MANUFACTURER'S CODES FOR 7.62 x 39 MM AMMUNITION

(Number code)

01 W. GERMANY
3 USSR
04 E. GERMANY
05 E. GERMANY
10 BULGARIA
11 PRC / YUGOSLAVIA
13 CUBA
17 USSR
21 POLAND / HUNGARY
22 ROMANIA
23 HUNGARY
31 PRC
031 PRC
34 " 7.62x39 " USSR (?)
51 PRC
60 USSR
61 PRC
71 PRC
81 PRC
93 N. KOREA
101 PRC
111 PRC
121 PRC
141 PRC
270 USSR
301 PRC
311 PRC
343 POLAND
351 PRC
364 PRC
391 PRC
451 PRC
501 PRC
539 USSR
661 PRC
671 PRC
711 USSR
821 PRC
946 PRC
6201 PRC
9121 PRC
9141 PRC

 

(Letter code)

A79 S. AFRICA
AD INDONESIA
aym CZECHOSLOVAKIA
bxn CZECHOSLOVAKIA
CAVIM VENEZUELA
CBC BRAZIL
FN BELGIUM
HP AUSTRIA
IK YUGOSLAVIA
IZ CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Lapua FINLAND
NK YUGOSLAVIA (letter N backwards)
nny YUGOSLAVIA
PMC S. KOREA
PMV CUBA
PP YUGOSLAVIA
PPU YUGOSLAVIA
PT FINLAND
RPR ROMANIA
SO FINLAND
VPT FINLAND
ZV CZECHOSLOVAKIA

 

(Letter date code, USSR - limited use)

r 1952
A (cyrillic) 1953
E 1954
N (backwards) 1955
K 1956

 

(1) Yugoslavia 1979. (2) Wolf ammunition 1997 made in Tula , Russia.

 

. . .

34 USSR (?) , 23 Hungary (1965), IK Yugoslavia , 21 Hungary (1979) .

 

 

RELOADING 7.62 x 39

 

Maximum loads - - Do not exceed - - 123 grain FMJ bullet

Powder type      Weight     Vel.fps     Press.psi

   Reloader 7   25.5 gr.     2,330        45000
   H4895        29.0 gr.     2,249          -
   H4198        26.5 gr.     2,378          -
   2400         15.3 gr.     1,915        44900
   A1680        25.5 gr.     2,368          -
   A2230        29.5 gr.     2,176          -
   IMR 4895     29.0 gr.     2,198          - 
   Norma N200   25.8 gr.     2,295          -
   Norma N201   28.3 gr.     2,330          -
   Viht. N120   26.0 gr.     2,430          -

This case uses both large and small primers depending on manufacturer of case.

(Maximum trim length 1.524 inches, 38,71 mm)

(Maximum overall lenght 2.193 inches, 55,68mm)

(1 - 2) E. Germany 123 gr. .310 FMJ

(3) Hornady 123 gr. .310 FMJ

(4) Sierra 125 gr. .308 spitzer

 

(5) Winchester 123 gr. .310 JSP

(6) 123 gr. .310 FMJ

(7) 100 gr. .310 JHP

(8) 93 gr. .309 JSP