FN 9x19 Ammo 1951
FN 9x19 Ammo 1951
Has anybody ever seen any of this surplus ammo? Fabrique Nationale 9mm with crimped primers, cupro-nickel jacket and year stamp 1951. I am assuming this to be corrosive primers and possibly sub machine gun ammo. My local gun shop has a ton of this. Any help or experience appreciated.
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I would also assume it's corrosive. Regardless it's cool, and depending on price might be fun for plinking with.
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Re: FN 9x19 Ammo 1951
I probably won't buy a lot of this because it's just too old. There is a reason that military forces sell off surplus ammo when they determine it is too old and unreliable. The cost was $12 for two boxes of 25 rounds each. It does say "Oxyless" on the side of the box over an FN symbol, and I understand that means non-mercuric or non corrosive primers. I am inclined to treat all surplus ammo as corrosive.
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I am not so sure your surplussing theory works with the US military. I think they surplus stuff when a vendor needs a new contract.tjtM38 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:49 amI probably won't buy a lot of this because it's just too old. There is a reason that military forces sell off surplus ammo when they determine it is too old and unreliable. The cost was $12 for two boxes of 25 rounds each. It does say "Oxyless" on the side of the box over an FN symbol, and I understand that means non-mercuric or non corrosive primers. I am inclined to treat all surplus ammo as corrosive.
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This ammo had very hard primers and would not fire in my Glock 19. I assume it is machine gun ammo or the primers have gone bad. The dealer I bought this from exchanged it for a fresh box of Federal 9x19.
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Non corrosive primers don't hold up like the corrosive stuff. If these don't reliably go bang, I would assume that was the issue.
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Re: FN 9x19 Ammo 1951
French surplus ammo is notorious for dead primers for that reason. All the surplus Lebel rifle ammo is basically components only. Buy it for the bullet and case, cause it’s not likely to go bang.
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I would buy it for it’s cool “value” only
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
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Re: FN 9x19 Ammo 1951
Some stuff I will buy for components, particularly AP or other bullets. I've got a bunch of German 7.92x57 that came with the "I" bore rifles I got. Seen a couple of WWI date headstamps on the brass. Cupro nickel jackets and pulled one bullet to check it out-they even stamped the base of the lead core with a letter stamp.