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Ammo buy?
Posted: October 15th, 2007, 2:56 pm
by trent
I just found some ammo I havent seen before at a pawn shop, posting pics soon, Nbender and others let me know if this is ammo that I can shoot (not collector) and the bullet weight if you know it.
Ammo buy?
Posted: October 15th, 2007, 3:34 pm
by trent
I'm curious what this means "v10=315 m/c"
Ammo buy?
Posted: October 15th, 2007, 3:46 pm
by nbender
Hello Trent:
That's the old Russian "LVE Green Box" that was extremely popular 6 or 8 years ago. Shooters loved the reliability. I tested 20 rounds some time back:
LVE (Green Box) 95-gr FMJ (20 rounds tested)
Manufacturer: LVE (Low Voltage Equipment Plant), Novosibirsk, Russia
Headstamp: LVE 99 9x18Mak
Cartridge Case: Steel case, berdan primed, non-corrosive primer
Bullet: 92.2-gr (1 measured), steel-jacketed copper-coated with concave exposed-lead base
Magnetic: Cartridge case and bullet jacket are magnetic
OAL (ins)
Range: 0.971 – 0.979
Avg: 0.974
Velocity: (fps)
Range: 968 - 1029
Avg: 1008
ES: 20
SD: 61
The numbers you inquired about are velocity measurements in metric. I'm not set up with the time or resources here to convert to our feet per second system.
Ammo buy?
Posted: October 15th, 2007, 4:11 pm
by torpeau
"v10=315 m/c" should be 1033 ft./sec.
Ammo buy?
Posted: October 15th, 2007, 4:52 pm
by 9x18shooter
Trent, Another good find! You are well on your way to having the ammo collection that NB has. :-/
Ammo buy?
Posted: October 15th, 2007, 4:53 pm
by trent
well cool, so it is shooter stuff, not collectible right? (Id hate to shoot something that someone else is willing to pay more for than what I got it for)
p.s. I didn't pay 10.99 for it as the sticker says (the guy cut me a little bit of a deal)
Ammo buy?
Posted: October 15th, 2007, 5:15 pm
by nbender
I'd say it's shooter stuff. I don't know of any real collectable 9x18.