Splitting Tok cases

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Has anyone else had their surplus 7.62x25 brass cases split? It looks to be Russian, 1955 vintage, and splits at the neck and sometimes into the shoulder.

Is this dangerous?

Firearm-CZ-52 that looks to be new.

Thanks.
 
Describe the Headstamp and I'll let you know the manufacturer. I've had some splits in a CZ-52 (unrebuilt) and a Chinese Tokarev. Generally, I believe it is from bad or abusive crimping at the neck or perhaps from brass getting old. I switched to Chinasports steel-cased 7.62x25 or Sellier and Bellot (not because of the splits, but because I really, really, hate click-bangs and hard primers that need a restrike) and have not had a problem.

Davis
 
Stars at 9 and 3 o'clock, "14" at 12 o'clock, and a "55" at 6 o'clock.
Brown box, 70 to a box.
Not crimped, but staked in place with what looks like center punch marks times 3.
 
Looking at it right now. I believe what you have is Bulgarian ammo, though it might be Hungarian. It is not the Ruskie stuff. The bullet is kind of crimped with the three dimples you describe. In this stuff, I believe the brass is a bit brittle/soft. It also probably needs more than one restrike on several rounds a box, at least it did for me.
 
With Tok ammo you will have stuff like this happen once in a while...but if you have 7.62 x 25 ammo with the 53" stamp most
of the "exploding 52" stories I have seen or heard about is with this ammo...it splits the cases, if you are lucky. Its 5-10000 psi over standard Tokarev ammo in some cases and splits the gun instead. Go to the better cz52 info sites and they will all have warnings about this ammo and how to ID it.

Shoot well
 
STOP

You just described (IIRC) the batch of Bulgarian ammo that has detonated several CZ-52s. Its is a bad batch that WAAAAAAAY exceeds safe pressures, even for the CZ-52.

Throw it away, or pull the bullets and chuck the rest.

Mike
 
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