Opening a Chinese AMMO CAN from 1970

Something a little different in this video. We open up a pretty grungy spam can from 1970. What will the rounds look like after 48 years? It's kind of like opening a time-capsule.
This is from the "golden age" (of my lifetime) of mil-surp when this stuff was being flooded into the country and was very inexpensive. I wish I had more disposable income back then- I could only afford to buy so much.
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[@SidneyBroadshead]

Chinese Markings 00:15 Upper Left side of can: *56 式* ("Type 56") means that it is 7.62x39mm M43 Soviet ammo (adopted by China in 1956). 00:17 Upper Right side of the can: *7.62 普 (钢)* means "7.62mm bore, Universal [bullet], ([Copper-Clad] Steel [Case]; AKA Bimetallic)". It is a semi-armor-piercing bullet (lead bullet with a steel penetrator) and a copper-clad steel case. Since it is the standard round, it doesn't have a painted tip like the specialty rounds (Tracer, Armor-Piercing Incendiary, etc.) do. 00:24 Lower Left side of can: *0893-201* means it is Lot 893 from Factory 201. *8----70* means it was made in the 8th month (August), ##70 year (1970). Lower Right side of can: *2/1 樟 ??/69 25* means it is smokeless powder (樟 > "Camphor" > Smokeless Powder) with a tubular grain that has a 0.2mm-thick wall and 1 central perforation (artillery tubular powders have clusters of central perforations). The Batch number is the fraction after that: *??/69* , meaning Batch number ?? (obliterated number) made in 1969. The factory number of the powder mill looks to be "25". Packing label The piece of cardboard has markings giving the contents of the can and any lot information that could help with quality control. 04:50 Packing label (right side of the table): *7.62 普 (钢)* repeats the cartridge information from the can lid: caliber (7.62mm), type of bullet (Universal), and type of case (bimetallic [copper- clad steel]). There is a line of red text near the lower right edge of the cardboard: "201" is the factory number; it is followed by a string of Chinese pictograms that I can't make out. 04:54 Packing label (left side of the table): The column header *包裝* means "Packaged", *70年8月* on the line below it means "1970 year, 8th month" (August 1970). The pictograms in the column to the right of the text is probably the name of the person who packed or sealed the can. "No.4" might be the inspector's ID number. 06:22 Headstamp: *201* [12 o'clock] over *70* [6 o'clock] means it was made in 1970 by Factory 201.

[@elethomh5927]

After 201 it says -(2/1)樟(40/69). That's the batch number!

[@walidqaissi9292]

norinco was making bullets from steel washed with copper and that damage the rifling

[@gettingwoodinthewoods8818]

You just released the last known unpolluted Chinese air

[@blackhollow4181]

Getting wood in the woods Wow thats fucked up

[@97TRAKIN]

Lmao.

[@5bananas1]

Lol

[@natanael7624]

hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha beat joke ever

[@hoeric693]

How you know that ? those are 70s polluted Chinese air with dusts

[@David-td4ik]

wow, it is amazing, as a Chinese, I didn't even see a single round of these there. A little bit history behind it, in that era, all industrial materials like steel, copper, etc were firstly going military needs, even a good looking cabbage had to be given to the country. This is a true throwback, thank you for sharing this.

[@drive9997]

Thanks for the info

[@НиколайПрохоров-я3о]

А где оружие то?

[@skeeverteats3393]

"Even a cabbage had to be given to the country" perfectly explains how mao killed 40-80 million people. Communists love their mass graves huh?

[@СмартСмартов-ц5з]

Дайте этому мужику подшипник в упаковке - во будет повод удивляться !

[@nikolajgrebenjuk3616]

доверьте мужику во время боя цинк вскрыть! 😁🤦

[@АнтонКондрашев-э9ъ]

Если на упаковку привязать проволочку - хрен он её откроет. Газорезом разве. Ну...(М. Задорнов)

[@ssergey232]

Следующий ролик - как он этим оружием будет заряжать патрон.

[@funnymanatwork]

donde esta la biblioteca?

[@АсташинСергеи]

@@ssergey232 👍

[@toddobonn]

I remember those days. You could literally buy a SKS for $50. I can remember at our local gun store there would be a 50 gallon barrel filled with old wooden military rifles from around the world for less than $50 each. I got a 7.7 "Jap" Arisaka out of it one time for $30 that still had the mum on it. I wish I still had that old rifle.

[@mitchellmoon6083]

just had a friend who passed left me a last ditch 88 with the mum and a bayonet.

[@BL-zi9wb]

OK BOOMER

[@matthewrinehart2367]

@@BL-zi9wb Jelly?

[@BL-zi9wb]

@@matthewrinehart2367 Boomers ruined two markets while reaping the benefits of both: the stock market and the C&R market.

[@whatfreedom7]

I bought mine for $80 back in 96. Now they are around $400. I saw one online for $1,000. If I see a surplus rifle reasonable I’m jumping on it because they constantly go up in value.

[@gregmalden9809]

Let's get it out on a tray...Nice!

[@dizzy_derps]

Nice hiss!

[@jamespaulaski5697]

Nice.

[@0themanticore0]

Alright... Cool. See ya!

