Mystery Ammo

[Ace604]

Knowing you guys, it wont be a mystery long. Im just not aware of what these are.

I have a 5 round stripper clip with 5 rounds headstamped "45 43 kam St+"

Primer has a blue lacquer on it

FMJ

Got them from an old mauser i believe when i was a kid (dont remember too well) so they may be a type of mausers ammunition.

 

[Caleb314]

Pictures might help

 

[tootall]

Is it steel cased WW2 German 8x57mm?

 

[Ace604]

Uncommon enough to require pics eh.. I can get some up. Yes its steel cased. Could be ww2.

 

[Stevo]

Sounds like German wartime 8x57. The number at 9 o'clock is the two-digit year code, with the lot number at 6 o'clock.

St+ means lacquered steel case with reinforced case bottom.

kam is the maker "HASAG", Eisen-u. Metallwerke GmbH., Werk Skarzysko-Kamienna, Polen.

 

[zuke]

Berdan or boxer primed?

 

[Stevo]

Berdan.

 

[jonnyc]

It is German WWII ammo produced in the Polish factory listed above. If on a 5 round stripper, it could be 7.92x57 Mauser or 7.92x33 Kurz.