Spanish FR7

[BGDave]

Dave always had a hot tub standing in a corner somewhere. I can't believe you didn't call me out on my Donnie Baker comment. '' circus 1995 ''

I've been to Daves HT and Guns. I knew what you meant by "circus".

 

[indy1919a4]

The 7.62×51mm CETME round is a variant of the 7.62×51mm NATO rifle cartridge with a plastic-cored lead bullet and a reduced propellant charge. The 7.62×51mm CETME is otherwise identical to the NATO standard. It was produced as a joint venture by the Spanish Government design and development establishment known as CETME (Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales, or "Center for Technical Studies of Special Materials") and the German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62×51mm_CETME

Had to google it. I was wondering the same thing.

Well here is the $64 question... After the little CETME experiment .. I believe they then did away with the CETME standard and just went with 7.62 nato.. and the CETME rifles were reworked to go with the Nato standards...

Was the Bolt action 1916s & fr-7s conversion guns also upgraded to that standard?????

By the way you have to love Spain making 2 bullets that were the same but one was a little lighter.. God love the Spanish arms Industry.. they
give so much and ask so little... Dog gone it they add a whole new wing to the gun collecting world just by them selfs..

 

[Wolfhound]

Well here is the $64 question... After the little CETME experiment .. I believe they then did away with the CETME standard and just went with 7.62 nato.. and the CETME rifles were reworked to go with the Nato standards...

Was the Bolt action 1916s & fr-7s conversion guns also upgraded to that standard?????

By the way you have to love Spain making 2 bullets that were the same but one was a little lighter.. God love the Spanish arms Industry.. they
give so much and ask so little... Dog gone it they add a whole new wing to the gun collecting world just by them selfs..

Is that the basement underneath the INGO headquarters?

 

[maxipum]

I believe I see a German g43 in that hoard. Wish it was my hoard.

 

[indy1919a4]

Well here is the $64 question... After the little CETME experiment .. I believe they then did away with the CETME standard and just went with 7.62 nato.. and the CETME rifles were reworked to go with the Nato standards...

Found out a little more on the great Spanish CETME round experiment.. Seems that the round was an attempt to be more of an intermediate round over to the full boat Nato 7.62.. They were designing the CETME rifle for this round. When Spain decided to drop the grand experiment they adjusted the rollers in the CETME rifle to accept the NATO round. And that kind of makes sense with that WIki link DD loaded.

It's kinda neat to see the shadow that the German MP-44 7.9 kurz round cast into the 1950s.

But that does not mean that the FR-7 or FR-8s will not accept Nato 7.62

 

[Kopite]

 

[DoggyDaddy]

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?? Can't make out what that is.

 

[roscott]

He joined just to resurrect this thread and post this? It must be important!

Looks like NATO is circled? Details, man!