Is it?
A range bud busted open a can of the same lot and it looked
brand new and practically perfect in all respects.
A credit to the entire Mosin system.
Zinc container and lead soldering. I have few boxes of ammo for Nagant revolver dated 1924.Few years ago I opened one of the boxes and ammo was in pristine condition.
No It was Bulgarian 1950’s stuff.
Oh BTW Timney Triggers has a custom trigger for the old beasties now.
http://timneytriggers.com/sunshop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=50