When I served with the Canadians we never shot any ammo newer then WWII and definitely had stuff from WWI although mostly used for training only, (recoiless rifle stuff and .303 mostly). We also used Herman The German targets although I know for sure there were heaps of WWI spike helmet targets although we never shot at them, (I’m sure someone did though).
In 2004, in the Danish army, we were still opening US made .50 cal ammo cans with chained up ammo for the Browning M2, the rounds were made in 1943 and worked like a charm.
In 1969 we were using C rations packaged in 1947 at Ft Carson Colorado. Not a thing wrong with them. The cigarettes were so dry they would explode in flame. The US was not prepared then and they dam sure are not prepared today.
In Russia, such a can with cartridges is called "zinc"/цинк (because inside it is coated with zinc to protect it from corrosion). In a standard wooden box two such "zinc" are stacked. "Zinc" are the same size for all types of cartridges, the difference is thus the number of cartridges that are placed inside. The heaviest “zinc” are those in which the pistol cartridges lie, because there are many of them that fit and they fill the volume very tightly. I know this from my own experience - I’ve been able to drag a lot of these “zinc”.
@inc.opt.63 I actually memorized the whole song, but dont know the Cyrillic or russian kind language to read it. I did memorized it by reading it on english alphabet
I had a can of 7.62x54r that was packed in 1946. It's weird shooting ammo that's older than both you and your father. It was neat ammo though. All came packaged in little paper boxes with twine wrapping. Inside the box 15 rounds on Izhevsk marked stripper clips. The case it's self was actually tin and the soldering smelled like vomit. I'd have liked to keep it, but I wasn't going to put up with the smell. The ammo it's self was loaded much hotter than 60s-70's production x54r I've shot. I could run the Cold War production ammo fine in my Mosin. But if I used the 1946 ammo I would get really bad Sticky Bolt Syndrome. I guess that might be down to it being at the tale end of war production ammo.
I have a couple cans of that stuff, one I left sealed for “just in case” situations. I just love the history on that stuff. Tulammo still packs their 7.62.39 in cans like that as well.
Beautifully packaged and prepared for LONG term storage. Despite it's age the 54R is still a very competent round as well. I was surprised by the accuracy of the 54R when testing it versus other far newer round designs.
Still a very useful ammo for many countries because it's used in the RPD it's not just a mosin round. Also i feel like this probably was sold to Romania or manufactured for them during the Soviet days and all the importer knew was it was being shipped from Romania and figured it was made there.
I've got a can of russian ammo in 7.62x39 from 1968 and the rounds and packaging are in the same pristine condition. Feels like they'll still fire a thousand years from now if well preserved.
"What does is smell like Danny?" *sniiiiifffffff* "It smells like communism" Good show gents! I bought one of these years back and still have a few rounds left. I managed to find a mosin that shoots like a laser beam even with ammo almost as old as I am!
These cans and crates are amazing, got myself some in 7.62x39 and 7.62x54R. As Danny said maybe a bit awkward to open but very doable and dang effective at their job! I also love how they look exactly the same over here as in the States.
My father served in the Soviet Army with the Marine Corps in 1987-1989, he told me how they opened such zinc boxes all day and spent almost all the time at the shooting range. Thanks for video)
Ты то наверное толчки драил, откуда ж тебе чмырю знать, мы за день, на полигоне, три взвода камаз полный патронов, выстрелов к рпг, гранат к подствольнику расходовали, а на боевых их вообще никто не считал, 30 лет назад дембель
I remember buying those from a famous seller in Prescott AZ. They were selling the ammo for $39 a case... Yep, 960 rounds for $39. If you bought 10 cases, the price dropped to $29 a case. I bought 34 cases of it ! I live in AZ, so no shipping charges.
All Warsaw Pact countries were receiving supplies from the USSR. These went either to the Russian bases on our territory (such as the massive Borne-Sulimovo base in my country), or to the local, "friendly/associated" armies. Thus, lot of surplus ammo was left on our territory after the Cold War ended. I believe you simply have a Romanian surplus ammo, made in the USSR...
I honestly think that the Soviet era milsurp ammo l had from those crates was some of the finest quality bulk ammo I have ever owned. (Excluding small batch match and boutique ammo, I mean.) The packing was immaculate, and each round was a flawless clone, with high quality lacquer and sealant, and the consistency of it was robotic in both predictable accuracy and velocity (i.e., each packet being within a tight velo range). Pain in the neck, being corrosive and always having to be rinsed. My sample size was small (just a couple crates), but say, compared to the bulk Lake City stuff you buy today, that spam canned Soviet milsurp was as consistent in quality and reliability as any ammo you'll come across.
