8X57JS ammo source

HM3

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Anyone familiar with INDEP of Portugal? According to Cole Distributing, these guys manufacture new 8mm Mauser 198gr FMJ that is non-corrosive and Boxer primed. Can anyone tell me what the ballistics are on the 198gr 8X57JS FMJ out of a 24 inch barrel?
 
HM3... the 8mm German(rimless) is known here and the Portugese ammo we get in boxes or clips is berdan primed but clean and very good shooting ... the "JS" tag is not known, but may be modern type. There was a safety problem with early(WW1) 8mm mauser ammo in different diameters, I believe, so it may pay to check the new projectile to your barrel diameter. ***There are also ample stocks of 7.92X57R(rimmed) still available in Australia in big field-supply tins and dinky 10 round cardboard pouches/clipped for the M. `95 Steyr straight-pull carbine and rifle - made in Austria pre-war and with both the double eagle and Nazi swastica headstamps about 1935.***This may- (or not)- be a help!

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XXX the Bunny.
 
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