[@Lestatvancloud1]

*slow claps with nods of approval*

[@Underscore23]

The thumbnail made me think it was STEVE

[@mattscott2336]

Sweet. My grandpa left me several. Ive always wanted to open them but cant get myself too. Thanks for showing me its contents.

[@crakkbone]

Open em up!

[@jamesliu8095]

Your grandpa sounds cool

[@philc.352]

I'd bet good money your Grandpa gave those to you hoping you'd USE them , not SELL them. But'eh what do I know?

[@jaredbalmer3592]

Put a magnet on the tip of the the bullets, if it sticks. It's steel core stuff. Does a number on 1/2 inch plate steel.

[@AudioGardenSlave123]

In the next ten years... you'll be opening them to send them back at Chinese people floating down from the sky.

[@KathrynLiz1]

Yes I shot thousands of rounds of that back in the 90s.... it was 100% reliable..... it shot about 3 MoA in my SKS... I did try pulling a few of the bullets and replacing them with Hornady 123gr SP .311s... leaving powder etc intact. With the Hornady bullets the Sks shot just a fraction over 1 MoA..... although when you consider that the Hornadys cost more than 6 rounds of the milsurp ammo, it was for research only. Norinco ammo is quality stuff.... like their guns, nothing fancy but they always work.

[@martinmoore7054]

The good old days. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@ericking4072]

My mouth is WATERING seeing all of those list pages😲😲😲😲😲

[@PatGilliland]

Wages were a lot lower too though.

[@zombieapocalipse2020]

We still have 'gun mart' magazine in the UK just like that awesome!

[@ericking4072]

@@zombieapocalipse2020 -Can you go to your gunsafe and fondle your rifles?Just wondering.That would be awesome as well.

[@alexvolute7454]

Ok opening the ammo box was just beautiful.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@Fergesslich]

Well my autism was triggered when the wire cutting mechanism failed but overall it was a heartwarming feeling.

[@fineartonfire_5327]

Hey Jeff…..it’s been 3 years and YT is still here….and so are YOU!!! I’m glad to say you was wrong this time. Lol. Good to see ya, Buddy!

[@JoeyP322]

This is gun porn at its finest.... thanks

[@davisgunner6687]

@blackzed OOOOOOH!

[@raadyonan9372]

@blackzed canal new patricias fun world

[@gunlover1955]

In 1974 a friend of mine opened one of these and found ammo and 2 wooden handle hand grenades in one box we opened 2 more boxes and they were all ammo. The dates on the cans were from 1951.

[@kevinrowe3936]

Like a cracker jack box there are surprises inside. 😉

[@richardkudrna7503]

Did you get to shoot the ammo after you got out of prison 😅

[@MrVarunrockstar]

When you said it's from 1970, I was thinking 30 years ago I. The back of my head. Hit me like a bullet when you said almost 50. Damn I'm Getting old

[@taofledermaus]

lol I know

[@fusi0nn]

God I love the old catalogs you showed. Makes me really miss the old days and wish I took advantage back in the day

[@crunchyrollser]

It was beautiful... like watching a 50 year old baby being born 😭

[@baran1080]

That would be disgusting

[@raskal5988]

Wtf lmao

[@sulla175]

Hahaha

[@glasswinder]

The same feeling I get when I opened a mystery Hot Wheel pack.

[@rossbrumby1957]

Not near as good as the episode of Wheels through time where they uncrated a brand new 1940's Indian motorcycle engine- hoo baby!

[@title1091]

It's extra good because of the msg in the powder

[@title1091]

Thank You for the highlight TAOFLEDERMAUS

[@fpbbq]

msg is awesome and associating it with the Chinese is racist.

[@title1091]

@@fpbbq so it's racist to associate something awesome to the Chinese?

[@fpbbq]

@@title1091 that's not what you were doing. You were being racist.

[@title1091]

@@fpbbq how do you know my intentions. You haven't asked. Makes me feel like you don't even care about the real me.

[@i.r.oldairborneviking2823]

I used to go to gun shows, and buy 5000 rds of this stuff at a time, for as low as $200, then they banned the importation and of course, the prices started climbing. The Chinese ammo had steel cores, if I remember right, and was hard hitting.

[@nomad155]

It was a myth. It's because you could convert an AK to pistol length which made the ammo "armour piercing". Their steel core is no more affective than your standards Wolf Ammo. It was politician jargon sadly.

[@SidneyBroadshead]

@@nomad155 The AK pistols are why you can't get surplus Warsaw Pact or ComBloc Armor-Piercing ammo any more. The importation of Armor-Piercing pistol ammo was banned in the 1980s (i think after Reagan's shooting). The availability of semi-auto AK "pistols" (short-barreled, stockless carbines) means they could legally be loaded with Armor-Piercing ammo. Therefore its importation was banned because it could potentially be used in a legal firearm classed as a pistol. "Steel core" ammo is Semi-Armor Piercing because it has a steel penetrator rather than a full steel core. It can still go through body armor or a steel helmet. You can actually buy surplus Semi Armor Piercing rifle ammo (except in some states like CA or MA that ban it) because it is specifically exempted from a ban on importing Armor-Piercing ammo. Because it uses mild steel rather than hardened steel, it actually aids in hunting tough game like boar or elk. They have heavy skeletons and pads of gristle that the round can plow through to get to the vitals. Armor Piercing ammo would overpenetrate and would be a danger to other hunters downrange. It's not the barrel length of the firearm but the piece of steel inside its center that makes it armor-piercing.

