ID this milsurp ammo (i have no idea)

[contact148]

ok please see the pic below i was given this stuff today and have no idea what it is

LEFT SIDE of pic amm is marked
GB 1939 and VII OR 1944 DI Z (two types of marks in that clip)

RIGHT side of pic

(wired thing pic) and t star things then 40 i figure the clip will tell what it fits as I cant see it fitting much

 

[Stevo]

On the left is .303 British. 8x56R on the right????

 

[tiriaq]

Left: Greenwood & Batley, standard Mark 7 ball, cordite propellant, made 1939 in the UK. Defence Industries, standard Mark 7 ball, nitrocelllulose powder, made 1944, Canadian. Cartridges are stripped from the charger into the rifle. Right: 8x56R for M1895 Mannlicher straight pull rifle. Charger and cartridges go into the rifle, empty charger exits through bottom.

 

[stormbringer]

If you do not have a good home for that 8x56R...........I know a great place!

 

[prosper]

FWIW - If you need 8x56R it's easily formed from 7.62x54R

 

[desporterizer]

I tried to form some 7.62x54r into 8x56, forgot about thr cream of wheat & just used bread to hold the powder in. Didn't form a thing but made some really small pieces of toast!

 

[contact148]

I have 3 clips of the 8x56R (15rnds) I going to keep them im sure i have the rifle for them somewhere in my vault

now i also have some 8mm mauser i think the headstamp is 7,9 1937

 

[green]

7.9 1937 hs is "sterile" ammo produced in Austria for the Spanish civil war.

 

[Ljungman]

Didn't form a thing but made some really small pieces of toast!

 

[Claven2]

FWIW, frontier (hornady) is making 56R brass again

 

[Dosing]

Contact148, any chance you could post a pic of the headstamp on the 8X56R?