"Ohotnichy" on the sides of the wooden crate, means "for hunting". Paper slips: "Kontroler" dude who did quality control. "Oshinovshik" probably the packer, or the assembly line? Had to ask what the second paper slip was; I read and speak russian well... but some words just evade me.
@@roadhouse6999 the Russians apparently have all sorts of exemptions in their laws if things are “for hunting” so you’ll end up with all sorts of weird scenarios like DP-27’s being sold as “hunting carbines.”
And they STILL had guns and ammo left in the Soledar mine (before Wagner cleared that up) and who knows what other locations/bunkers. The question I have is why are they packaged in a box of 20 rounds? Why not 30? Why not 10? Edit : nvm, I guess this is the "v2 can" with 30 rounds. Edit 2 : Why the fk is the number "30" printed on the pack if it has 20 rounds????
Yeah. And guns. Original SKSs and AKs used to be cheap as dirt. Now you're gonna have to pay. If you invested in those back then, you would have made a pretty penny.
08:09 *Ammo packet code* Barnaul uses a dual number and Cyrillic letter code for its hunting ammo. The number is the cartridge and the letter is the bullet type. *1* is 5.45x39mm Soviet, *2* is .223 Remington, *3* is 7.62x39mm Soviet, *4* is 7.62x51mm NATO, *5* is 7.62x54mmR Russian and *6* is 9x18mm Makarov. *O* is FMJ, *П* ("P") is Soft Point, *Х* ("Ch") is Hollow Point, and *Ш* ("Sh") is Blank. So *3O* is 7.62x39mm FMJ. The ink color indicates the case material. Blue ink means lacquered steel case.
02:22 *_Russian Packaging Terms_* These strips are supposed to be stamped with the employee numbers of the workers. КОНТРОЛЕР [Russian: _Kontroler_ > "Inspector"] Quality Control. They inspect the sealed "spam cans" before they are packed in the crate. ОШИНОВЩИК [Russian: _Oshinovschik_ > Assembler (Male)] Places the welded cans into the crate, closes it, and then bands it shut.
That why when i translate, it say controller on the left, and tire manager on the right. Now i know why😅 But still "tire manager", i cant relate with assembler😅
7.62x39 seems to be in stock right now at good ol sgammo. No crates, but I see cases of Barnaul and Golden Tiger in stock. Also still seeing the surplus .30 carbine ammo In bandoliers available.
Spam can came in today. I went from the sides to preserve the top and rim. Corners are a lot easier that way, but you need to do smaller incriments of movement between motions.
02:06 Ammo Spam Can 7,62x39mm, 123-grain [8-gram] FMJ bullet (700 Rounds) MIL-SPEC Lacquer and Sealant Lot: M48-18 (Lot M48 of Year 2018). 02:37 Lot: M48
I have about 300 rounds of yugo m67 with red paint on the primers my uncle gave me like 6 years ago he told me it was shitty ammo and he just gave it to me ,but it shoots really good out of my norinco sks seems a little hotter of a load than standard commercial ammo I've bought in a long time.just my opinion tho.great videos too Mike keep up the awesome work.
I recently open other spam can of 7.62x25 Bulgarian Surplus from 1952 hearing the hist is definitely super satisfying just wish you could still get Surplus 7.62x25 still was glad that I made the purchase before the spike in price happened years ago if anybody is able to find that Surplus its way way overpriced cool video
@@Bloodreign137 Right on, even though it's not sub-20 cents per round anymore, it's still widely available and I picked some up a bit ago for like 28 cents per round (and even then that wasn't the best deal I could have gotten)
good video sir, this is good ammo, good food for your ak and sks rifles. this ammo is produced by Barnaul in russia, this is probably the best cheap milspec ammo from russia. 👍👍👍
Use the tool..for about 3 inches..use tin snips to cut 2 slits about 4 inches in the middle..peel that back..flip the can over..dump the shit out...like shake and bake..why waltz when you can rock and roll.