[@SidneyBroadshead]

You can't get Chinese ammo (even "Lead Core" Ball) because of their steel jackets. Customs uses a magnet to test ammo samples. If it sticks to a magnet, then it might have an Armor-Piercing core and be in violation of the Armor-Piercing ammo ban. There are also direct bans on Chinese ammo imports dating back to May, 1996. Customs found out NORINCO and Poly Technologies were trying to smuggle automatic AKs, RPG-7 rocket launchers, and heat-seeking anti-aircraft missile launchers to the Crips through Oakland. The Crips set had territory near LAX airport and the missile launchers could have been used to knock down airliners. Keng's Firearm Specialty / Keng Imports & Exports, which had ties to Poly Technologies, took a big hit and lost most of their standard inventory and customer base due to the ban. KFS used to import those big green ammo crates of 7.62x39mm ammo in SKS clips.

[@nomad155]

@@SidneyBroadshead this is a lot of info. Imma have to verify this but thanks for clarifying everything

[@bobbyarnette1911]

@@SidneyBroadshead good morning sir . I read that norinco was smuggling weapons into the USA. Alot of these weapons made it in to Pennsylvania it seems during that same time period.

[@AeroTipz]

I always knew youtube would change, but it is people like you who give it the reason it was created for. Which is sharing interesting content. Thank you for sharing.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@esemaniac13]

@@taofledermaus wasnt youtube supposed to end? no lie youre a goofy bro

[@dystopianparadise5916]

Finally , an unboxing video that makes sense.

[@taofledermaus]

lol

[@hugostiglitz6914]

The 8 year old Chinese kid who packed that ammo is a grandfather now!

[@hughjanus2192]

@@FuckSlowShit lol you replied to your own comment

[@IIIIII-gw7jx]

@@FuckSlowShit need some ice for that burn

[@jaimegonzalez6722]

on the roofs you must be born unfunny

[@USNVA11]

Hugh Janus - you need to cut back on the BBC. There are other avenues of entertainment.

[@kai1041]

If I were you I just keep my mouth shut rather demonstrating stupidity.. Where did you hear they used children as cheap labour? or did you see yourself? I lived close to an ammo factory in 70s and 80s, the majority from neibourhood worked there. They were decent well paid job and you know what it was hard to get in. Children working there??? You are just funny

[@davidnedd1094]

“KZbin won’t be around in 2 years” 😂😂

[@pablot5809]

The guy just knew COVID-19 was coming,,,

[@ТимофейЕлизаров-ч1ы]

А где оружие

[@pewpeww556]

Hello from the future

[@DaHongMao_]

Didnt see it recommended till 2 years later

[@lowcost549]

Covid 19 and then now a possibility of ww3 xD

[@kaylebb8159]

You hit the nail on the head with what KZbin would turn into

[@-jimmyjames]

AWESOME! I am 36 but grew up in the late 80s and thru the 90s in my fathers gun shop. We would have stacks and stacks of these Crates flying out the doors. You could purchase a NORINCO or POLYTECH milled, heat treated, and chrome lined bore SKS or AK. the SKS was around 90 dollars with all accessories including bayonet in a shorty or full length. The AKs were about 100 bucks more. i think we sold the Ammo for 60-90 bucks. The GOOD OLE days

[@yahwehskid4819]

Thank you so much for showing the old ads! It really shows how much freedoms we've lost in California makes me mad but they we're cool non the less.

[@taofledermaus]

Yeah, that was all legal in Cal. at the time too!

[@KevinSmith-yh6tl]

I remember all too well the way things used to be here in California. I remember myself and my brother, both law-abiding citizens back in the early 80s being able to drive to the shooting range with our ARs in the rifle rack of my pickup. Now after all these years and still being law abiding citizens, we would probably be shot by law enforcement for doing the same thing.

[@5roundsrapid263]

Kevin Smith Back then, my big brother and his friends kept their hunting guns in their gun racks, even at SCHOOL! The ‘80s, man...

[@KevinSmith-yh6tl]

@@5roundsrapid263 yeah man the 80s you said it.👍

[@chuckaddison5134]

@@5roundsrapid263 Guys, the Eighties was the beginning of the end. Loonie lefties were already after handguns. Glocks' 'plastic' gun created a firestorm of controversy. The media machines (already left leaning then) alleged them to be invisible to x-ray machines. Thus hijacking airplanes, and bank robberies were going to be an everyday experience. Seeing those ads reminds me that once upon a time in America you could mail order a firearm. As a kid seeing the ads for guns in the back of Field and Stream, and Outdoor Life (IIRC) delivered to your door. But that went away with the Kennedy assassination. I remember seeing a Swiss military rifle with the straight pull bolt in Sears Roebuck for $11. The K-98 next to it was $16. Couldn't convince my dad that we needed one. As a twelve year old, at my grandparents, I could take my weeks chore money into the hardware store and buy a box or two of 22s, something like 65 cents a box for long rifles. No questions asked. My senior year we had a couple of race riots at school. Like other schools, the student parking lot had many trucks and cars with firearms, knives, and other implements of destruction. NOBODY went out and got one! The only shots fired were the police teargas rounds, which sent everybody home. Thats been my life and how much erosion of our liberty I've seen. Today, we have super uber boomsticks, but far fewer places to shoot them. We are far more affluent today, but a quality handgun is still about a weeks pay. What are the young people going to think about our shooting world of today in another 50 or 60 years.

