Odd caliber full medal jacketed bullets?

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A fellow stop by the shop to give me 220 full medal jacketed bullets that he thought were for an 8 mm x 57 Mauser. He said that they were too large in diameter to seat in the 8mm brass. I measured a bullet and found the following
205.5 grains
1.351 inches over all in length
long boat tail
a cannelure aprox 1/2 way tip to base
diameter at rear end of .331 of a inch
diameter from cannelure to pointed tip 3.21 inches to a sharp point
these bullet show no sign being pulled and are brass solid jacked
Help!
 
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.331" is an odd size, it's like 8.4mm. There are no 8.4mm cartridges that I could easily find, and very few 8.5mm...

What are you using to measure the bullet diameter (Could you be off a few thousandths?)?
 
8x50R and 8x56R are the only 8mm rounds I can think of offhand that use larger diameter bullets.
 
Name Bullet Case length Rim Base Shoulder Neck OAL

8mm Remington Magnum 8.217 (.3235) 72.39 (2.850) 13.51 (.532) 13.02 (.5126) 12.36 (.4868) 8.99 (.354) 91.44 (3.60)
8mm Lebel 8.3 (.327) 50.5 (1.99) 16.0 (.630) 13.77 (.543) 11.6 (.457) 8.85 (.349) 69.85 (2.75)
8×56mmR Mannlicher 8.35 (.329) 55.63 (2.190) 14.05 (.553) 12.47 (.491) 12.00 (.472) 9.20 (.362) 75.91 (2.989)
8×59mm RB Breda 8.36 (.329) 58.84 (2.317) 11.92 (.469) 12.49 (.492) 10.80 (.425) 9.14 (.360) 80.44 (3.167)
.333 Jeffery Flanged 8.5 (.333) 64 (2.50) 15.9 (.625) 13.8 (.544) 12.3 (.484) 9 (.356) 89 (3.49)
.338 Norma Magnum 8.585 (.338) 63.30 (2.492) 14.93 (.588) 14.87 (.585) 14.50 (.571) 9.40 (.370) 93.50 (3.681)
.338 Winchester Magnum 8.585 (.338) 63.50 (2.500) 13.51 (.532) 13.03 (.511) 12.47 (.491) 9.39 (.369) 84.84 (3.340)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_mm_caliber
 
8x56R Hungarian and Rumanian military. Lebel takes regular 8mm bullets. I have a 93 and 05 lebels. I also have two 8x56R. Carbines which they would fit. I have also loaded for a Kropatchec that had an over sized bore. Can’t find them to often so I decided to cast my own bullets.
 
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