Communist Bloc ammo containers have a Lot ID that consists of the Lot code (an alphabetic-order Cyrillic letter followed by a 2-digit ID number ranging from 01 to 99), the 2-digit year of production, and the factory number. On military cans it's found on the second line of text on the left side under the cartridge type description (e.g., 7.62 LPSgs). Example: *В45 - 77 - 10* = Lot: V45, year: 1977, Factory 10 (Kazanlak, Bulgaria). Bulgarian ammo crates and spam cans have 10 (the Arsenal at Kazanlak) as the factory number. It is both a cartridge plant and a powder mill. Russian ammo crates and spam cans have the factory numbers 3 (Ulyanovsk Cartridge Plant), 7 (Amursk Cartridge Plant [Vympel ammunition]), 17 (Barnaul Cartridge Works), 38 (Yuryuzan State Factory [Chelyabinsk Oblast]), 60 (Frunze Cartridge Plant [modern-day Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan]), 188 (Novosibersk Low Voltage Equipment Plant), 270 (Voroshilovgrad State Factory [modern-day Luhansk, Ukraine]), 539 (Tula Cartridge Works), and 711 (Klimovsk Stamping Plant). A lot of these plants closed down after the Cold War ended.
Contact ammo dealers and they usually will sell the empty crates. They have lots of spares due to only selling 1 spam can of ammo and then other to another customer. Which they would ship in box instead of the wooden crate for cheaper and easier. Wood adds weight and weights raises Freight. So If you buy 1 instead of 2 spam cans in the wood crate, they usual give you the 50-50 odds of getting the spam can opener with your spam can. Funn fact all the surplus used to come on stripper clips. If we had known the Stripper Clips would have been worth $1-$5 a piece we wouldn't have left on the ground with the spent casings...... The best bet to find ammo like this 7.62 X25mm, X39mm or X54R is too look for local people who have had crates for years and are willing to sell it. Since they aren't going to shoot it and the zombie-apocalypse isn't likely to happen. The old stock piles tend to collect enough dust that they'll willing to part with it for cash since they don't have someone to pass it on to or will trade it for labor if your skilled with home repair & upkeep. Also There are plenty of people who have cities grow around them, making so they can't shoot it anymore in the backyards any more. With the steel case and older steel cores bullets, closer indoor ranges are a no go. With it taking at least 1-2 hours to get to outdoor land where you can shoot steel case ammo the hassle and time it takes causes it to become surplus to the person who bought to stock up. The problem is you sell ammo, you can't afford to replace it, so many people just sit on it in case that day comes, then you'll find it in estate sales with the other gun stuff. Just be warned The USSR hated easy logical even even numbers like 500 or 1000 on ammo cases . The new "commercial" ""Surplus"" is in 500 and 1,000 cases. In the hey day of this style of surplus ammo being the norm not the exception, you would buy a case of 7.62x39mm in 1220 or 1440 rounds cases, which were $100 or less back in the mid 1990's. Many of those people are getting older and have needs that the ammo can help pay for. The 7.62x54R was 440 a spam can then 880 rounds per wooden crate which you see ever one complain and state what it cost back then with Mosin Nagant rifle on every post sooner rather than later..... The 7.62x38R is 1480 single spam can for the Nagant pistol a 6 shot revolver. The 7.62x25mm case quantity sizes escape at the moment but they were equally odd numbers that didn't match any of the above, so you were always going how many rounds in this case?
Barnaul (the old Factory 17) is the manufacturer. M48 is the Lot Number. 2018 is the year of manufacture. It has a civilian ammo code system. the number *3* means 7.62x39mm and the letter *O* means FMJ bullet. Blue ink means lacquered steel case.
@@tonypengo Nah, it's just how I am. Inundated with moronic UA-cam comments daily, yours wasn't the worst, but it also wasn't the best. If you've watched my, or any other guntuber's videos in the past year, you'd know that ammo has been cleaned out by panic buyers and idiots over the past year with no end in sight. Give it a couple years and MAYBE you'll be able to get these crates again, but not at the same price I paid unfortunately.
@@MikeB128 yeah all the shortage led me to look for Russian ammo or anything made international I guess, sorry to just waste your time with bs, have a good one!
those little labels just say "O.K." (they have have been checked) Kontroler on the left one. the other one says "tires" lol probably it's the name of the "Kontroler" The occasional Russian popping in here may know it better.
Barnaul uses a number (cartridge type) / Cyrillic letter (bullet type) code for its hunting ammo. *3O* means 7.62x39mm ("No.3 cartridge") & FMJ ("O"). Blue ink means it has a lacquered steel case.