I got a crate worth too. Hold on to it. Shoot other shit because it's seen a four fold price increase that's only going higher. I have 3 different batches, a little over a crate worth (2,160rds) 1988, 1977, and 1976. If you look at the headstamp, it will give you the date code which is the last two digits of a four digit year, and a lot number. You can use the lot number and look up what the specs are on it, avg. Muzzle velocity, powder utilized, etc. I've been using 69gr red army for plinking with some 60gr Tula thrown in there. I only shoot a mag worth of 7n6 once in a blue moon. It's my shtf ammo. Lol
The deciphering of the information printed on the lid was very helpful. The packaging and lacquer sealing of the ammunition was very well done, and it's somewhat ironic that it outlasted the Soviet doctrine that created the demand for such stockpiling of ammunition! I've seen Russian military treasure hunters raising cans of ammunition from beneath metres of water and upon opening the cans the ammunition was found to be in perfect condition.
I purchased 20 of these cases of 2 cans per case back in the early 80s. At only $45 per case. And shot them all up in less than 15 year's. Great ammo! Bring them back from lost in time. This ammo is from back when the SKS & AK47 Were selling for $35 & $75 each. Back in the Golden Era of planking thru life
I bought one of those about twenty five years ago when I bought my Mosin, got about half of it left. Give 45 dollars for it at the time, wish I would have got a lot more ! The separate paper wraps of mine have a grease like stuff on them, guess to help preserve the ammo. Still shoots great but it is corrosive on a gun ! Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
I remember buying 1,000 of Wolf 7.62x39HP's for $85.00 then thought it was price gouging when it went up to $99.00. I also remember buying a Turkish Mauser with bayonet and 75 rounds of ammo on strippers in a bandolier for $75.00, a brand new Chinese SKS with accessories for $99.00 and .50 BMG M33 rounds for $1.25 each. I wish I had invested in more of that stuff back then.
BTW here's a hint, the ar-15's are as cheap right now as they will ever be from here on, if they go down it will be very little so now is the time to stock up, some day you may wish you did. This is just speculation but at minimum if they are kept in new condition I think there is a good chance they will go up in value especially with the direction our country is heading, I don't see ammo staying as cheap as it is right now either.
@@dmitryts1257 цинк сгниет в земле. Он не такой уж и неубиваемый. Они на складах иногда ржавеют если в воде долгое время стоят. По этому их иногда надо отстреливать. Товарищ в армии был, на складе отрыли 2 цинка пятёрок, стоявших там в луже какой то с 80ых. У одного дно вывалилось когда открывали, у другого проржавела стенка. Часть боеприпасов в утиль, остальные они стояли отстреливали
During my conscript year of service In Slovakia 1998 we were using ammo made in 1963, they were in sealed zinc crates of 1200 pieces /7,62x39 same ammo as for ak47 but we used Vz.58 as service rifle/, the ammo was also sealed for eternity although they were loose in the crate and there were a bunch of clips for 15 rounds to carry or quickload magazines with them
My dad got one of those for like $60 about 20 years ago. We still have at least 350 rounds and they still go down range just fine. Ours were a little older than these.
in this box, the modernized LPZ, i.e. ST-M2, differs from the old LPS in that it has a sintered body made of 65G steel, before the modernization, the body was made of 25 steel.
I never knew the ammo in spamcans was in separate paper packages inside. I always thought it was just haphazardly thrown in. I guess you learn a new thing every day.
Why wouldn't they pack it neatly? They spent all that time sealing the ammo and the can. It was a Cold War can, the Russians weren't trying to get ammo to the frontlines as fast as possible, they were trying to stockpile ammo that could sit in warehouses for centuries if need be, in the unlikely event of nuclear war. From that perspective, taking so much care to properly pack it makes a lot of sense.
@@XtreeM_FaiL I don't see how that's relevant to the film makers trying to expedite the filming/CGI and making it simpler for the normies to understand.
When we were kids, we could buy Russian made .22's box of 50 for 1$. But about 5% wouldn't fire and if you shot to the sky, you could see the bullet go. You get what ya pay fer!
This is the first of these videos of Russian ammo "spam cans" I've seen that specifies the weight of the can instead of the overall weight of two cans in their crate. Good stuff
I would love to have half, hell even a third of the spam cans of ammo I have bought opened and shot in the 80’ and 90’s. I remember when shooting that 762*54 or 7.62*39 was only slightly more expensive than shoot 22lr
Ben Finny The good old days. I dumped a spam can though one of my favorite SKS’s one weekend and was remiss in cleaning it (Spraying it down with my magic spay [a mix of diesel fuel, ATF, shooter choice, and Marvels Mystery’s oil]) after shooting it and the next time I went to shoot it the bolt was frozen in place thanks to those nice “non corrosive” primers. I tried soaking it for a few hours and ended up beating the bolt free with a dead blown hammer. A little steel wool and and elbow grease and it was working just like a Russian watch made in China again. Definitely good times with good friends.
Well, technically we still can, you just have to have it shipped to an FFL first, which basically kills just about any savings you might have gotten from buying it online. That is, unless you bought in serious bulk, but then CalDOK will probably take note of it, put you on some sort of watch list, and as soon as red flag laws are in place they'll send the police to your door.
