[cpileri]

I recently saw a box of 9mm ammo, very ordinary looking FMJ, and within the box is a little red square of paper with this written on it:

Tomme patronhylstre
skal opsamles
og afleveres

Can anyone translate?
Thanks, C-

[daniel (australia)]

Danish I think. Something like "empty cases to be collected for return".

[M67]

Daniel got both the language and the translation on the first try.

[scout26]

cpileri,

Enjoy your trip to Denmark !!! :neener: :neener: :neener:


Really cool country, best kept secret of Europe, and they like Americans !!!

[another okie]

My Danish surplus .30-06 has a similar piece of paper inside, which basically is reminding you to pick up the empty cases.

[VeT|Us]

Tomme patronhylstre
skal opsamles
og afleveres

=

Empty cartridges
will be collected
and returned / delivered

[cpileri]

Thanks to all the linguists out there.
I was hoping for something like:
"Cartridges are loaded with incendiary tips and never expire"
or
"Congratulations, you win a lifetime supply of ammo"

But the actual translation sounds good- and much more believeable.

C-

[Shootcraps]

The Swiss speak French. :)

[Sistema1927]

"The Swiss speak French"

And German, and Italian. Depends on which part of Switzerland.

Most of them also speak English.

[Mal H]

... along with German, Italian and Romanish.

The largest population speaks German with French in second place.


[Edit]
:) Sistema and I were posting at the same time.

[Phil Ca]

The Swiss (in Geneva) are also learning English! My son works for a fim that teaches English to French speakers in Geneva. He is allowed to work 20 hours a week and attends classes part time at the U.of Geneva. He makes a very good salary while doing it but the money all goes to the apartment and his upkeep. Geneva is a nice city but the expense of living there is horrendous.

When I visited Switzerland on our previous visits I preffered the German speaking areas since I speak German. Switzerland is an interesting country with four languages and people from all over due to the (ughh!) UN and NGO outfits.

[AK103K]

I would strongly suggest that if you get some foreign or European 9mm that you verify exactly what it is before you shoot it. There is still SMG only stuff floating around out there that should not be fired in pistols and a lot of very corrosive stuff that will really put a hurtin on your gun if you dont take care of it right away. I had some Spanish SMG ammo that I used to shoot in my MAC. The stuff was VERY hot and the cyclic rate of the gun went up dramatically. Your cheek definitely suffered after an afternoon of that stuff. It eventually cracked the upper tube around the ejection port and I had to replace it. I also had, actually, still have, a bunch of very corrosive Egyptian 9mm that was made for the Port Said "Swedish K". A "buddy" sold it to me for next to nothing a case and said it was "a little" corrosive. It came 36 to a box and the muzzle on the MAC was already starting to go orange by the time I got home after shooting it. Yea, it was mild alright. I still have a good bit of it as I cant do that to anybody. :)
Just watch out when you come across some of the really cheap stuff. ;)

[Nickotym]

AK103K: You could always take the componenets apart and reload the cases with non corrosive powder. Probably can't change the primers, but at least with non-corrosive powder it wouldn't be as bad.

[Jim K]

Sorry, Nickotym, in corrosive ammo, it is the primer that is contains a corrosive chemical, not the powder. Powder can be erosive (very hot burning) but will not be corrosive in the usual meaning of the word.

So pulling bullets and replacing the powder of corrosive primed ammo is a futile effort to prevent corrosion in the gun.

Jim

[Nickotym]

Thanks Jim, wasn't sure on that. I suppose most of the time the primers are berdan and not reloadable too.