Mike B lol was reading through the comments and saw what you said on that other guys, I’m still confused at the concept and maybe that would be a good short video idea :)
Barnaul used to be Factory 17. The Lot code is M48 of year 2018. It's actually Barnaul's civilian ammo code for 7.62x39mm ("No.3") and FMJ (Cyrillic Letter "O"). Blue ink means it has a lacquered steel case. I had to ask for help to figure that out.
Hey mike, I got a question, I have two lee enfields, one is the average no.4, and the other is identical, but with a barrel two inches longer, any explanations
Sounds like my krag I bought, mine was a sporter but they actually shortened the barrel back in the day and re- crowned it professionally so they could of done that to make it more handier or maybe Bubba was doing a mad science experiment
No hiss? Well let's get this out on a tr...wrong channel
Nice!
nice!
Steve is much faster at opening cans lol
Ok let's get it on the tray
was sad to hear no hiss...
Never change Mike.
"Ohotnichy" on the sides of the wooden crate, means "for hunting".
Paper slips:
"Kontroler" dude who did quality control.
"Oshinovshik" probably the packer, or the assembly line?
Had to ask what the second paper slip was; I read and speak russian well... but some words just evade me.
Thanks!
For hunting? But you don't need an AK-47 to hunt!
@@roadhouse6999 the Russians apparently have all sorts of exemptions in their laws if things are “for hunting” so you’ll end up with all sorts of weird scenarios like DP-27’s being sold as “hunting carbines.”
@@roadhouse6999 "Сайга 7,62" civil ver. (a little castrated ver. of "AK-103 7.62" from army)
Man do I wish that I had bought some crates back when they were cheap!
And they STILL had guns and ammo left in the Soledar mine (before Wagner cleared that up) and who knows what other locations/bunkers.
The question I have is why are they packaged in a box of 20 rounds? Why not 30? Why not 10?
Edit : nvm, I guess this is the "v2 can" with 30 rounds.
Edit 2 : Why the fk is the number "30" printed on the pack if it has 20 rounds????
Yeah. And guns. Original SKSs and AKs used to be cheap as dirt. Now you're gonna have to pay. If you invested in those back then, you would have made a pretty penny.
08:09 *Ammo packet code*
Barnaul uses a dual number and Cyrillic letter code for its hunting ammo. The number is the cartridge and the letter is the bullet type.
*1* is 5.45x39mm Soviet, *2* is .223 Remington, *3* is 7.62x39mm Soviet, *4* is 7.62x51mm NATO, *5* is 7.62x54mmR Russian and *6* is 9x18mm Makarov.
*O* is FMJ, *П* ("P") is Soft Point, *Х* ("Ch") is Hollow Point, and *Ш* ("Sh") is Blank.
So *3O* is 7.62x39mm FMJ.
The ink color indicates the case material. Blue ink means lacquered steel case.
02:22 *_Russian Packaging Terms_*
These strips are supposed to be stamped with the employee numbers of the workers.
КОНТРОЛЕР [Russian: _Kontroler_ > "Inspector"] Quality Control. They inspect the sealed "spam cans" before they are packed in the crate.
ОШИНОВЩИК [Russian: _Oshinovschik_ > Assembler (Male)] Places the welded cans into the crate, closes it, and then bands it shut.
That why when i translate, it say controller on the left, and tire manager on the right.
Now i know why😅
But still "tire manager", i cant relate with assembler😅
Goofy 🤡
Those empty metal containers make great storage boxes.... the lid you cut off make an great range reactive target..... use everything!
Yep, I just put duct tape over the ragged edges and it makes a nice tray for art supplies.
7.62x39 seems to be in stock right now at good ol sgammo. No crates, but I see cases of Barnaul and Golden Tiger in stock. Also still seeing the surplus .30 carbine ammo In bandoliers available.
Spam can came in today. I went from the sides to preserve the top and rim. Corners are a lot easier that way, but you need to do smaller incriments of movement between motions.
02:06 Ammo Spam Can
7,62x39mm, 123-grain [8-gram] FMJ bullet (700 Rounds)
MIL-SPEC Lacquer and Sealant
Lot: M48-18 (Lot M48 of Year 2018).
