7.62 X 51 Blue Tip ammo on stripper clip

[gomorgan]

I bought some odds & ends a week ago, and now going through the loose rounds, have a stripper of orange tip which I know is tracer, but have a stripper of LC 70's dated rounds with a blue tip. I was told this might be Armor Piercing incendiary ? Is this stuff rare, because I never remember seeing any blue tip rounds through a lot of years of service around NATO rounds. Thanks George

[Taber10]

I'm just guessing here, but perhaps someone reloaded these 7.62 X 51 rounds with .30 Incendiary M1 "blue tip" bullets. Do you see any indications such as nickel primers, missing primer seals, uncrimped bullets, etc. that would indicate reloads? I also have some experience with this round and cannot remember any incendiary rounds.

[Cololab]

Sometime in the distant past I came across a fellow who had a few rounds of blue tip 7.62 X 51. I don't recall the specific headstamps, but they were factory and not reloads. The guy presented these as AP rounds despite the unusual blue and not black tips.

[gomorgan]

These rounds don't appear to me to be reloads, are in a normal 5 rd. stripper clip marked with "A", the brass base have LC 75 and NATO circle with cross.

Thanks for your thoughts...George