8mm Mauser Ammo

amm9130 · Post by **amm9130** » Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:03 am

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?

Post by **Junk Yard Dog** » Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:49 am

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.

Post by **Rongo** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:53 am

It's old for sure... anything stamped on the box?

TulaTom · Post by **TulaTom** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 6:32 am

Interesting. The only surplus I've seen without markings before was Japanese.

Post by **bunkysdad** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:43 am

I have some Turkish that has bullets like that but they are stamped as such on the head.

amm9130 · Post by **amm9130** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:38 pm

There is no markings on the ammo or the box. That's what I thought was odd

amm9130 · Post by **amm9130** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:08 pm

Rongo wrote:It's old for sure... anything stamped on the box?

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 use

Post by **Longcolt44** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 6:05 pm

Don't go shooting any of this until you can verify for sure what it is.

Post by **Rongo** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:18 pm

Longcolt44 wrote:Don't go shooting any of this until you can verify for sure what it is.

Agreed.

Post by **Darryl** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:10 am

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.

amm9130 · Post by **amm9130** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:46 am

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

ffuries · Post by **ffuries** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 11:23 am

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.

dou44 · Post by **dou44** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:38 pm

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

websterz · Post by **websterz** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 6:21 am

Buy it cheap and stack it deep!

Ironnewt · Post by **Ironnewt** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 5:45 pm

websterz wrote:Buy it cheap and stack it deep!

That's Right!

Post by **bunkysdad** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:44 pm

The plain unmarked boxes were probably the result of being reboxed from bulk for the sake of reselling.

awalker1829 · Post by **awalker1829** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 9:01 pm

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.

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