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8mm mauser cases ( FNM) loadable?

joesjoes Member Posts: 484 ✭✭✭
edited March 2009 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
I have 8mm mauser cases with a headstamp of " F N M" and what appears to be a date 73-5. looking inside the cases it appears to have both the berdan holes as well as the standard primer holes. Is this military brass loadable? Thank you.
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  • XXCrossXXCross Member Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't think you'll find the boxer type priming hole in the FNM brass. Besides, the primers would be different diameters.
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,036 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    the center 'hole' is acualy just a 'dimple' to form the berdan anvil for the primer
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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    joes,

    Just for the sake of discussion, here is a photograph of all three variations:

    primerpocketsboxerberdalc2.jpg

    I haven't done any measuring, this is just a comparison photo.

    FNM = Fabrica Nacional de Municoes e Armas Ligeiras

    Best.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Even if it has a center hole, it probably still has a standard berdan anvil making it unreloadable, even if you can decap it. Plus the hole diameter is probably a little off from US standards.
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