Clip Quiz

[RCS]

Can anyone I.D. this clip

[K Thies]

Looks by the size and shape of the rounds that it might be for the STG44.
Whermact 8mm short round.
Just a guess.
Ken

[RCS]

too long for the 7.9x33mm of the MP44

[Timberwolf]

They are a rimless cartridge.

I say 7.62 x 51.

[RCS]

not 7.62x51mm, but close in time period

[dave]

Almost impossible to tell from pics. Looks like M-14 to me. Are the cartridge head stamps a state secret!? That would be a clue, but not really prove anything.

[PhillipM]

I'll take a WAG and say French 7.5x54mm on a stripper clip for a MAS 36.

[Gunner]

Hi,

7,5x45 M48 or 7mm x 48 RWS ?

[Tuna]

The 7.62x45 that Czechoslovakia designed and used in the late 50's early 60's maybe?

[RCS]

Produced for the Czech Vz52 or frequently called the SHE52 rifle. Alot of these rifles were converted to fire the Soviet 7.62x39mm.

Most of this 7.62x45mm is steel cased

[JB White]

I never would have guessed that. I never saw or handled the cartridge before. I need to get out more. :)

[RCS]

These rifles have been around for years and are fun to shoot, the trigger housing looks like a smaller M1 rifle trigger housing. Only thing I was not fond of was the folding bayonet. The original rifles still chambered for the 7.62x45mm cartridge have gone up in price over the past few years - examples can be from $500 to $700 now. Almost all the cartridges produced were steel cased !

[phil441]

Well, what did Tuna win???