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Thank you all

Happy birthday comrade! Long may you shoot your svd

happy birthday my snappy snyper!

Happy birthday comrade.

Just fished out some of my x54R for you to examine, extra birthday points for knowing what they are:

41 73
188 77
21 84
10 53
PPU (no points for this one)

Age is just a number. Happy birthday.

Redcat

Many Happy Returns m8ty!

DanTheMan wrote:Happy birthday comrade.

Just fished out some of my x54R for you to examine, extra birthday points for knowing what they are:

41 73
188 77
21 84
10 53
PPU (no points for this one)

188 = Low Voltage Equipment Plant, Novosibirsk - 77 = 1977 148gr LPS

21 = Mátravidéki Fémmüvek Sirok, Hungary - 84 = 1984 148gr LPS

10 = Arsenal, Kazanlak, Bulgaria - 53 = 1953
54r ammo made after '46 with a "10" headstamp is Bulgarian, if 46 and earlier "10" denotes Russian State Arsenal, location unknown and production of Russian 54r with this headstamp ceased in '46.

41 = this one has thrown me a bit, only "41" stamp I know of is for a Chinese State Arsenal and is usually found on 12.7mm ammo and the bullet looks to be a Hungarian 184gr heavy ball going by the silver/yellow tip.Positive none of the former Soviet States used "41" so I'm going with Chinese case with a Hungarian bullet......

In Soviet Russia, Birthday celebrate you!

I got Olga' SMS by mistake. She wrote :
"Spacibo vodka party, hope like birthday present, but want collective socialist knickers back. Natasha now needs "

Happy B'day mate. You shooting next Saturday?