8mm label and martini 45

[ianwd]

8mm Label
Anyone know if this stuff is still made or avaliable anywhere . ?
Also what about ammo for Martini henry 45 cal

 

[ben hunchak]

Both are hard to get and very expensive(at least the .577/450), reloading is your only affordable hope, even then brass can be very expensive, dies as well, pm me if interested in reloading without the expense of dies.

 

[oldbadger]

Try Ellwood Epps; they are the Canuck agent for Old western Scrounger. I imagine that they might have some Lebel brass. I know that they usually have .577-450 brass in, but it is pricey. I treat my limited supply with TLC!

Good luck and have fun making big clouds of smoke.

 

[johnone]

8mm Lebel brass is easy to make from .348 Winchester, run it through the sizing die and voila 8mm Lebel.
John

 

[BEARMAN]

Lee dies are available for 8mm LEBEL $32.98 us and the 577/450 for $110us In Canada www higginsonpowders.com has or can order them for close to that price in Canadian, but check with them for price. The 577/450 dies require a press like the Lee Classic with the 1 1/4-12 die hole, I believe some of the RCBS presses have the same size hole for big dies . They both use an adapter to use regular 7/8-14 dies.

 

[svt-40]

8mm Lebel is in Fiocci catalogue, but don't get excited, like many antique calibres they are the least priority for Fiocci, who make them once in a few years. Fiocci dealer in Canada does not have any. Same goes for the US dealer. I had extensive correspondence with Fiocci Italy about that and the best they could tell me was that Iraq war is their priority #1, so whatever was left in stock of their dealers around the world was what's left of 8mm, 380 short/long, 44 russian etc.

 

[eos]

Epps has Jameson 577/450 Brass. Also has the Lee 8mm Lebel & 577/750 dies. Correct size bullet mold for the 577/450 is made by RCBS. I got 8mm Graf brass from BC Redneck here in Canada.

 

[Claven2]

8mm Lebel brass is easy to make from .348 Winchester, run it through the sizing die and voila 8mm Lebel.
John

Well, technically you have to trim it too. Also a good idea to anneal the necks before loading and firing it

 

[svt-40]

Oh, I missed that he was asking about 8mm Lebel. I was talking about 8mm Lebel revolver.

 

[sunray]

"...talking about..." Both 8mm Lebel rifle and handgun brass is available. Epp's is the place to ask first.
If you have access to a lathe or know a machinist, reloadable .577-450 brass can be made out of 3/4" brass bar stock. Go here for a .pdf how-to.
http://lweb.net/tom/577-450.PDF

 

[svt-40]

as far as 8mm revolver is concerned, I shorten 32-20.