@@Riceball01 Last time I checked, C&R FFL (FFL03?) was enough, so you could still ship to your house, if you have C&R license. Getting it is a pain in the ass, though
Pretty darn kewl video😁👍 I can hear collectors going "NOOO!!!!" As this awesome can is being opened😁 That's pretty darn neat seeing one of these opened.
God what memories you bring to me! I opened hundred of cases like this in my time spent in Marines. I have water in my mouth just remembered the smell of the gun pounder , unique from AK-47. Good luck gents!
I don't know, the can opener is probably easier to use than the god awful pull wire on some of the other spam cans. Though I suppose the wire opener was designed to be opened by two people at the same time. It's often a disaster if you try to do it by yourself, lol. But yes, that stuff will last darn near forever if it's unopened and there's no holes rusted through the outer can. I do wonder if they purged it with some kind of gas while sealing it, to remove any oxygen. I kind of doubt it, but I don't actually know. If they did, I imagine they would literally last forever.
@@s.b.9848 интересно в чем же, особенно если уточнить что это не ближайшие 30 лет? Тут у нас герметичный цинк с патронами в масляной бумаге, в такой штуке могут лежать хоть сотню лет
@@s.b.9848 если брать массовое оружие, то что могут противопоставить западные производители? Свои нюансы конечно везде есть, но если оценивать комплекс характеристик, то в чем западное оружие превосходит? По надёжности и простоте явно конкурентов явно нет.
Even though it’s in a video, this is quite amazing, thanks to who ever sacrificed this collector item to show us what’s inside! It’s very exciting to see!
The "Soviet or Romanian" question is probably simple. The Ammo was manufactured in USSR. Then it got shipped to a warehouse in Romania that being Warsaw pact and all. Then the USSR ceases to exist, Romania goes into NATO and this Ammo is no longer needed so it got sold as surplus.
I bought a wooden crate that had two of those exact cans about 4 years ago. Came from the same factory, still have one of the cans unopened. Paid $200 for the 880 rounds, I’d say that’s a pretty good deal since a box of these rounds is about $18-$20 everywhere I can find them.
Is it possible that the can was sourced from Romania? I hear a lot of that old ammo floated around western Europe after the cold War. Might have bought it out of a warehouse somewhere in Romania and hence the label?
Possibly Romania is eastern Europe and was part of the Warsaw Pact with the USSR so it could have been ammo supplied to Romania which was then purchased from there and brought here .
@@ryanpeck3377 We, romanians was a realy suply of ammunition and armies for the povery countries A lot of factories from Romanian country nade ammunition In Vi Et Nam war we was a suply for nort vietnam army aan for Vi Et Cong Arabian country, especialy OEP ( palestinian organisation ) recive an huge lot of army from Romania For Yom Kipur war, egipt and sirian armies was equiped wit bazuca tip *AG 7* an very, very expensive bullet In 1989, Romania was on 8 place in the world to military equipements made
Wow, they sealed that ammo like they were expecting a nuclear war or something.
Weren't they ???
🤣
@hffp1 they still are using some of that old ammo, Ronnie Barret was explaining that to some snipers having issues with the older ammo......
lol yeah... Military are not morons they know how to package & store ammo to keep it fresh!
When I served with the Canadians we never shot any ammo newer then WWII and definitely had stuff from WWI although mostly used for training only, (recoiless rifle stuff and .303 mostly). We also used Herman The German targets although I know for sure there were heaps of WWI spike helmet targets although we never shot at them, (I’m sure someone did though).
In 2004, in the Danish army, we were still opening US made .50 cal ammo cans with chained up ammo for the Browning M2, the rounds were made in 1943 and worked like a charm.
As russian i respect both Danish and US military for appropriate use of equipment.
Thats the first thing army requires, doesn't it?
In 1969 we were using C rations packaged in 1947 at Ft Carson Colorado. Not a thing wrong with them. The cigarettes were so dry they would explode in flame. The US was not prepared then and they dam sure are not prepared today.
As you Danes usually say, "Så længe det virker!!"
@@juliusmoe-nstar8942 ... rør det ikke
Steve MRE ate food out of 80+ year old cans, ammo in cans will last over 200 years for sure, especially if stored in a dry place.
Tough can, solid Stalinium.
Stalinless Steel
@@alexandergeorge7808 stalinmore*
@@alexandergeorge7808 it went right over your head, didn't it.........lol
@@johnparrish9215 because he made a complementary joke? Or did you misread it?
@@rickc2102 Then it went over my head.....WOOOSH
Soldiers: Im hungry, what do we have for today?
Officer: Bullets
You probably spent half a day to come up with such a witty joke?
Americans: mmmmmm ma favorite
@@PartyPornoKiller2006 spam canned foods have distinct containers that look just like this ammo box.
Stalin would agree
@@themrsaltysplatoon7100 Dark humour is like food. Not everybody gets it.