02:37 Lot: M48
I keep the spam can lids as well. Nice to know someone else keeps them and im not weird. Haha
I love the smell of spammo in the mornin 🤣
Imagine you are in a battlefield and finished the ammo
Man, Love opening these, Spam cans, Any ammo honestly! Haha thanks for sharing!
It’s like opening a box of sunshine
I have about 300 rounds of yugo m67 with red paint on the primers my uncle gave me like 6 years ago he told me it was shitty ammo and he just gave it to me ,but it shoots really good out of my norinco sks seems a little hotter of a load than standard commercial ammo I've bought in a long time.just my opinion tho.great videos too Mike keep up the awesome work.
M67 is my favorite. It's fantastic shit.
@@MikeB128 It's FMJ, so you can shoot it at every shooting range. Some ranges don't like SAP because it damages the backstops.
I recently open other spam can of 7.62x25 Bulgarian Surplus from 1952 hearing the hist is definitely super satisfying just wish you could still get Surplus 7.62x25 still was glad that I made the purchase before the spike in price happened years ago if anybody is able to find that Surplus its way way overpriced cool video
You can move to Russia once you can open the crate by hand
I thought you were going to say you just bought it. I was going to be like dam he must be rich!
Haha no, have had this for over a year.
@@MikeB128 so you WERE rich. ah, good old times^^
@@couchcamperTM they actually weren't to high in price when SG still had them. Bought one last December after shipping came to like $332.
7.62x39 is one of the few calibers still easily found during all this 2020 bs and hasn’t doubled or tripled in price per round
@@Bloodreign137 Right on, even though it's not sub-20 cents per round anymore, it's still widely available and I picked some up a bit ago for like 28 cents per round (and even then that wasn't the best deal I could have gotten)
Scrape the can in circles on the driveway (concrete) a few times. The can is open.
Sounds like a really fucking stupid thing to do...
@@MikeB128 try it on the other can, you're welcome.
Well I don't have a paved driveway. Maybe someday.
@@MikeB128 Type in YT search, how to open a spam can w/o a can opener. Mrgunsngear.
Looks like wayyyyy more effort than just using the opener. Maybe someday, but meh.
7.62x39 Heavy ball, light ball, subsonic, HEI etc, which is the best for military use?
Thanks to Uncle Vlad, American guns no go hungry.
Send more 5.45, .223, 9mm. Thnx, Vlad!
Gotta love the Soviet/Russian ammo spam cans. I love them all.
good video sir, this is good ammo, good food for your ak and sks rifles. this ammo is produced by Barnaul in russia, this is probably the best cheap milspec ammo from russia. 👍👍👍
Can you do a Romanian 54r crate next?
Yeah, send me one and I will.
5:48 the *pain* in his voice as he said that
The struggle is real.
Nothing like opening up a fresh can of ammo.
I use the Red handled Tin snips.
Nice Mike going to buy some 9mm next Friday I hope those rounds not corrosive
SHOTRED555 I don’t think I have ever seen corrosive 9mm, except for maybe some really old Chinese stuff.
Love watching these videos
actually its just 'quicker' lol - great video!
I just grind the bead of the can with a angle grinder.
Congrats.
Good 2C N the Ammo Drought time TY 4 intel used 2 spam can stuff
I purchased 880rds for 80$ back in the 90s. I have m in the cans stiil. Put m back for a rainy day. Did 9mm also. From a gun show. Prepper stuff .
Congrats. I also purchased bread for 25C a loaf, and gas was .75c a gallon in the 90s.
I hope to never "have" to open mine up. Nice to see you go through the process of getting to the ammo. Thanks!
I love the part where for ten minutes you were opening the can 😉❗️
Coming next, the Tactical Spam Opener.
The Barnull I get lately don't have the sealant around the primer and bullet looks like yours does
Use the tool..for about 3 inches..use tin snips to cut 2 slits about 4 inches in the middle..peel that back..flip the can over..dump the shit out...like shake and bake..why waltz when you can rock and roll.
I like to use the cans for reloading/brass storage so I tend to cut the lid clean off.
I need a couple of these :)
روعة ماشاء الله تبارك الله
It's great, it's crispy.
An Iraqi passed by here 🇺🇲💘✨💫🇮🇶💪✌️
why its say 30 when there is 20 round ammo ?
