I thought she turned into an ugly mermaid! | You should be so lucky Tex LOL
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03-25-2008, 03:44 PM
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#38 | | Firearm Zealot
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fugly mermaid? least it's not a fugly merman ewww :P
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03-25-2008, 05:41 PM
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#39 | | Firearm Zealot
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Originally Posted by marion57 and of course as in the fairy tail she turned into a frog??? | Sweet... did they then use her to attach their bayonets to their belts. *snicker*
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03-25-2008, 05:51 PM
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#40 | | Firearm Aficionado
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Yay! another thread that's gone weird....
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