04.00am me : ok its time to sleep now
UA-cam: wanna see someone open ammo can from 1989?
me: *sure*
Same here
Same 4:00
4:39am here
In Russia, such a can with cartridges is called "zinc"/цинк (because inside it is coated with zinc to protect it from corrosion). In a standard wooden box two such "zinc" are stacked. "Zinc" are the same size for all types of cartridges, the difference is thus the number of cartridges that are placed inside. The heaviest “zinc” are those in which the pistol cartridges lie, because there are many of them that fit and they fill the volume very tightly. I know this from my own experience - I’ve been able to drag a lot of these “zinc”.
Сп5,6 как по мне самые тяжёлые, 9мм, но не пистолетные, а для винтореза и вала, 9х18 пм легче их будет, но тяжелее чем 5,45 или 7,62
Во блин! Красавчик, очень чётко объяснил! Молодец 👍👍👍
Взял и всё рассказал ...
@@AndreyZ1000 как говорится,,выебнулся,,
Только не “zinc”, a “tzink”
Now THAT’S an unboxing video!
All the Steve1989 references in the comments give me hope for the future.
and no sign of botulism
Nice hiss.
Lets's get the ammo out on to a tray, m'k. Nice!
His most recent video also featured a well preserved can coincidentally :)
"Hmm you're a fine looking gal" *lights a filter-less Chesterfield 1962* "Let me get you out onto a tray" *She queefs* "Nice Hisss"
- lemme sniff this
- no Danny, dont do that!
- wow, i like this, smells like СОЮЗ НЕРУШИМЫХ РЕСПУБЛИК
Non russian here, what does it mean?
@inc.opt.63 lol thx!
@inc.opt.63 I actually memorized the whole song, but dont know the Cyrillic or russian kind language to read it. I did memorized it by reading it on english alphabet
Eeeuuuw
I laughed a lot thanks
Открывашку в армии не выбрасывали, она простые консервы на ура открывает!
Можно и двери входные
Да,не особо,так-то..по опыту пряжкой быстрее
Yes
Translation : We didnt throw away the can openers in the army after we were done using it, it opens normal cans easily.
Такую бы достать бы
That spam can was sealed for longer than I've been alive lol
Damn its past your bedtime then lol
When i was your age...lol...i walked to school...up hill both ways.........LMAO
I had a can of 7.62x54r that was packed in 1946. It's weird shooting ammo that's older than both you and your father. It was neat ammo though. All came packaged in little paper boxes with twine wrapping. Inside the box 15 rounds on Izhevsk marked stripper clips. The case it's self was actually tin and the soldering smelled like vomit. I'd have liked to keep it, but I wasn't going to put up with the smell.
The ammo it's self was loaded much hotter than 60s-70's production x54r I've shot. I could run the Cold War production ammo fine in my Mosin. But if I used the 1946 ammo I would get really bad Sticky Bolt Syndrome. I guess that might be down to it being at the tale end of war production ammo.
Bullet spam
Amazing. It's almost as if the world existed before you....
Oh, Nice Hiss. Let’s get this out on a tray! Nice. Now let’s make a real army mochaccino to go with these 7.62 Romanian beauts..
These are russian tho
A- Negative *ammochino*
Ah Steve
Only the cool kids even know what your talking about lol
Steve!Yeah now that’s funny
1:35 it's right handed of course. they were soviets not Satanists.
They "were".
Soviets vs Satanist, not much difference.
@@BilgePump It's the same thing but i could hurt his feelings saying so...
The Soviets were atheists that didn’t care about any fairytales about "Satan"
@@among-us-99999 Whatever helps you sleep at night
Это делали женщины на заводах, с заботой и любовью =)
Точняк!
а какой то прапор продал это иностранцам
@@alexanderk7671 Им он нужнее будет
В 1989 вполне могли делать и мужчины. Не 1941 год же :)
@Sergey Zykov а причём тут взрывчатка? В патронах АК обычный белый порох, он от удара не взрывается
Factory 188 now goes by LVE in Novosibirsk, Russia. They currently make Ammo for Wolf’s WPA brand.
I have a couple cans of that stuff, one I left sealed for “just in case” situations. I just love the history on that stuff. Tulammo still packs their 7.62.39 in cans like that as well.
1:55 nice little hiss there
Should have gotten it onto a tray. Would have been nice.
The little details 👌
I thought exactly the same thing!
I was hoping they were going to make that comment!
@@ActualHumanPerson Let's get this out onto a tray
Nice
Nice hiss.... alright let's get this out on the tray!... Nice okay
Uhh the metallic smell I just gotta try another.
was looking for this comment
Let's give this a sniff. Hmm, smells like old cheese... And communism.
Beautifully packaged and prepared for LONG term storage.
Despite it's age the 54R is still a very competent round as well. I was surprised by the accuracy of the 54R when testing it versus other far newer round designs.
Still a very useful ammo for many countries because it's used in the RPD it's not just a mosin round. Also i feel like this probably was sold to Romania or manufactured for them during the Soviet days and all the importer knew was it was being shipped from Romania and figured it was made there.
Как же все бережно упаковано... глаз радуется:)
Знали, что война будет
@@tablangyydau Даже после распада умудряется нам помочь
The little white stripe was the over the top detail, it is very pleasant.
