8mm Mauser Ammo
8mm Mauser Ammo
I picked up a box of 8mm mauser ammo at the gun show this weekend and was told that it was German ammo. But I'm just not convinced, I'm new to the Mauser market but all the German mauser ammo I've seen has had markings on it. Does anybody know what kind of mauser ammo this is?
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Re: 8mm Mauser Ammo
I have some of that, I picked it up many years ago and I don't recall what it was. I think it was marketed as German at the time, but I don't think I confirmed that. I shoot ammo more than I collect it.
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It's old for sure... anything stamped on the box?
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Interesting. The only surplus I've seen without markings before was Japanese.
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I have some Turkish that has bullets like that but they are stamped as such on the head.
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There is no markings on the ammo or the box. That's what I thought was odd
1942 M91/30 Izhevsk
1946 M44 Izhevsk
1933 M91/30 Tula Hex
1943 M1895 Revolver Izhevsk
G30 Gen4
Yugo M48 Mauser
Yugo M59/66
Yugo M57 Tokarev
1946 M44 Izhevsk
1933 M91/30 Tula Hex
1943 M1895 Revolver Izhevsk
G30 Gen4
Yugo M48 Mauser
Yugo M59/66
Yugo M57 Tokarev
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No, the box is blank and it was the only box of it they had. I seen it and thought its 8mm, I'm here, its here and bought it. Hopefully I'll be able to shoot this weekend and put it to good useRongo wrote:It's old for sure... anything stamped on the box?
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1946 M44 Izhevsk
1933 M91/30 Tula Hex
1943 M1895 Revolver Izhevsk
G30 Gen4
Yugo M48 Mauser
Yugo M59/66
Yugo M57 Tokarev
1946 M44 Izhevsk
1933 M91/30 Tula Hex
1943 M1895 Revolver Izhevsk
G30 Gen4
Yugo M48 Mauser
Yugo M59/66
Yugo M57 Tokarev
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Don't go shooting any of this until you can verify for sure what it is.
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Agreed.Longcolt44 wrote:Don't go shooting any of this until you can verify for sure what it is.
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Re: 8mm Mauser Ammo
For comparison ..... here is a "battle pack" from 1938 of German 8mm I have and what it looks like
Most German ammo I've seen is very well marked on the box and on the rim.
Most German ammo I've seen is very well marked on the box and on the rim.
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That's how I thought the German ammo looked, which made me question if it was actually German or not. Mine is in the cardboard box, but the information tab has been tore of the box
1942 M91/30 Izhevsk
1946 M44 Izhevsk
1933 M91/30 Tula Hex
1943 M1895 Revolver Izhevsk
G30 Gen4
Yugo M48 Mauser
Yugo M59/66
Yugo M57 Tokarev
1946 M44 Izhevsk
1933 M91/30 Tula Hex
1943 M1895 Revolver Izhevsk
G30 Gen4
Yugo M48 Mauser
Yugo M59/66
Yugo M57 Tokarev
Re: 8mm Mauser Ammo
Few years back I read somewhere on the internet that Czechlosovakia made "Sanitized" or "Covert Operations" 8mm ammo for sale to other countries. How true that is I can't tell you, but if it's on the internet its got to be true right! Makes sense if you think of it along the lines of Plausible Deniability.
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I have shot a lot of it. I was told it was made for Germany during ww2 by another axis country but I do not remember which one . I still have a lot of it. mine came lose in ammo cans.it cost was 7cents around in the early 90s when I bought it.century was selling it for $50 a case delivered.my wife thought I was crazy buying so much back then.i will have enough to do me the rest of my life. this is just one part of it in my closet
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Buy it cheap and stack it deep!
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That's Right!websterz wrote:Buy it cheap and stack it deep!
Damn, I'll bet that's going to leave a mark! Probably hurt too!
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The plain unmarked boxes were probably the result of being reboxed from bulk for the sake of reselling.
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Pulled a bullet on one of my DWM cartridges-the base of the lead core was marked DM by the manufacturer. Talk about being anal with marking stuff.