Can some one tell me what is V P T and is it???

JUNKYARD DOG · Dec 11, 2008

Hey gun guys can some one tell me what is V P T and is this a military round? What about a date? It is a 44 cal. Thanks JYD

SC_hunter · Dec 11, 2008

Check this site out.. Has a bit of info on that type of shell

http://www.mosinnagant.net/f2nland.asp

JUNKYARD DOG · Dec 11, 2008

SC_hunter said:
Check this site out.. Has a bit of info on that type of shell

http://www.mosinnagant.net/f2nland.asp

Thank You SC_hunter

just-geese said:
This is all I've dug up so far and not sure it correct
Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, Finland
44 should be the year....still looking
J-G

And Thank You just-geese

civilman1 · Dec 11, 2008

http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes.htm How about this Wes......

Monty · Dec 12, 2008

Sincethe headstamp is from Finland I would guess it is a 7.62X54 Russian. The Russian round was used by the Finns who captured and rebuilt Russian military bolt action rifles. I have two such rifles in my collection that were remanufactured by Saco of Finland. The ballistics or the 7.62 Russian cartridge is very similar to our modern day 7.62 NATO cartridge that is still used by our military primarily in the M60 machine gun. The Russian cartridge however is a rimmed case and doesn't feed well in an automatic weapon. Monty

dkw · Dec 12, 2008

Monty's got it right. :thumbsup:

The 7.62x54 is a pretty distinct case. Especially the head.

JunkYard Dog, Where did you measure it to come up with .44 caliber? The inside of the case mouth should measure in the neighborhood of .311-.312.