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dmclark523
04-16-2013, 12:22 AM
A friend of mine gave me 3 of these bullets to help identify. It's an 8mm Mauser cartridge.

He's been firing them but getting some soft primers and a lot of misfires. He got them from a friend
who was not able to identify the source.

I've been looking here: http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes
But i'm not sure which part of the headstamp is the identifier.

Any insight would be helpful. I've never seen scrolling like this on a headstamp before...

67661

top left markings appear to be "10",
the bottom markings appear to be "v.9r", or "y.9r".

Hackleback
04-16-2013, 12:59 AM
It appears to be Persian or Arabic. Right side is numbers, 7092

nhrifle
04-16-2013, 01:01 AM
Looks like the Egyptian ammo I bought a few years ago. Good stuff, but is corrosive primed so be sure to clean.

WILCO
04-16-2013, 08:15 AM
Yep. It's Egyptian: http://www.iaaforum.org/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9270