[@88leonis]

Enjoyed the video. If you have any more tins like this one with ammo you want to get a long steel rod to open them and put it through both loops at once and then pull. This way it does not slip out on you again. All the wire is, is a garrote for cans so both sides need pulled at once.

[@sparkplug1018]

Both methods seem like they'd work pretty well. I can imagine a soldier in the field using a bayonet to get in there even quicker if they had to.

[@SmokeymcJoint420]

Thanks for the basic physics lesson. I would give you a bit more shit about it but Jeff actually needed to hear it.

[@corneliuswowbagger]

You should have been around when you could walk down Main Street USA go into a surplus store, buy the M1 Carbine in the window for $100, and walk out with no paperwork. That was the 60s before 1968. That year I bought my first 22 handgun, a Ruger Mark I Target for $57.50 in an adjacent state without incident, took it home and shot 22 LRs for $0.65 per box of 50.

[@ALWhiteAuthor]

I remember when I bought my first China Sports SKS rifle back in the early 90's. For an extra 20 or 30 bucks he tossed in 500 rounds of this exact ammo. It was taken out of the can but was still wrapped in the waxed paper. Cost me less than 200 bucks for the whole setup with a polymer stock thrown in and a couple of extra magazines. Had to be '92 or '93 because the stupid AWB hadn't hit yet.

[@taofledermaus]

My Norinco SKS was $115 and I overpaid for it. Seemed like everyone had FFL's back then and I even heard of a local Chinese restaurant selling SKS's. lol

[@mikecook317]

Mine was $130 in 1992, came with 440 rounds, 20 stripper clips and the sling. Loved that rifle, it just ran and ran, never a hiccup

[@hardtail52]

I bought a case of 7.62X54R 1200 round packed in 1958 shoots great hell it is a year older than me !

[@taofledermaus]

In 100 years, it will probably still be good.

[@merlemorrison482]

I bought some made in 1946 - it shot better than the new stuff......

[@monolitwoods]

The forbidden tin of spam

[@Mr_Fancypants]

I'd love to see these at my local gas station next to the beer. But all we have are cans of spam.

[@PACKERMAN2077]

Special purpose ammo meet

[@daohanlu6494]

2:10 Nah~ I am watching you in 2022 and ENJOYING the video!!

[@cmaugle]

I remember salivating over Shotgun News when I was a teenager.

[@cipherthedemonlord8057]

I was 10 and did the same.

[@sargedakilla]

Lol i still do. 😸

[@metallicarchaea1820]

That takes me back. Loved it.

[@sancharino6878]

Yep

[@johnc6738]

I remember the days this ammo was coming into the country by the boat load. Low priced and worked every time. I was buying 1100 round cases for less than $100.00 all the time.

[@eisa03]

Those were the good old days. I thought that they would never end. I wish I had the money I have now back then.

[@elementx-shooting3447]

@@keencolios591 Well, still in ca, i was able to buy the benjamin marauder 25 cal airgun that has about 55jouls without anything online

[@giin97]

@@keencolios591 ... Gun owner license? Limited number of spaces on the owner card? What kind of tyrannical bs is this?

[@sparkplug1018]

So wish id had the money to buy hundreds of these cans back then. All the 54R, 7.62x39, 7.62x25 and 8mm I could have had. Sucks this stuff is pretty much nonexistent now.

[@JackOSUrulz]

Ryan Gunn I was thinking the same thing...never heard of any of this nonsense...

[@sparkplug1018]

+JackOSUrulz It’s California, with that in mind makes perfect sense.

[@thenewyorkredneck4735]

You are supposed to put the cleaning rod through both looops, put your feet against the box and pull towards yourself while pushing away with your legs. Opens extremely easy

[@Floreypottery]

Almost 50 and inside it still looks new and nice and dry

[@robertvazquez35]

That's what she said.

[@pjbth]

The Punisher yeah he bought brand new 1970s manufactured Chinese ammo in 1991. Think about what’s wrong with that for a min.

[@VickyMonstrum]

For a "Made in China" stuff, that far past the expiration date.....impressive

[@thegreatoutdoors7610]

Only if women were like that

[@smartacus88]

A properly stored spam can, while sealed, will keep ammunition serviceable indefinitely.

[@socaldep3195]

Bought my first gun when i was 18 in 1995. A Russian SKS for $125 cash OTD. No background, no waiting period. I bought a bunch of this Chinese stuff for $2 /box to go with it. The ammo smelled of sulfur after firing it. I still own the SKS.

[@BAZZAROU812]

SoCal Dep Same here bought 2 in 93 for $119 ea .. Did some mods on one of them.. Still have both.. I hate to say it but it's the best gun purchase I have ever made.. Still functioning like a champ..

[@YoungGoblinESKETIT]

and here i am, a russian guy watching people from over the sea shooting soviet guns that i would most likely never have because of our shit gun laws (which are i think for the good for a lot of reasons, though i still hate it)

[@ИдоПортал]

@@YoungGoblinESKETIT потому что у нас в стране черти на чертях и чертями погоняют. В принципе ты можешь купить вепрь или сайгу, но мозги знатно полоскать будут в больницах, росгвардии, стрел.клубе, участковый и т.п. Просто не повезло здесь жить.

[@deplorablesrus8457]

So sad I really had no interest in guns and got into them of of necessity and prepping really when I was like 40 yrs. old...now I'm almost 50. I really truly missed the heyday so to speak. Thats done and gone and dead just like our country even if most cant see it.

[@Gui83872]

Idk why, but I love videos of opening old ammo cans Huge fan from Brazil btw!

[@SmolPotatowo]

I love people opening up sealed old shit in general. Always so cool to see how it was packed back then and the different preservation technologies in food.

[@huh2634]

how much wind does the 'huge fan' put out?

[@Skooozle]

Happy to see that your KZbin channel is still around.

[@NightlyElite]

50 years ago, I refuse to believe the 70’s was that long ago

[@hopsta5628]

I wish I hadn't read this comment, I was doing fine in my "reality" bubble. lol.

[@olegeroshenko9959]

I served in the army in 2011. We shot at the exercises with stocks of 1970-1980. All patrons replenish warehouses.

[@HDSME]

chinese ammo isnt bad at all you can thank hillory for the bans ! they ll be back

[@joojoojeejee6058]

The 1970s wasn't 50 years ago as of 2018. Not quite.

[@liquidoutl4wgaming875]

What a great treat my friend. It was really cool to see that. And to take us on your nostalgic journey was pretty awesome. Thanks!

[@taofledermaus]

thank you!

[@1Immanuel6]

My Dad purchased guns and ammo from these types of magazines. Thank you! My Dad would have loved to have seen this video!👍🏾👏🏾

[@TsunaXZ]

Where is he?

[@Pyroshark]

Show him

[@1Immanuel6]

My Dad made his transition in 2001😢 powerful Marine and an excellent Father!

[@FILMZ1994]

@@1Immanuel6 I thank him for his service to his country and family. 🇺🇸

[@randomshit1645]

KZbin is still here buddy. I'm watching your video.

[@rick43pen]

No kidding. I remember in the 70's going into a surplus stores and there were just barrels full of surplus enfields and mausers. Makes me almost weep thinking about it now. lol

[@keithlucas6260]

Bought a mkIV Enfield...$49.95. Almost mint and only one in the barrel with the brass butt cap.

[@keithlucas6260]

Turner's guns in San Bernardino Ca. back in 1997. Took it home and stripped it. Did an ammonia bath to reveal natural wood, then went thru the steps to steel wool it followed by staining with cherrywood and finally clear coating with wood finish. All the bands were stripped of the black coat and hand blued per gunsmith specs. Everything was reassembled and oiled. Seeing there were no evidence of "battlefield scars" and most likely a "parade piece", this is a showcase rifle now and I do shoot it occasionally.

[@frankmedrano2007]

Keith Lucas yea me n my step dad walked into Gibsons hardware store in 1973 and pulled a German Mauser out of a barrel n said here is your first deer rifle , he paid 52 dollars for it , rifle was taller than me , I was 12 and today at 57 I still have it ,,,

[@rick43pen]

the Swedish Mauser is still my favorite rifle.

[@rick43pen]

Can't beat the old military beauties. Although the Swiss beat the heck out of their stocks.

[@josemoreno3334]

I remember getting those flyers in the mail back in the 1980s when i was in the U.S. Air Force. Shotgun news was my favorite as well as the others. Thanks for the memories. Grate video.

[@SidneyBroadshead]

05:07 This ammo can contains 36 x 20-round paper packets (720 rounds). There are 2 ammo cans per plywood crate for a total of 1440 rounds. The crate has an average Gross Weight of 30 Kilograms (66.13 lbs.).

[@BeardDaddyGrimm]

4 years later and still going strong

[@khawajaawaisottoman3675]

It can easily be opened by inserting cleaning rod in the both "eyes" of the wire together and pulling with hands. One foot to be on box.

[@Folma7]

I remember the old ‘Shotgun News’! What I remembered most were the M1’s, K98’s and Enfields for just over $100.

[@blurredlogic916]

They still had shotgun news until around I think 2005-ish from what I remember...

[@kenredington4988]

Think I was still finding them a few years ago. Not the same as the late 90's though. Enfields, Nagants, Mausers, P 14's, P 17's ...all for under $100. Garands for $300 or so, Carbines under $200...sigh. Was getting spam cans of 7.62 x 39 and 7.62 X 54 for under 100, 8mm and 303 Brit for around 4 to 5 per 50. Primers were $10 per 1000, 22 bricks of 500 also 10 bucks.....sigh the glory days. Still have a Big box of stripper clips and en blocks for a Garand. 7.62 X54 used to come wrapped like those with the brass stripper clips on them of 5 rounds each. Bandoleers of 303 also had the steel 5 round stripper clips on them as did the 8mm and 30-06.

[@BigLisaFan]

@@kenredington4988 Pal of mine bought himself a surplus British Army FN-FAL. Cost him $150.00 and all matching. A 20 round magazine and sling included for that. Showed him how to strip it down, clean it and how it worked. Those days are long gone and now that same rifle is now a prohibited firearm in Canada yet we can have SKS rifles. Go figure.

[@Jody.K-UA]

包装(Packaging) 70年(year) 8月(month) so, Packaging in August 1970. Japanese and Chinese It is also written year/month/Day. Top Label 56式(Type 56). Chinese Type 56 is AK47 clone model. I can not see well, right side. It looks like "普(鉛)". 普 is Abbreviation (like Conservative=Cons) 普 is 普通. 普通(normal) means normal bullet, and 鉛(Lead) 普(鉛) is FMJ bullet I think.

[@Normandy-e8i]

cool shit

[@Ulana_Khomyuk]

correct😂

[@赵明伟-s4m]

T K can you speak with Chinese? 不好意思 请问 你会说中文吗？

[@84036980]

It could be the Taiwanese year 70 which is 1981.

[@teddanyluk4602]

T K just popped one open last week to re-zero my 91-30... 7.62X54R Russian clean dry. normally I "roll my own" in this cal with lighter bullets 30 cal..308's. an the 311's. cuts down on some of recoil from this "nasty" bitch! schoulder isn't what it use to be at 70!

[@vovagreen7414]

было так интересно смотреть...как открывали коробку...так умело...и разгружали ее...прям шедевр киноискусства! а годны ли патроны -- дело десятое! в общем...не зря я тупо сидел...и смотрел этот изыск по растрате времени зрителя!

[@someguy9607]

Годны, еще как годны. Я стреляю из маузера патронами выпущенными в Османской империи - ни одной осечки, единственный изъян - на каждой 30-40 гильзе небольшая трещина, теоретичски можно стрелять но не рискую, винтовку жалко

[@vovagreen7414]

@@someguy9607 и к сво...наверное...неплохо относитесь....

[@someguy9607]

@@vovagreen7414 я что идиот? как можно это варварство любить.

[@vovagreen7414]

@@someguy9607 спасибо вам! я вас люблю...потому...что вы разумный и достойный человек!!! да еще и смелый! трудно найти норм. человека в настоящее время! а тем более в россии! даже у нас..в израиле...60% русскоязычных -- за! удачи вам! вы меня приятно удивили!🙂🙂🙂

[@MegaEvoluzione]

Still as good as the day they were packed, this is quality

[@Sam-vi2ho]

Well, the chinese are pros at producing stuff containing lead

[@amazing_alonzo9237]

Mehhh

[@legaleagles3654]

TrapsAreSuperior ☝️😂😂🔥💥

[@TarterSauce]

@@Sam-vi2ho Literally lol'd... at work...

[@98999899]

Before the opening of PRC in the 80s, China made products are much less sophisticated but of really good quality and high C/P value.

[@sinformant]

I remember $80 440rd spam cans of 7.62x54r, last time I bought one at the gun show its was $170

[@frankw7266]

I still have a few cans from the guns shows back in the late 80's with a price sticker on it of $69.99!! That comes out to $3.18 per box of 20. Hell, I still have boxes of primers with stickers of $12.99, and 500 count bags of 55gr .224 for $17.99... Makes me want to cry every time I go to replace some of what I've used.

[@cashmoney3849]

Коробочки с оружием? Бля это же цинк с патронами, там нет ствола....

[@plasticineentertainment8341]

Это ютуб перевёл (робот)

[@ciaranbrowne2]

прикрой меня я перезаряжаю

[@JohnDoe-fr5zd]

Этот лох даже не смог открыть цинк нормально. Криворукий йух

[@андрейзимин-д6х]

наебахтунг...дизлайк

[@ДмитрийОрлов-я2ц]

@Josh Jordan you shouldn't , believe me...

[@richsenecal]

I also purchased a couple of SKS rifles at about the same time and mail order several cases of this same Chinese ammo. I had absolutely no complaints about either the rifles or the ammo. It all worked together very well.

[@Dsdcain]

I love this different type of video. Harkens back to the old TFM days in a way. As always thanks for new content. *:)*

[@sparkplug1018]

Really like these different kinds of more old school videos, also one of the few channels I'm happy to see and watch ad's on.

[@Stoogeman762x39]

I bought a wooden crate of Norinco 7.62x39 years ago. Like you... not one round was a dud. Pretty damn accurate too. Not sure what type of powder they used but I liked the smell of it too... LOL.

[@taofledermaus]

haha, yeah I am big on smells too

[@m1garandlvr420]

I've heard that old cartridges loaded with Cordite smell like peanuts when fired. Don't quote me on that though.

[@MrDREWASIDE]

Glad you weren't under fire trying to open the case!!!

[@M21-w1y]

Yes, it looked like quite a chore just to open one of those “ spam cans”, not to mention dangerous!!!

[@hammyh1165]

Even here In the UK I bought my first gun through mail order , just sent my license of in the mail and it came back along with a rifle , a nice wee CZ .223. Used to love looking at those US ads in Guns and Ammo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 .

[@icepicjoey]

ahh shotgun news. I miss those days.

[@shawnoandrew]

It's still around, just named Firearms News now and higher prices.

