Unknown Cartridges...

[staples57]

Asking the experts...

CampX (Dean) picked up a few cartridges (sight unseen) after being told that they were pre-WW2 8mm Mauser rounds. After looking at them, we're unsure if they are in fact 8mm Mauser rounds.

Can anyone help identify what they really are?

Cheers,
Brad

 

[zwerge]

They are Czech cartridges,could be 7.65x53 or 8x57,measure the brass case in milimeters,this will help.

 

[doctor]

Hi
It's 7.9 S "Spitzgzschoss; tchechoslowakei
from die Militrpatronen Kaliber 7.9 mm book

 

[TonyE]

Czech 7.9mm

Not a "Spitzgeschoss", as it is not pointed.

It is still worth czeching (sorry!) the case length as it is unusual to see a Czech 7.9 with a round nosed bullet on a military 1933 case.

Regards
TonyE

 

[jonnyc]

It is a Czech RN 8x57 Mauser round. These are actually pretty common in the US. If a military contract, I'm not sure who it was for. I will have to czech the round in my collection to see if it's .318 or .323. I will measure it SLOWvakly to ensure I get it right.

 

[TonyE]

Czech 7.9

I don't collect 7.9, but I do not think the round nosed ones are that common here in the UK, although others may say differently.

I 'll have to come back later with a suitable riposte to the SLOW joke... I am about to eat as I am very hungary.

Cheers
Tony

 

[blackwatch]

The case is a Tzech one . M =Tschechoslowakische Munitionsfabrik ,
Preburg (Bratislava) But is this bullet the right one for this case?

 

[CampX]

Will they fit a CZ made Mauser?

Dean

 

[doctor]

Hi
I also think that the bullet is not good on this case

 

[staples57]

Thanks for all the replies.
The only outstanding question is... "Will they fit a CZ made Mauser?"

Cheers,
Brad

 

[jonnyc]

That is the original RN bullet to that cartridge. While ROMANian around various gun and cartridge shows, I have seen many of these. The diameter of my example is 7.94mm/.3125 inch.

 

[staples57]

Thanks for all the replies and information.

The only outstanding question is...
"Will they fit a CZ made Mauser?"

Cheers,
Brad

 

[jonnyc]

Simple answer...yes.

 

[staples57]

Thanks!

Cheers,
Brad

 

[Tony Williams]

I am about to eat as I am very hungary.

One of life's mysteries: if Austrians come from Austria, Romanians from Romania and Bulgarians from Bulgaria, why don't Hungarians come from Hungaria?