I can find no info for this headstamp, FHP 1940 , it is a rifle cartridge.
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Update in post #6
The head was FNP not FHP.
I can find no info for this headstamp, FHP 1940 , it is a rifle cartridge.
Thanks
300
Update in post #6
The head was FNP not FHP.
Last edited by 300winmag; 03-13-2013 at 04:21 PM.
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Sounds like a military headstamp. Pix would help, or dimensions of base, rimmed or
rimless, LOA, neck ID, etc.
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I do not have the case, a friend of mine called and asked for some info. I could not find anything on that headstamp. He found 62 rounds of this rifle ammo in an old foot locker of his grandfathers that has passed. Soon as I get my hands on 1 of them I will update.
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I believe that I have 8mm Mauser ammunition made in Spain in 1940. The head was FNP not FHP.
FNP Fábrica Nacional de Palencia, Spain
M/88
Case type Rimless, bottleneck
Bullet diameter 8.08 mm / .318 (I and IR) and 8.20 / .323" (IS and IRS)
Neck diameter 9.08 mm (0.357 in)
Shoulder diameter 10.95 mm (0.431 in)
Base diameter 11.94 mm (0.470 in)
Rim diameter 11.95 mm (0.470 in)
Rim thickness 1.30 mm (0.051 in)
Case length 57.00 mm (2.244 in)
Overall length 82.00 mm (3.228 in)
Case capacity 4.09 cm3 (63.1 gr H2O)
Rifling twist 240 mm (1 in 9.45 in)
Primer type Large rifle
Maximum pressure 390 MPa (57,000 psi)
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |