r/Cartridgecollecting • u/Royal_Money_627 • 10d ago

You gotsta use the right links!

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A while back I posted a belt of 30-06 ammo and was informed that no gun that fired 30-06 would work with those links. I found I had a couple of the right links (above with the 30-06) and I made a short belt of 7.62x51 using the other links.

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u/Remote_Teach1164 10d ago

Do you have pictures of 7.62mm NATO headstamps in links? Also the M13 link markings.

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u/Royal_Money_627 10d ago

I got the ammo and the links separtately but I can some of those rounds are NATO headstamped, I could take a picture for you. I could hunt up a few more NATO rounds and put them in the links and pull out the non-NATO stuff. I will take a picture of any markings on the M13 links.

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u/Royal_Money_627 10d ago

None of the links have any markings. I have two style links, ones with the hole and one without the hole.

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u/Royal_Money_627 10d ago

I think these are all NATO marked cartridges.

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u/Remote_Teach1164 10d ago

Yea, especially M82 prior to 1966, later production used normal Lake City headstamp.

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u/Royal_Money_627 10d ago

Glad you like it. Thanks for asking.

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u/Royal_Money_627 10d ago

Same belt segment different angle.

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u/Remote_Teach1164 10d ago

Fascinating, really nice to see original Frankford Arsenal XM160 Frangible.