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I have a small collection of 7,92x33mm Kurz ammunition.
It's sort of a part-time hobby born of not finding anything else I wanted to buy at gun-shows.
I had made my own wooden holder, that looked a little like a blind man with deliriums tremors had made it.
It's actually quite a challenge to store single rounds of ammo in a way that is organized and efficient, that allows the headstamp to be viewed.
Thankfully Calguns member 68Ranchy took pity on me and offered to help custom-manufacture a plastic holder for me.
it had to be 12"x12" to fit in the original WW2 Ammo crate - with enough room to stow the boxed ammo collection -
There are about 220 or so wartime Kurz variations - not including the super rare variations - I have about 160 of the regular variations and 4-5 rare variations (it looks like less -.)
These are by factory (nine total), batch and date. My collection is 1943, 44, 45 - the first Polte Kurz was manufactured in 1941. This is significant because it is the first true intermediate round (aimed to combine rifle and SMG roles) - that laid the foundations for the Ak, AR and many others in subsequent years.
Down the side are some WW2 drill purpose rounds, some Czech Seller & Bellot rounds made in one batch in 1946 on German machinery, a couple of rounds that missed getting stamped with a batch - a couple with multiple cannelures holding the primer in, etc.,
The four twenty round boxes on the lower right, are quite rare now - sometimes selling for $300 a box - which is nuts.
I think 68Ranchy did a great job - and I am very pleased with the layout.
I am going to put little stickers on the holder that denote headstamps as I have to use a magnifying glass, which is labor-some - but I need to find a "sticker-maker" I like.
I recommend 68Rancy if there are any other ammunition nerds out there.
This is my wartime Kurz - collection, this ammo is not recommended for use anymore, there is a lot that can go wrong shooting old steel cased ammo - I have a postwar DDR collection and a shooting modern Kurz accumulation (hornady, Privi, FN), too.
It's sort of a part-time hobby born of not finding anything else I wanted to buy at gun-shows.
I had made my own wooden holder, that looked a little like a blind man with deliriums tremors had made it.
It's actually quite a challenge to store single rounds of ammo in a way that is organized and efficient, that allows the headstamp to be viewed.
Thankfully Calguns member 68Ranchy took pity on me and offered to help custom-manufacture a plastic holder for me.
it had to be 12"x12" to fit in the original WW2 Ammo crate - with enough room to stow the boxed ammo collection -
There are about 220 or so wartime Kurz variations - not including the super rare variations - I have about 160 of the regular variations and 4-5 rare variations (it looks like less -.)
These are by factory (nine total), batch and date. My collection is 1943, 44, 45 - the first Polte Kurz was manufactured in 1941. This is significant because it is the first true intermediate round (aimed to combine rifle and SMG roles) - that laid the foundations for the Ak, AR and many others in subsequent years.
Down the side are some WW2 drill purpose rounds, some Czech Seller & Bellot rounds made in one batch in 1946 on German machinery, a couple of rounds that missed getting stamped with a batch - a couple with multiple cannelures holding the primer in, etc.,
The four twenty round boxes on the lower right, are quite rare now - sometimes selling for $300 a box - which is nuts.
I think 68Ranchy did a great job - and I am very pleased with the layout.
I am going to put little stickers on the holder that denote headstamps as I have to use a magnifying glass, which is labor-some - but I need to find a "sticker-maker" I like.
I recommend 68Rancy if there are any other ammunition nerds out there.
This is my wartime Kurz - collection, this ammo is not recommended for use anymore, there is a lot that can go wrong shooting old steel cased ammo - I have a postwar DDR collection and a shooting modern Kurz accumulation (hornady, Privi, FN), too.
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