[@icepicjoey]

@@shawnoandrew good to know. Ill look it up.

[@shawnoandrew]

@@icepicjoey I'm on auto draft with respects to subscriptions, lol. I pay around 25 a year now with long time subscriber incentives I guess.

[@nitinkumar7329]

these ammo unpacking videos are so addictive.

[@johnparrish9215]

Yep, back in the day my ammo tests were done with wet packs of Shotgun News and Computer Shopper, I miss those days.

[@SirGlockALott]

Took me back as well, Damn!! We must be around the same age, lol. Great vid, thanks for the memories.

[@pietpompies7381]

This was weirdly satisfying to watch. Thank you.

[@Rottidog]

Wow! What a trip opening what could be called a Time Capsule. They packaging, markings & oh hell yeah, the quality is so different. It was ... haha beautiful

[@taofledermaus]

thanks~!

[@Rottidog]

No, Thank-you! That was obviously an emotional time for you. Not to mention a hell of a gracious thing to share. Something like that could be a huge part of history for you. For frog snacks it was emotional for me! LOL

[@mattv2099]

You just opened up the peoples ammo can. Can you smell what Taofledermaus is cookin'

[@taofledermaus]

Smells like ratta tat tat

[@jsust]

And where the Hell have MattV2099 been? I need my stupid gun humor yo!

[@theGAGEandDYLANshow]

You and Matt are sooo cute

[@thisjustin7492]

Wrastlin' is still real to this tool.

[@mush2938]

Come backkkkk

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

there is something so soothing about opening a case of ammo old or new!😁

[@5shotsr611]

Little packs of joy. Delightful 💓😍

[@Tubeite]

I was surprised how the contents were still in great looking condition considering it's nearly fifty years old. The cardboard layer and paper looked like it was printed yesterday. Also liked how you used a rendition of You Only Live Twice in the background. Great video.

[@taofledermaus]

thank you!

[@helenng6670]

Well they made good thing quality They ccp banned guns to peoples,, And planning suicidal things killings millioon, More than any Amreican shooting ever did..what a nonsense

[@heywardmorgan7699]

Now its time to see some videos on the performance of these rounds that are as old as I am, geez that's getting old LOL

[@praetorian1rsb]

Great background music. My all time favorite western, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

[@user-xe3uy2hs3o]

well if you still make videos i will certainly still be watching you in two years.

[@leehongjin6884]

7.62 ammo be like: Its been so long since I have seen the light.

[@aav7046]

Ammo isn't alive

[@leehongjin6884]

@@aav7046 I know. Im writing in the form of personification aka writing about inanimate objects as if they have human qualities.

[@fred7523]

@@aav7046 r/wooosh

[@aav7046]

Lee Hong Jin simpleton talk. Whatever works for ya

[@robertspray7472]

Good stuff. I remember those cans, I was buying all the 7.62 x 54r eastern bloc ammunition that I could get. I still have a couple of those $35 dollar cans left.

[@jason127x99]

Robert Spray I was too. I've got 20 spam cans of different 7.62x54r Polish,Russian,Bulgarian. Etc

[@wizard3z868]

you guys atre lucky i was paying on avg. $115 for 444 spam cans a few yrs ago now i cant find any in area and s&h charges make it pointless to order online

[@robertspray7472]

wizard3z castor to be fair, those were 25 year old prices.

[@davidv.3135]

Back here watching this again. I love this Chinese 7.62x39mm! Steel core and powerful! I have a few cans stashed!

[@halfdollar86]

That’s amazing deal. I wish I could go back in time and bought a lifetime supply of it

[@stephenarling1667]

Better off buying as much gold as you could at the prices then. $200 becomes $2000.

[@kdrgaming3344]

4:59 the obligatory finger cut from botching the opening of a metal crate like this.

[@nejiniisan1265]

As long he got his tetanus vaccine shots up to date, that's OK. Lol

[@FirstLast-bs8gr]

Yea but now I worry about COVID-19

[@regsparkes6507]

Yes Jeff, I know what you mean here,...I too still have a couple of these cans of ammo for my SKS-45 also a can of 7.62x51 for my Norinco M305...fun stuff to be sure! Nice video.a departure from the norm,...and this makes it enjoyable viewing too.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@dougn4942]

Ya i like see the old catalog pages !!! 😎

[@MrMcIntyre1220]

Soon we will hear that reg sparkes is dead due to attempting to shoot 7.62x54 in a m305 lol

[@MrMcIntyre1220]

@Joaly nocontroly I'm just bugging! I know what he ment... I hope he ment 7.62x51. 7.62x54 would not chamber fortunately but I bet if it did some serious shit would happen.. Forcing a.311 projectile down a Chinese.308 diameter bore might not be the safest idea

[@regsparkes6507]

Thanks Joaly noncontroly,,...Thanks for understanding that it was quite obviously a 'typo',....of course is a 7.62x51 and not the '54'.... God, heaven forbid you make a mistake here on KZbin,...when everybody is so 'prefect'!

[@WR_CTorch]

This brings back some fond memories. Thanks for sharing!

[@mrfuzzyibrows]

the only two good things to come out of cans that shape...SPAM and ammo

[@Stigstigster]

Only one of those two things are good and it ain't the spam!

