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Old 02-26-2013, 10:51 PM   #11
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Looks like my Turkish 8mm, same year too, I don't think the Turks had 303s though?


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Looks like my Turkish 8mm, same year too, I don't think the Turks had 303s though?
Well they did use them but these are Australian ammo.
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Does anyone know why some Australian ammo is silver tipped? The guy I bought it from said it was armor piercing but I called B.S on that just by looking at it.
I believe it is just the steel core like in Russian and Bulgarian 7.62x54r ammo.
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