@@DMlTRElу моего знакомого дома 2 цинка такие
Служил в армии
И стащил
Говорит на чёрный день
@@DMlTREl саме так, іноді така іронія буває, патрони відкриваєш з кемерова а потім висаджуєш їх в кемеровский десант)
I've got a can of russian ammo in 7.62x39 from 1968 and the rounds and packaging are in the same pristine condition. Feels like they'll still fire a thousand years from now if well preserved.
"What does is smell like Danny?"
*sniiiiifffffff*
"It smells like communism"
Good show gents! I bought one of these years back and still have a few rounds left. I managed to find a mosin that shoots like a laser beam even with ammo almost as old as I am!
It smells like Freedom to me!
I was expecting him to say that's what it smelt like.
BTW, you've been shooting 1891, 1930 or 1944 mosin? Later versions are cheaper and shoot not so precisely.
failed ideology, but great weapons
These cans and crates are amazing, got myself some in 7.62x39 and 7.62x54R.
As Danny said maybe a bit awkward to open but very doable and dang effective at their job!
I also love how they look exactly the same over here as in the States.
I used to get these so cheap, along with cans of 7.62 x 39 as well. The good old days when the SKS was $90.00 new unissued.
Wen soviet union colaps you can get tank for carate of vodka if you buy ammo for 90 bucks you was scamed
My father served in the Soviet Army with the Marine Corps in 1987-1989, he told me how they opened such zinc boxes all day and spent almost all the time at the shooting range. Thanks for video)
Вранье .он мог целыми днями маршировать или подметать .но не стрелять на стрельбище.
Cccp was gavno shithole
Ты то наверное толчки драил, откуда ж тебе чмырю знать, мы за день, на полигоне, три взвода камаз полный патронов, выстрелов к рпг, гранат к подствольнику расходовали, а на боевых их вообще никто не считал, 30 лет назад дембель
@@slavyaninb4208 😅🤣😅
@@лысыйпылесос ну тебе не повезло просто, и не понять этого, потому что ты лысый пылесос
Way cool guys! Lots of great information on Russian ammo spam can markings. I really enjoy videos like this. Thanks for posting it.
4:40 Yes, be careful. In Russia, cans open you!
Привет из России !
Guns shoot you there also.
Why not ?
@@76rus26
Privet, privet
Nipsi khui
I remember buying those from a famous seller in Prescott AZ. They were selling the ammo for $39 a case... Yep, 960 rounds for $39. If you bought 10 cases, the price dropped to $29 a case. I bought 34 cases of it ! I live in AZ, so no shipping charges.
lucky dog.
Most be in 70s or something
@@Lucius_murrius It was in 2006
This is definitely one of the coolest unboxing videos I have seen 👍
Do NOT cook a meal in the can afterwards. The ammo wrappers are coated in a chemical which keeps the ammo fresh. Really itchy stuff
Wash it.
You could still make a meal with it after washing.
@@ripoutyourintestines7029 , it’s a zinc coated sheet
All Warsaw Pact countries were receiving supplies from the USSR. These went either to the Russian bases on our territory (such as the massive Borne-Sulimovo base in my country), or to the local, "friendly/associated" armies. Thus, lot of surplus ammo was left on our territory after the Cold War ended. I believe you simply have a Romanian surplus ammo, made in the USSR...
Danny is a dedicated person who is not going to do something half way. He even puts it back exactly the way he found it.
Not really
This is always a cool thing to see thank you for recording it 🍻
Авторитетно заявляю: цинк советский
))
Как ты думаешь как они это в везли в страну? И ещё там же дата изготовления 89 год а не 91ый они просто затупили?
@@Artem_38. Румыны, союзнички по Варшавскому договору слили, суки, что непонятного...
из СССР
@@Manshtein72 при развале СССР им канцерн Калашникова официально одобрил лицензию на производство и импорт продукции! Так что все нормально:3
@@ИльяЗапольский-и5и Мы говорим именно про этот цинк. Тут маркировка новосибирская, какие нах румыны? ))
В пустых коробках помню цветы делали в военном гарнизоне на балконах)
У меня в соседнем дворе бабка тоже в таком выращивает.
Как мило :3
А я в гараже для мелочевки пользую
У нас один солдат умудрился клубнику вырастить на одном из таких цинках. Никто не верил что у него чтото вырастит там.
Communist!!!
Those little paper packs fit in some of the ammo pouches perfectly.
I opened one of my 7n6 of the two I got in a wood crate. It is indeed an experience verses how one would normally get their ammo.
Makes you appreciate it more when you have to work for it.
I honestly think that the Soviet era milsurp ammo l had from those crates was some of the finest quality bulk ammo I have ever owned. (Excluding small batch match and boutique ammo, I mean.) The packing was immaculate, and each round was a flawless clone, with high quality lacquer and sealant, and the consistency of it was robotic in both predictable accuracy and velocity (i.e., each packet being within a tight velo range). Pain in the neck, being corrosive and always having to be rinsed. My sample size was small (just a couple crates), but say, compared to the bulk Lake City stuff you buy today, that spam canned Soviet milsurp was as consistent in quality and reliability as any ammo you'll come across.