[@user-td1zo3tv9p]

@Dave M, yup! It'll make a turd for sure. And when the chips are down and Spam and onions is all you have, making a Spam Turd is well appreciated. LOL

[@scottsuem3384]

my SkS cost 89.00 dollars back in the day here in AZ Tucson gun show. wish i had bought more

[@fakenews7266]

$ 157 for an AK with the tax included brand new with 2 / 30 round mags and 1 / 5 round mag in Maryland in 1988 now they want them banned

[@scottsuem3384]

@@fakenews7266 I know that's crazy. I believe we should have bought alot more but shit I never thought they would have reached the sum of money as today..

[@texasghost6725]

Matthew S my old man told be to buy as many import rifles I can afford. I have 20 mostly Chinese and Russian, ammo as well. I still have em. I didn’t know which ones were good, I just knew I wanted aks. I got lucky and got 4 claycos and 7 polytech legends, a few veprs and rest wasr 10/63s. I paid about 200 for each.

[@colt45peacemaker]

Bought four

[@jtaylorb88]

So wholesale for the sks with a FFL was $35.00 and a AK-47 $50.00. THOSE WERE NEW TOO. I miss those days and a 1,000 rounds we're $45.00 from China Sports. Steel core.

[@reginaldscot165]

You just played the music to 2 of my favourite films. And 1 of the best films ever made.

[@bigtrev761]

These videos are great. I never got into those rifles in those days as most people used bolt action rifles and gave negative feed back on rifles they had little to do with🇦🇺👍

[@Eliphas_Leary]

Damn! Please open these videos with a warning sign. "This video contains music that might make you watch cult classics that are up to three hours long. Watch at your own risk!"

[@ZackMarrs556NAT0]

Does the good the bad and the ugly really qualify as a cult classic?

[@HotCupOfEarlGray]

Yeah i second that, this is just cruel..

[@taofledermaus]

haha!

[@ZackMarrs556NAT0]

@Sheldon Robertson how dare you assume that i dont do that! The absolute nerve!

[@ZackMarrs556NAT0]

@Sheldon Robertson :,(

[@phillipmendiola1257]

Hey I remember shotgun news , that was a long time ago , my dad bought a wwll , 7mm German mouser rifle 199.99 and we still have the rifle very accurate rounds are hard to find got like 32 rounds , when we go to gun shows we look for them they ain't cheap

[@taofledermaus]

nice!

[@michaelhellwinkle9999]

Are you sure you dont mean 8mm?

[@phillipmendiola1257]

michael hellwinkle , yes it is a 8mm it's been in the closet for years very long gun lots of wood to almost to the end of the barrel I wen and looked , thank you for your response

[@chriskelly509]

Roll your own ammo :)

[@Troacoli]

it was still around until at least 2005 or so. Does anyone know if its still being published?

[@julian75411]

The forbidden sardine can. Your prediction on KZbin is indeed partially right 4 years later...

[@kiwi7341]

Amazing after all those years. Really well packed.

[@Eatherbreather]

My kind of unboxing video 👍

[@mwmcbroom]

Ah, brings back memories. Shotgun News! I had an FFL back in the 90s and bought a lot of guns and other cool stuff out of that magazine.

[@TheBreakCrush]

It's 2022, he actually foresaw what's KZbin today, impressed.

[@cinedelasestrellas]

I remember the early 90s SKS days! I was a teenager, a little too young to buy a gun myself, but my dad bought two SKS rifles just because they were so cheap - one was $130 and the other was $89! And these things are darn near indestructible; they function perfectly. I remember Shotgun News, too - and let’s not forget “Cheaper Than Dirt,” another 90s staple for gun enthusiasts.

[@deplorablesrus8457]

Was CTD a complete ripoff back then as well?

[@millwaterpublishing1387]

You're makin' my AK hungry with all that gun food! Don't cry over KZbin. New alternatives are on the rise.

[@snek2089]

remember looking at these books and gun magazines when I was a little kid and always wished to have a gun . that is before England banned guns

[@factsnotfeelings4901]

warwolf move

[@jhorn64]

come to America, we'd be happy to have you

[@snek2089]

@@jhorn64 ah thanks . soon enough I will come to the USA and im gonna fire all the guns I have ever wanted to fire

[@ddavis5708]

@@snek2089 Not unless you got alot of cash mate

[@snek2089]

@@ddavis5708 in the UK? yeah it's either really expensive shotguns or hunting rifles that could reach 5000 pounds each . in the USA I'm pretty sure the video shows that you could have bought an ak47 for like 500 dollars . and don't forget the ammo here it's like 5 pounds a shell or 3.5 pounds a round for the hunting bullets .

[@Creationsbyelder]

I wish I had some of those old gun magazines, I remember as a young man making my "wish lists". I think I am going to start working on getting some old newspaper ads, ad material, books and use those in my new gun room I am setting up. What a blast from the past, thanks for another great video!

[@playswithknives]

I loved Shotgun News back in the day!

[@ramos36927]

That’s a piece of history right there brother

[@mr_dances]

Best unboxing video on youtube

[@taofledermaus]

haha thanks!

[@fixednstoned861]

@2:15 your forecast was quite correct, also, “the depressing stuff” that comment, REALLY got me 😂😂😅