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Just thought I'd check to make sure I didn't have Hitler's own stash of ammunition of something here before I got blast it off at the range. :D :50cal:

About 6-8 boxes of this came in the cardboard carrier box below (hopefully you can make out the identification stickers). Just plain jane WWII era 8mm surplus?

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Any what about these 8mm dummy rounds?

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Ironically a friend was just selling something simular at the gun show yesterday. Said his was Luftwaffe 300 rounds to a cloth belt.
Well that was his story. He was going to let me have it for 100 bucks.
I guess yours are 10 round boxes?
 
green said:
Sure the dummies are not 30-06? Hs is US Frankford Arsenal Aug 1906 in a 2lug 30-06? clip.
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Could very well be - I didn't look at them too close. They were with the 8mm stuff, and I just assumed that's what they were - but I guess everybody knows what happens when you ass-u-me :( :D
 
SMK: Stahl mit Kern: Steel with Core. This is Armour-piercing ammo.
The standard Ball-type ammo with the iron core was called SmE: Stahl mit Eisen.

Sure with I could find a couple boxes of that stuff for a test!
 
Here the head stamp (I have 7 full boxes of 15 rounds)
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Is armour piercing harder/easier to find? Is it worth anything?

There was also a box with only 2 rounds left - they had 2 different head stamps

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Oh, and the dummy rounds are 30-06, but they appear to have live primers - any reason for that?
 
I was once told that German ammunition was made to be used within a few years of making, and British and US ammunition was made to be stored for many years before using. (Last-in, First-out vs First-in Last-out) Differences in the chemical composition of the primer and powder may give you wonky elevations.
 
Killer Kanuck said:
For armour piercing or regular 8mm?
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SMK is fairly common, a friend gave me a couple boxes not too long ago. The guys with full auto MG34 and 42's in the States were buying it up at 7 cents a round. It goes to show how ridiculous the pricing can be on the low and high side, just depends on who is selling it. Shop around, all that glitters isn't Gold.
 
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