I got a crate worth too. Hold on to it. Shoot other shit because it's seen a four fold price increase that's only going higher. I have 3 different batches, a little over a crate worth (2,160rds) 1988, 1977, and 1976. If you look at the headstamp, it will give you the date code which is the last two digits of a four digit year, and a lot number. You can use the lot number and look up what the specs are on it, avg. Muzzle velocity, powder utilized, etc. I've been using 69gr red army for plinking with some 60gr Tula thrown in there. I only shoot a mag worth of 7n6 once in a blue moon. It's my shtf ammo. Lol
The deciphering of the information printed on the lid was very helpful.
The packaging and lacquer sealing of the ammunition was very well done, and it's somewhat ironic that it outlasted the Soviet doctrine that created the demand for such stockpiling of ammunition!
I've seen Russian military treasure hunters raising cans of ammunition from beneath metres of water and upon opening the cans the ammunition was found to be in perfect condition.
I sure miss Danny's wit and humor. Rest in peace Danny! Maybe I'll see you on the other side!
I purchased 20 of these cases of 2 cans per case back in the early 80s. At only $45 per case. And shot them all up in less than 15 year's. Great ammo! Bring them back from lost in time.
This ammo is from back when the SKS & AK47 Were selling for $35 & $75 each. Back in the Golden Era of planking thru life
Alright right let's get this out onto a tray... Nice!
I'm happy to see Taofledermaus actually coming up in my subscriptions now :)
4:55 let's get this out onto a tray
Nice
if only you knew how bad things really are Nice
No Hiss.
@@LordMxr 1:58
Ok let's get this into the Ak.
Loads up the AK and fires off a round.
Nice!
He never failed to bust out some kind of unexpected witty remark.
RIP Danny
Just Awesome!! And seeing Danny HAPPY!!!
I bought one of those about twenty five years ago when I bought my Mosin, got about half of it left.
Give 45 dollars for it at the time, wish I would have got a lot more !
The separate paper wraps of mine have a grease like stuff on them, guess to help preserve the ammo.
Still shoots great but it is corrosive on a gun !
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
corrosive primed ammo wont hurt your gun if you clean it after your done
@@sindrome303
Yeah I'm aware of that but forgot to mention it, thanks.
I remember buying 1,000 of Wolf 7.62x39HP's for $85.00 then thought it was price gouging when it went up to $99.00. I also remember buying a Turkish Mauser with bayonet and 75 rounds of ammo on strippers in a bandolier for $75.00, a brand new Chinese SKS with accessories for $99.00 and .50 BMG M33 rounds for $1.25 each. I wish I had invested in more of that stuff back then.
Ken Gamble these same cans are still sold in Utah.
BTW here's a hint, the ar-15's are as cheap right now as they will ever be from here on, if they go down it will be very little so now is the time to stock up, some day you may wish you did. This is just speculation but at minimum if they are kept in new condition I think there is a good chance they will go up in value especially with the direction our country is heading, I don't see ammo staying as cheap as it is right now either.
I can't lie, I'm a little bummed that you didn't have a tray to put it out on after opening lol
I don't care how early I get to the video theres at least 25 comments before mine. That's good though. Taofledermaus has a loyal fan base!
God bless Danny! Lost but never forgotten.
Это просто круто, думаю через много лет эти коробки с патронами будут иметь коллекционную ценность. Сейчас все пакуют в дешёвый картон.
Прошло два года и эти коробки оказались очень востребованны в практическом применении
В дешёвый картон упаковывают "гражданские" боеприпасы. Армейские до сих пор в "цинки".
У нас этот ящики для рассады 😂
Такую штуку закопать у себя на заднем дворе до поры и откопать, когда придёт время. И нифига с ними не случится.
@@dmitryts1257 цинк сгниет в земле. Он не такой уж и неубиваемый. Они на складах иногда ржавеют если в воде долгое время стоят. По этому их иногда надо отстреливать. Товарищ в армии был, на складе отрыли 2 цинка пятёрок, стоявших там в луже какой то с 80ых. У одного дно вывалилось когда открывали, у другого проржавела стенка. Часть боеприпасов в утиль, остальные они стояли отстреливали
No hiss... *steve1989 vibes intensify*
1:58
Let's get this out onto a tray
Nice
The smell is kind of like turpentine mixed with dead mice and maple syrup. Not nice, not nasty, but probably completely carcinogenic.
That sounds like formaldehyde
My inbox notification of this video says the thumbnail is, “amCanopendarren!” 🤣
Samee
Quite something seeing Danny in action again! Stay well folk! Thanks!
During my conscript year of service In Slovakia 1998 we were using ammo made in 1963, they were in sealed zinc crates of 1200 pieces /7,62x39 same ammo as for ak47 but we used Vz.58 as service rifle/, the ammo was also sealed for eternity although they were loose in the crate and there were a bunch of clips for 15 rounds to carry or quickload magazines with them
I wondered why steve was opening a can of ammo until I read the channel name haha
-hardware--harbour- ammo unboxed
me too, dude!
