What kind of 8mm surplus am I shooting

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Howdy bought a bunch of ammo thinking it was just shooting ammo however it was some ones collection of 8mm some of it being rare and some if it shootable this week I am shooting 8x57 198 grain full metal jacket boat tail with 42 grains of unknown powder head stamp is, at top 51 right side is an X bottom is *- Left side there is a 2 it shoots lovely out of my mausers and wold like to duplicate the load Alas I did not bring the chronnie to figure out the speeds. What kind of, 8x57 am I running???

cheers
 
Star of david

Took a peek and yes it would be the roughest star of David I have ever seen. So I can assume its Israeli manufactured in 1951. Good ammo? Shoot it or collect it? Quick question where the Israelis still using 8x57 rifles or would this have been for the MG34? Cheers
 
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From the description of the hs it sounds like Czech made.
Israeli made 7.9x57 was Boxer primed IIRC.
 
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