Found these today. Can you guys tell me what rifle they were used with and the caliber?
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They are 8mm. They are used with the M95/30 Steyr Mannlicher carbine. I think the exact size is 8x56, and the 8mm ammo used in the mauser is an 8x57mm. Going off a foggy memory right now.
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I picked up a box of these about 7 years ago. We had a german exchange student living with us. I showed her the box and she read it for me. It says 10 pieces(stuck) with a sharp (sharfe) tip.
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There has been much confusion over these rounds. Many think they are for the 98 Mauser, which they are not as already stated. As a matter of semantics, the bullets are the projectiles that are fired. These are cartridges or rounds, Patronen, is the German term.
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10-15 years ago you could get these for $2-$3 a box in the clip, someone uncovered what must have been a million of them. It seemed like every one of them I saw was dated 1938. I would guess that after Germany annexed Austrian, they must have ran off a large batch of these cartridges for their Steyr rifles & carbines then never used them. They are a rimmed cartridge so they couldn't be made to fire in a Kar98k.Comment
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Interesting that they are not NAZI marked..
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When did the Wehrmacht march into Austria? It was in March 1938, so it is not surprising that some ammo made that year has no WaA.
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nazi marked
hi ,i have one box from september 1938 .
best regards ,jo.Comment
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Well, as the first box is dated August 1938, and has no WaA, and the second is dated September 1938, and does have a WaA, it is clear that the NAZIfying process took place between those two months (when talking about ammo in Austria). Another date for history.
Sorry, I have just realised that the second cartridge you show is also stamped August 1938 and has a WaA!! so the chage took place along that same month!!
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hi carles ,
the box was sealed when i got it (sorry for opening it ,to my defence ,i was only 12 years old back then...)
so there where august-bullets in a september-box ! i guess that the cardboard factory worked a bid faster...
the nazi-stamps must come in the seccond half of august .
best regards ,jo.Comment
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