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Originally posted by Monastery-Forester:
In Germany we call such persons "Wadenbeißer", that means leg-biter!!!
I know Carcano from a german forum, sometimes - not always - you can discuss very fine with him!
So I could not understand his reaction!

i think we can forgive carcano
he has most probably had a bad joint of beef from england infected with BSE
WEIDMANSHEIL TO ALL
SCIRROCO

Monastery-Forester.
Thank you.
Are you a forester? I used to be.
Oldun.

Oldun, yes, I am!

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Originally posted by 1894mk2:
Mike how about the 8x60s which I always thought was the perfect case length for the standard military mauser mag box? Much seen nowadays?

I am afraid your question has not yet been answered; I beg your pardon for that omission.

I use the 8x60S myself (in an MAS-36 Sporter), and factory ammo is still - and only - made by RWS. Previously it was loaded with the H-Mantel, now with the DK bullet.

The cartridge is no more popular in Germany, though some older rifles are still in use (most went to the USA after 1945, I would suppose, due to the vicissitudes of the times...). It is however still serving to some extent in Belgium and France, due to the non-military cartridge limitations of these countries.

Between the wars, the 8x60 S was loaded very hotly (as Magnum and Magnum-Bombe); the printed velocities of these times, assessed somewhat optimistically - and assuming very long barrels - reached and surpassed modern 8x64 S levels, at least on the patient paper.

Best regards,
Carcano