Help I need to find a russian can opener for milsurp cans

Colonel Custer · November 24, 2011, 10:33 AM

Every 440 can I open sends my wife to the phone ready to dial 911. Where can i find a can opener for it?

I buy 7.62x54 and 7.62x39 in bulk.

Tidewater_Kid · November 24, 2011, 11:45 AM

I think eBay is your best bet. A bunch of the ammo ships with openers.

http://compare.ebay.com/like/2508935...=sbar&_lwgsi=y

TK

Avenger · November 24, 2011, 05:06 PM

The openers are included in the CRATE that the two ammo cans come in...just buy a crate and you get the opener. You can also use a dremel tool or cutoff wheel in a drill to open them.

viciouskitty · November 24, 2011, 06:56 PM

I just use a chisel and hammer it works great! takes about 2 minutes or less and its not all that loud

Don P · November 25, 2011, 11:25 AM

Army & Navy store should have the old military can openers as well as todays modern Swiss Army knives

FrankenMauser · November 25, 2011, 01:44 PM

Change your technique:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQVka5lRbQ

Or, as others have suggested, buy a crate with 2 cans.

chiefr · November 25, 2011, 07:56 PM

I guess on of my old hobbys, restoring cars, has help me here. Like changing a door skin. I lay the can upside down and with a small hammer and chizell, gently tap and pry the lid all the way around the can. I have been able to remove the lid in such a manner I can reuse it. Takes patience.
I once tried to find a can opener and seems everyone was sold out.

Colonel Custer · December 9, 2011, 06:03 PM

Thanks for the info guys

captianpattson · December 10, 2011, 11:53 PM

x2 on chisel and hammer

armoredman · December 11, 2011, 12:32 AM

I have an extra, where do you need it sent?

USMCGrunt · December 11, 2011, 02:27 AM

Just use a hammer and sickle...uh, I mean chisel.

Colonel Custer · December 11, 2011, 07:02 PM

Granted the metal spam can is fubar'd. A steel toothed wolverine coulda been blamed. The store I got it at stated they couldn't sell the openers, and all 4 gun shops in my area could not suggest where to find them. I searched over 35 can opener sites and 70 some odd mil surplus sights but as usual you people came through for me, A VERY BIG THANK YOU to my forum pals.

boostedtt91 · December 11, 2011, 09:44 PM

just use a chisel and hammer, Just as quick.

armoredman · December 13, 2011, 10:14 AM

OK, then I'll keep it for the next guy who needs one.

Colonel Custer · December 19, 2011, 09:48 PM

I just hope the next person who needs it checks the firing line too.

Buzzcook · December 20, 2011, 04:12 AM

Bayonets.

November 24, 2011, 10:33 AM	#1
Colonel Custer Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2011 Location: ky Posts: 106	Help I need to find a russian can opener for milsurp cans Every 440 can I open sends my wife to the phone ready to dial 911. Where can i find a can opener for it? I buy 7.62x54 and 7.62x39 in bulk. __________________ In order to cut down on gun crimes we The Govt. are banning all guns. Well I guess I will sleep with a chainsaw next to my bed. Not the same as a gun but I figure the sound of it revving up will be as effective as a pump shot gun being cycled.

November 25, 2011, 11:25 AM	#5
Don P Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2005 Location: East Central Florida Posts: 4,412	Army & Navy store should have the old military can openers as well as todays modern Swiss Army knives __________________ *NRA Life Member, NRA Range Safety Officer, IDPA Safety Officer* *As you are, I once was, As I am, You will be.*

November 25, 2011, 01:44 PM	#6
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 26, 2008 Location: 1B ID Posts: 5,415	Change your technique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQVka5lRbQ Or, as others have suggested, buy a crate with 2 cans. __________________ "Such is the strange way that man works -- first he virtually destroys a species and then does everything in his power to restore it."

December 9, 2011, 06:03 PM	#8
Colonel Custer Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2011 Location: ky Posts: 106	Thanks for the info guys __________________ In order to cut down on gun crimes we The Govt. are banning all guns. Well I guess I will sleep with a chainsaw next to my bed. Not the same as a gun but I figure the sound of it revving up will be as effective as a pump shot gun being cycled.

December 10, 2011, 11:53 PM	#9
captianpattson Member Join Date: March 8, 2011 Posts: 35	x2 on chisel and hammer __________________ "...never shot at anybody, if I shoot they get shot!... He's still alive, ain't he?" - Orrin Porter Rockwell

November 24, 2011, 11:45 AM	#2
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 321	I think eBay is your best bet. A bunch of the ammo ships with openers. http://compare.ebay.com/like/2508935...=sbar&_lwgsi=y TK

November 24, 2011, 05:06 PM	#3
Avenger Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Posts: 272	The openers are included in the CRATE that the two ammo cans come in...just buy a crate and you get the opener. You can also use a dremel tool or cutoff wheel in a drill to open them.

November 24, 2011, 06:56 PM	#4
viciouskitty Senior Member Join Date: August 6, 2010 Location: South Texas Posts: 230	I just use a chisel and hammer it works great! takes about 2 minutes or less and its not all that loud

November 25, 2011, 07:56 PM	#7
chiefr Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2010 Location: AR Posts: 819	I guess on of my old hobbys, restoring cars, has help me here. Like changing a door skin. I lay the can upside down and with a small hammer and chizell, gently tap and pry the lid all the way around the can. I have been able to remove the lid in such a manner I can reuse it. Takes patience. I once tried to find a can opener and seems everyone was sold out.

December 11, 2011, 12:32 AM	#10
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,450	I have an extra, where do you need it sent? __________________ http://czfirearms.us/ same original CZForum, new location.

December 11, 2011, 02:27 AM	#11
USMCGrunt Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2000 Location: Somewhere in 13T EG Posts: 567	Just use a hammer and sickle...uh, I mean chisel.

December 11, 2011, 07:02 PM	#12
Colonel Custer Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2011 Location: ky Posts: 106	Wow 45 minutes with tin snips and no need for stitches Granted the metal spam can is fubar'd. A steel toothed wolverine coulda been blamed. The store I got it at stated they couldn't sell the openers, and all 4 gun shops in my area could not suggest where to find them. I searched over 35 can opener sites and 70 some odd mil surplus sights but as usual you people came through for me, A VERY BIG THANK YOU to my forum pals. __________________ In order to cut down on gun crimes we The Govt. are banning all guns. Well I guess I will sleep with a chainsaw next to my bed. Not the same as a gun but I figure the sound of it revving up will be as effective as a pump shot gun being cycled.

December 11, 2011, 09:44 PM	#13
boostedtt91 Senior Member Join Date: January 28, 2011 Location: Danville, Pa Posts: 453	just use a chisel and hammer, Just as quick.

December 13, 2011, 10:14 AM	#14
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,450	OK, then I'll keep it for the next guy who needs one. __________________ http://czfirearms.us/ same original CZForum, new location.

December 19, 2011, 09:48 PM	#15
Colonel Custer Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2011 Location: ky Posts: 106	Thanks armoredman I just hope the next person who needs it checks the firing line too. __________________ In order to cut down on gun crimes we The Govt. are banning all guns. Well I guess I will sleep with a chainsaw next to my bed. Not the same as a gun but I figure the sound of it revving up will be as effective as a pump shot gun being cycled.

December 20, 2011, 04:12 AM	#16
Buzzcook Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2007 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 5,252	Bayonets.