Hello Mike can you distinguish between the Russian spam can and the Bulgarian, I got about 14 ,but I'm sure, whether if that's Russian or Bulgarian.
Communist Bloc ammo containers have a Lot ID that consists of the Lot code (an alphabetic-order Cyrillic letter followed by a 2-digit ID number ranging from 01 to 99), the 2-digit year of production, and the factory number. On military cans it's found on the second line of text on the left side under the cartridge type description (e.g., 7.62 LPSgs).
Example: *В45 - 77 - 10* = Lot: V45, year: 1977, Factory 10 (Kazanlak, Bulgaria).
Bulgarian ammo crates and spam cans have 10 (the Arsenal at Kazanlak) as the factory number. It is both a cartridge plant and a powder mill.
Russian ammo crates and spam cans have the factory numbers 3 (Ulyanovsk Cartridge Plant), 7 (Amursk Cartridge Plant [Vympel ammunition]), 17 (Barnaul Cartridge Works), 38 (Yuryuzan State Factory [Chelyabinsk Oblast]), 60 (Frunze Cartridge Plant [modern-day Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan]), 188 (Novosibersk Low Voltage Equipment Plant), 270 (Voroshilovgrad State Factory [modern-day Luhansk, Ukraine]), 539 (Tula Cartridge Works), and 711 (Klimovsk Stamping Plant). A lot of these plants closed down after the Cold War ended.
I like this guy... I talk just like him, hahaha
No hiss? Not nice!
Hey Mike, I’ve always wondered why some foreign ammo is in a green cartridge. Do you know why?
It's the color of the lacquer coating on steel cases to prevent rust.
Mike B it’s steel cartridges then. Thanks for the info
It's camouflage. Clear lacquer on parkerized steel would be brighter and easier to see.
We made inprov clamors out of these cans. As a combat engineer. Ha! Ha!
What the fuck are you trying to say?
He's telling you that he has access to angry play-doh. He just misspelled claymores.
Him: To anyone who hasn't seen one of these opened, which is unlikely since ur watching my channel...
My 14 year old brain:🙄
adding this to my spank bank...
That's not ammo , that's money in the metro
Where can I get one of these crates?
Where could one fine a crate like this?
Just the crate? They're around. The crate with the ammo? Right now?Good luck...
Contact ammo dealers and they usually will sell the empty crates. They have lots of spares due to only selling 1 spam can of ammo and then other to another customer. Which they would ship in box instead of the wooden crate for cheaper and easier. Wood adds weight and weights raises Freight. So If you buy 1 instead of 2 spam cans in the wood crate, they usual give you the 50-50 odds of getting the spam can opener with your spam can. Funn fact all the surplus used to come on stripper clips. If we had known the Stripper Clips would have been worth $1-$5 a piece we wouldn't have left on the ground with the spent casings......
The best bet to find ammo like this 7.62 X25mm, X39mm or X54R is too look for local people who have had crates for years and are willing to sell it. Since they aren't going to shoot it and the zombie-apocalypse isn't likely to happen. The old stock piles tend to collect enough dust that they'll willing to part with it for cash since they don't have someone to pass it on to or will trade it for labor if your skilled with home repair & upkeep.
Also There are plenty of people who have cities grow around them, making so they can't shoot it anymore in the backyards any more. With the steel case and older steel cores bullets, closer indoor ranges are a no go. With it taking at least 1-2 hours to get to outdoor land where you can shoot steel case ammo the hassle and time it takes causes it to become surplus to the person who bought to stock up. The problem is you sell ammo, you can't afford to replace it, so many people just sit on it in case that day comes, then you'll find it in estate sales with the other gun stuff.
Just be warned The USSR hated easy logical even even numbers like 500 or 1000 on ammo cases . The new "commercial" ""Surplus"" is in 500 and 1,000 cases.
In the hey day of this style of surplus ammo being the norm not the exception, you would buy a case of 7.62x39mm in 1220 or 1440 rounds cases, which were $100 or less back in the mid 1990's. Many of those people are getting older and have needs that the ammo can help pay for. The 7.62x54R was 440 a spam can then 880 rounds per wooden crate which you see ever one complain and state what it cost back then with Mosin Nagant rifle on every post sooner rather than later..... The 7.62x38R is 1480 single spam can for the Nagant pistol a 6 shot revolver. The 7.62x25mm case quantity sizes escape at the moment but they were equally odd numbers that didn't match any of the above, so you were always going how many rounds in this case?
