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Help identifying a cartridge
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I came across some old rifle ammo in a box I can't identify.
I believe it's 8mm. Possible Danish Krag ?
The head stamps indicate chech or Korean. I'm leaning toward chech.?
Top pic is bullet width, middle is cartridge length, bottom is head stamp. Hopefully the pics come thru well.
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They have spire pointed lead tip so guessing it's been reloaded?
Could it be a straight up 8mm Mauser cartridge loaded for hunting?
In the first picture are you measuring bullet diameter or cartridge case neck OD? 8mm bullet diameter is .323"/.324".
Bullet diameter
Danish Krag is rimmed.
Pictures of the whole round would be a help.
The bullet might be seated with no bearing surface showing, giving a small diameter reading.
Bullet dia. of .316 leaves out 8 mm. Oversize .303/7.65mm/7.7mm?
The old 8x51mm Mauser (1880s) uses .316 bullet. +1 on overall pic of the round and case length would also help.
I put a 3006 next to her for reference
Search of COTW shows no cartridge with .316 bullet that comes close. Rim diameter, base diameter & case length remain a mystery. More info needed to continue.
Measuring a bullet just above the case mouth is not a reliable way to get bullet diameter. The correct size is probably inside the case mouth, so pulling a bullet is the only for sure method to measure. It is likely a .323".
Your round is a Czech 8x57 made at Povázské Strojárne in 1949. Hard to be sure if that soft nosed bullet is factory, or someone pulled the FMJ bullet and replaced it.
That makes sense with the info I found and other that was provided here.
Is it proprietary to a chech rifle? Thanks