Oh man, finally you get to experience the sadness of trying to open a spam can. I bought one of 7.62x54R for my mosin and oh boy that was fun.
Hey guys, love your content, look forward to see what's next!
thanks for the kind words!
My dad got one of those for like $60 about 20 years ago. We still have at least 350 rounds and they still go down range just fine. Ours were a little older than these.
in this box, the modernized LPZ, i.e. ST-M2, differs from the old LPS in that it has a sintered body made of 65G steel, before the modernization, the body was made of 25 steel.
“Nice hiss”
I never knew the ammo in spamcans was in separate paper packages inside. I always thought it was just haphazardly thrown in. I guess you learn a new thing every day.
Why wouldn't they pack it neatly? They spent all that time sealing the ammo and the can. It was a Cold War can, the Russians weren't trying to get ammo to the frontlines as fast as possible, they were trying to stockpile ammo that could sit in warehouses for centuries if need be, in the unlikely event of nuclear war. From that perspective, taking so much care to properly pack it makes a lot of sense.
Packed as tight as possible. You do not want to storage wasted space.
I would need to rewatch to be sure but I think Lord of War and War Dogs show the bullets loose inside cans to save time.
Titanium Rain These cans are for long time storage.
@@XtreeM_FaiL I don't see how that's relevant to the film makers trying to expedite the filming/CGI and making it simpler for the normies to understand.
When we were kids, we could buy Russian made .22's box of 50 for 1$. But about 5% wouldn't fire and if you shot to the sky, you could see the bullet go. You get what ya pay fer!
Oh wow! I have a can like this, and I just learned that mine is from 1981, 42 years old! Thanks for sharing this information!
This is the first of these videos of Russian ammo "spam cans" I've seen that specifies the weight of the can instead of the overall weight of two cans in their crate. Good stuff
I would love to have half, hell even a third of the spam cans of ammo I have bought opened and shot in the 80’ and 90’s. I remember when shooting that 762*54 or 7.62*39 was only slightly more expensive than shoot 22lr
Ben Finny The good old days. I dumped a spam can though one of my favorite SKS’s one weekend and was remiss in cleaning it (Spraying it down with my magic spay [a mix of diesel fuel, ATF, shooter choice, and Marvels Mystery’s oil]) after shooting it and the next time I went to shoot it the bolt was frozen in place thanks to those nice “non corrosive” primers. I tried soaking it for a few hours and ended up beating the bolt free with a dead blown hammer. A little steel wool and and elbow grease and it was working just like a Russian watch made in China again. Definitely good times with good friends.
Before Clinton’s ban, it was as cheap as 22 lr ammo.
Last time I saw one of those was when you could buy ammo off the internet in California.
Lol no kidding
Yes California used to be a nice place to go in the 80s.
Well, technically we still can, you just have to have it shipped to an FFL first, which basically kills just about any savings you might have gotten from buying it online. That is, unless you bought in serious bulk, but then CalDOK will probably take note of it, put you on some sort of watch list, and as soon as red flag laws are in place they'll send the police to your door.
@@Riceball01 Last time I checked, C&R FFL (FFL03?) was enough, so you could still ship to your house, if you have C&R license. Getting it is a pain in the ass, though
@@taofledermaus Привет из России !!!
Now let's get this out on a tray...
Nice. Mmkay
Pretty darn kewl video😁👍
I can hear collectors going "NOOO!!!!" As this awesome can is being opened😁
That's pretty darn neat seeing one of these opened.
I love the noise of the zoom, I wish modern cameras let the sound be heard on the recording
Woah that’s so cool, I didn’t know that ammo was stored like this!
thanks!
Yea Russian ammo is. You can go on Buds gun shop and buy them. It used to be around 450 for 1000 rounds of ak47 rounds.
It is still stored like that.
Николай Демидов how is that relevant?
God what memories you bring to me! I opened hundred of cases like this in my time spent in Marines.
I have water in my mouth just remembered the smell of the gun pounder , unique from AK-47.
Good luck gents!
I want to live in the parallel timeline where the US Marine Corps adopted the AK platform
I don't know, the can opener is probably easier to use than the god awful pull wire on some of the other spam cans. Though I suppose the wire opener was designed to be opened by two people at the same time. It's often a disaster if you try to do it by yourself, lol. But yes, that stuff will last darn near forever if it's unopened and there's no holes rusted through the outer can. I do wonder if they purged it with some kind of gas while sealing it, to remove any oxygen. I kind of doubt it, but I don't actually know. If they did, I imagine they would literally last forever.
@TM9TP Most abundant non-flammable inert gas is nitrogen.
@TM9TP It's inert enough to be used in food industry, let alone in ammo cans.
Heavy: Some people think they can outsmart me maybe .... *sniff* maybe *looks at the camera* I've yet to find some that can outsmart bullet
I have half a crate of 7.62x25 from 1943 it still shoots great very accurate!