In Russia, crate opens you...
U sir sound like a maple leaf kind of feller
Your commentary reminds me of AvE. It’s great lol.
Yay, haven't heard that one before. The only differences are that I have the balls to show my face, and I'm not a dumb fucking Canuck.
🎉🎉🎉 very good Russian ak 47 and ammo🎉🎉🎉
What is the production year?
The can label says *M48-18* . M48 is the lot number (repeated on the end of the cans) and 2018 is the year of production.
Someone made a trip to sgammo
Last year I bought this online..
Where does 1 get a spam can for a reasonable price
You don't...You're way too late.
Mike B unhappy noises
So if you can get Russian ammo in, why aren’t we importing massive amounts of ammo?
@@nathandurrence134 ? I don't know, ask the importers, not me...........
so there is 20 rounds in each packet and it says on each packet 30 why is that?
Probably the lot number? I assure you, there are only 20 rounds per packet..
prove it
30 may be the factory number
Barnaul (the old Factory 17) is the manufacturer. M48 is the Lot Number. 2018 is the year of manufacture.
It has a civilian ammo code system. the number *3* means 7.62x39mm and the letter *O* means FMJ bullet. Blue ink means lacquered steel case.
Where online can I buy Russian ammo like this
You can't anymore....You're too late...Missed it by about a year......Since it seems you're living under a fucking rock.
@@MikeB128 damn you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, just got a rifle chambered in 762 so i didn’t need any up until now
@@tonypengo Nah, it's just how I am. Inundated with moronic UA-cam comments daily, yours wasn't the worst, but it also wasn't the best. If you've watched my, or any other guntuber's videos in the past year, you'd know that ammo has been cleaned out by panic buyers and idiots over the past year with no end in sight. Give it a couple years and MAYBE you'll be able to get these crates again, but not at the same price I paid unfortunately.
@@MikeB128 yeah all the shortage led me to look for Russian ammo or anything made international I guess, sorry to just waste your time with bs, have a good one!
Hmm... No hiss...
Yeah this can must not have sealed. The lid did look raised compared to the other one. Not a big deal.
@@MikeB128 Yeah, it's not an 80 year old military ration. They'll be alright!
انا من العراق كيف لي أن احصل على صندوق عتاد ak 47
those little labels just say "O.K." (they have have been checked) Kontroler on the left one. the other one says "tires" lol probably it's the name of the "Kontroler"
The occasional Russian popping in here may know it better.
“Tires” refers to the odor.
Oh my God and I thought it was "30" and was wondering a good while why it was 30 when there were 20 in each package lol
Barnaul uses a number (cartridge type) / Cyrillic letter (bullet type) code for its hunting ammo. *3O* means 7.62x39mm ("No.3 cartridge") & FMJ ("O"). Blue ink means it has a lacquered steel case.
Is this corrosive?
No.....
Mike B lol was reading through the comments and saw what you said on that other guys, I’m still confused at the concept and maybe that would be a good short video idea :)
Why does each package say 30 if there really only 20? Lol
Lot/Factory number.
@@MikeB128 oh haha what a teaser
Barnaul used to be Factory 17. The Lot code is M48 of year 2018.
It's actually Barnaul's civilian ammo code for 7.62x39mm ("No.3") and FMJ (Cyrillic Letter "O"). Blue ink means it has a lacquered steel case. I had to ask for help to figure that out.
1:19
Hey mike, I got a question, I have two lee enfields, one is the average no.4, and the other is identical, but with a barrel two inches longer, any explanations
Sounds like my krag I bought, mine was a sporter but they actually shortened the barrel back in the day and re- crowned it professionally so they could of done that to make it more handier or maybe Bubba was doing a mad science experiment
Genetics.
Damn i so fast
Why do you have Che Guevara all over your channel?
hey mike you should do a review on the ethiopian 8mm mauser ammo
Send me some and I will. I'm not made of money.
@@MikeB128 A shrewd negotiator Mike is. I will see what I can do about getting you some 8mm "starvin marvins"