8mm treasure found at the gun shop

[Kernalvax]

picked this up tonite, thought it was pretty nifty

8mm mauser, Steel core, made in 1941 by Deutsche Waffen-u. Munitionsfabriken A.G., Wesloerstraße, Lübeck-Schlutup.
all 20 rounds in the box, i peeled off the century arms sticker and it was labeled in italian any idea what the italian is for?

 

[cyclone]

beneficiado = "benefits".........

 

[JP]

Could be part of the Portugese Contrat for the purchase of Mausers during WW2.

 

[smellie]

SmK= Stahl mit Kern= Steel with Core, meaning hardened core.

Armour-piercing. 178-grain FMJBT slug. HOT!

Note the brass cases; Germany was using STEEL exclusively for Army ammo at that time. Only BRASS cases being made were for the Luftwaffe (less feed problems... could get very windy trying to clear a jam on your 109 while you had a Hurri on your 6)... and for export to 'friendly' countries.

I would think this might be a part of a German 'gift' from that nice Mister Hitler to that lovely Colonel Salazar, something to go along with those BEAUTIFUL commercial-grade Kar 98ks.

Very nice, very nice.

I DO hope you're an ammunition collector. Would be a shame to bang this off.

Congrats!

 

[CanAm]

Made at Lubeck, which is still going as a demil plant

 

[OEM]

Benficiado.....could it mean, "Free Gift"

 

[Calum]

beneficiado = "benefits".........

Google language tools says ..."benefited" in Portuguese.

Methinks that would make for a nice tattoo on a hot womans ass...Ooops did I say that out loud? lol.

 

[Dax420]

Cool find. You don't see many ammo clips these days.

 

[MosinNagantM44]

Nice find.

 

[Stevo]

I've got 20 or 30 boxes of that stuff left. Bought it in the late 80's for around $0.17 a round.

I burned God knows how much of that through my Bren back in the day.

 

[Ar180shooter]

I've got 20 or 30 boxes of that stuff left. Bought it in the late 80's for around $0.17 a round.

I burned God knows how much of that through my Bren back in the day.

A Bren in 8mm Mauser?

 

[Stevo]

A Bren in 8mm Mauser?

Well, 8mm doesn't shoot worth a s**t in a .303 Bren.

 

[american lockpicker]

Nice find, once I found some pre or early WWII Italian 7.35 on strippers for a tenner at my local class 3 shop.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

A Bren in 8mm Mauser?

Chinese Contract Brens in 8mm made by Inglis.

 

[John Sukey]

Just avoid shooting steel case 8mm. the cases can rust from the inside. A friend was pulling bullets from the stuff and in several instances the cases broke in half from the rust.

 

[desporterizer]

I picked up two boxes of those myself. I fired off ten rnds, 9 at paper & one accidentaly at a gong. They are rated for 13mm of hardened steel at 100 m. The core got stuck in the 14mm thick gong. I put the rest away for emergencies.