Darker Loaf
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I was recently able to get my hands on a few cases of 8mm Mauser all in 5 round stripper clips and in cloth bandoleers. The gun I intended to shoot it through is a family war trophy from WW II complete with papers and it's original box. Now, before you decry me for shooting a family relic: it's been done already... a lot. My uncles have been using this gun for hunting white tail for decades.
But, that being said, it isn't badly worn from the hunting use and it looks like it saw most of its use during WW II. I think it is an occupation Mauser, because the markings are in Cyrillic. I can post pictures of it if people are interested in it, and I may want to start another thread on identifying the gun. So, I don't want to trash the gun. I'm nervous about the 8mm ammo I have being corrosive. If it is corrosive, I wouldn't want to shoot any of it out of the gun, period. I have no reason to think the ammo is corrosive, but having had a bad experience with corrosive ammo, I don't want to take any chances.
Is there anybody out there who can identify this ammo based on the head stamp? Also, my uncle implied to me that the Germans (or anybody) never made corrosive ammo but he is often full of it, and I thought to ask TFL.
But, that being said, it isn't badly worn from the hunting use and it looks like it saw most of its use during WW II. I think it is an occupation Mauser, because the markings are in Cyrillic. I can post pictures of it if people are interested in it, and I may want to start another thread on identifying the gun. So, I don't want to trash the gun. I'm nervous about the 8mm ammo I have being corrosive. If it is corrosive, I wouldn't want to shoot any of it out of the gun, period. I have no reason to think the ammo is corrosive, but having had a bad experience with corrosive ammo, I don't want to take any chances.
Is there anybody out there who can identify this ammo based on the head stamp? Also, my uncle implied to me that the Germans (or anybody) never made corrosive ammo but he is often full of it, and I thought to ask TFL.