Одно удовольствие наблюдать, как все упаковано, бумага, сам вид коробочки. Артефакты великой цивилизации.
если бы вы видели и пользовались западным и ссср оружием,то поняли бы что это каменный век..
@@s.b.9848 интересно в чем же, особенно если уточнить что это не ближайшие 30 лет? Тут у нас герметичный цинк с патронами в масляной бумаге, в такой штуке могут лежать хоть сотню лет
Не сочтите за ватника, но ради объективности, что уникального и надёжного было противопоставлено стрелковому оружию СССР в 1989 году?
@@МаркМаркович-н3и не про срок хранения тут речь..
@@s.b.9848 если брать массовое оружие, то что могут противопоставить западные производители?
Свои нюансы конечно везде есть, но если оценивать комплекс характеристик, то в чем западное оружие превосходит?
По надёжности и простоте явно конкурентов явно нет.
Even though it’s in a video, this is quite amazing, thanks to who ever sacrificed this collector item to show us what’s inside! It’s very exciting to see!
It's not a "collector item". It's just ammunition. It's not a Spock doll in it's original packaging, nerd.
Looks like the ammo we used in MT-LBV 7.62 mm PKT machine-guns a couple years back in the military service.
Miss you Danny!
Miss you Danny ❤
That's really cool. I was born in the same year, so it's especially cool to see ammunition that's as old as I am :)
Right? Funny how it has that instant novelty to it.
I lucked out my chinese type 81 rifle has 1983 as a serial # and also that's my birth year
@@lustmaster770 that's pretty awesome too!
Awesome to see.👍🏽 I wish I bought more before it dried up everywhere.
And I'm sitting here with my Dragunov in hands, drooling on my monitor, cause owning military surplus is forbidden in my country.
I'm glad to see Danny's still doing well. Right-on. 👍👍👍
The "Soviet or Romanian" question is probably simple.
The Ammo was manufactured in USSR. Then it got shipped to a warehouse in Romania that being Warsaw pact and all.
Then the USSR ceases to exist, Romania goes into NATO and this Ammo is no longer needed so it got sold as surplus.
I bought a wooden crate that had two of those exact cans about 4 years ago. Came from the same factory, still have one of the cans unopened. Paid $200 for the 880 rounds, I’d say that’s a pretty good deal since a box of these rounds is about $18-$20 everywhere I can find them.
Danny is an official Slo-Mo guy with that lab coat.
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was just watching steve and then saw this upload. bliss
Ironic that the ammo can is from 89' as well lol
I'll be coming back at you with something new...or old.......alright, cool.
Lets get this out on a tray. nice
It's a little thirst provoking. 🤣🤣🤣
Back in the early 60's, bought this ammo for my Mosin in a triangle shapped box with a count of 20 per box. Only paid 99 cents.
*Maybe 90s?
@1:29 Vanna White, look out! Here comes Dead Eye Danny!
Sadly, no evening gown.
usbiv223
😂😂😂😁. 🇺🇸😎
Да здравствует Союз Советских Социалистических Республик! СССР!!!
Was Romanian a satélite state of the Soviet Union? If so, maybe that is why it is labeled as such.
Me and my shooting buddy bought a couple cases of surplus 5.56 ammo from Romania. Stuff is awesome. Packed just like that.
The artifact of a highly developed civilization which has long been gone and forgotten
Ohmygah, that ammo was born just a few weeks after me, we're like F#%&in twins.
Except the ammo wasnt a disappointment to its parents
...so...your birth certificate says Russian but you insist that you are Romanian?
@@m.b.82 Lol, project much, civilian?
@Brian Landers Don't quit your day job for standup, bud.
@@TheWolfsnack Oiyoiyoiyoi Don't blow my cover, comrade.
Is it possible that the can was sourced from Romania? I hear a lot of that old ammo floated around western Europe after the cold War. Might have bought it out of a warehouse somewhere in Romania and hence the label?
Possibly Romania is eastern Europe and was part of the Warsaw Pact with the USSR so it could have been ammo supplied to Romania which was then purchased from there and brought here .
I wonder what price it left the warehouse & hit the market at - $1 per case? Then 'ten hands' later at 100% each? : )
@@ryanpeck3377
We, romanians was a realy suply of ammunition and armies for the povery countries
A lot of factories from Romanian country nade ammunition
In Vi Et Nam war we was a suply for nort vietnam army aan for Vi Et Cong
Arabian country, especialy OEP ( palestinian organisation ) recive an huge lot of army from Romania
For Yom Kipur war, egipt and sirian armies was equiped wit bazuca tip
*AG 7*
an very, very expensive bullet
In 1989, Romania was on 8 place in the world to military equipements made
Awesome video!
Now this is a unique unboxing video I didn't expect to watch
Похоже стикер наводит их на мысли, что этот цинк имеет отношение к римской империи.
Румыния и римская империя НЕ ОДНО и тоже)))
1:57 you really missed an opportunity to say "nice hiss".