Help me identify this brass.

[Donny Fenn1]

except the 44 Automag isn't a bottle necked case
my first thought was a wildcatted/reloaded 8mm Kurz as mentioned

 

[H Wally]

I have to agree that it looks close to 8mm kurz. Some measurements would really help narrow it down...

 

[inky]

Casing id

If you can't read the headstamp - "IVI" "circle with a plus sign in it" and various numbers - 68, 69, 74, 78.... It is boxer primed.
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Could it be a 7.62.25. Or a Mauser round

 

[Nuggs]

I saw this in Beverly Hills Cop II!

This was a plot device, some odd casings were found that could not be classified...investigation concluded that they were custom-made handloads, a .308Win case cut down and sized to hold a .44 bullet as ammunition for a .44 AutoMag pistol, ammunition for which was hard to find and/or expensive.

From Wikipedia: "The .44 Auto Mag Pistol (AMP) cartridge was introduced in 1971. Its rimless, straight wall case was originally formed by trimming the .308 Winchester or .30-06 case to 1.30 inches (33 mm)."

This would be the only reason I could think of to cut down a casing from a military caliber that was produced by IVI.

The 44 AMP is straight walled not necked down.

Looks like 8mm Kurz

 

[Beater]

looks to short for kurtz. not the right shape in the body ether. it is definatly nato spec 7.62 brass shortened by a wildcatter. as has been said already 308x1.5

measure the length of the case

 

[Dsiwy]

Its an IVI 5.56 converted into a 7.62x25.

There was no 5.56mm IVI in the 70s

 

[sahara]

They made a 357 Auto mag. You form cases from 308 brass. Just measure it and put us out of our misery.

 

[Craig0ry]

looks to short for kurtz. not the right shape in the body ether. it is definatly nato spec 7.62 brass shortened by a wildcatter. as has been said already 308x1.5

measure the length of the case

I disagree with it looking to short to be 8mm kurz, here's some made from 30'06, also easily done from 7.62x51

 

[Western Metal Inc]

Roughly 33 mm long and 8mm wide at the mouth

 

[Craig0ry]

33mm long 8mm wide at the mouth

and there we have it! How much of the brass did you come by? quite valuable to the right person

 

[Tex Critter]

BINGO! 7.92 X 33 Kurz formed from 7.62 NATO.

 

[Donny Fenn1]

If I ever get bored I might rebarrel something in one of my bolts for that, it's "cute"

 

[H Wally]

If I ever get bored I might rebarrel something in one of my bolts for that, it's "cute"

It's a fantastic little round too - Even though other cartridges out there do much the same thing, I really like it. It behaves like an ultra compact 30-30. In a 308 wildcat it really has a ton of options, and even in .323 it has a wide selection of bullets. Almost no recoil, allows for tiny actions... frankly I love it

 

[TimberWolf_3063]

Sooo...ammo for a StG-44? 7.92x33?

 

[Slimbo]

It's a fantastic little round too - Even though other cartridges out there do much the same thing, I really like it. It behaves like an ultra compact 30-30. In a 308 wildcat it really has a ton of options, and even in .323 it has a wide selection of bullets. Almost no recoil, allows for tiny actions... frankly I love it

Would make a neat cz527 carbine.