16 January 2010, 02:28
BurkhardWhich cartridge"
Yesterday a fried found a bag with old rifle cartridges.
Now I try to find some informations.
Its a rimmed cartridge in 8,3mm (.325)
Its stamped 1938, VIII and an imperial eagle
with swastika.
brass length 56 mm
Cartridge total lenth 77 mm
Do you have an idea?
16 January 2010, 02:53
Arild IversenIt sounds like a 8x57 IRS, also called 7,92 Mauser.
But I´m far from sertain.
The measures though, seem to fit rather good to what is written i one of my reloading manuals.
16 January 2010, 03:11
wildboarPossibly a 8x56 Solothurn\Hungarian Mannlicher. Does it have a long and mild shoulder?
16 January 2010, 16:41
Burkhardwildboar
you are right, this is the cartridge.