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8 X 60R GUEDES

During the mid to late 1860’s, various military powers in Europe were in process of changing their outdated percussion cap rifles to the newly developed self-contained metallic breech loading cartridge. Much of the work and research was done by the Mauser brothers,...

8 X 60S MAUSER

The 8x60 with S bullet (.323”) first appeared in the 1928 RWS and 1930 DWM catalogues and it seems therefore that the J (.318”) bullet preceded the S offering, as the smaller diameter loadings were already offered in the 1924 RWS catalogue. After WW1 the possession of...

8 X 68RS

This is the rimmed version of the 8x68 Magnum. There are very few, if any original specimens known. An RWS headstamped version has been reported but no actual specimen has been seen yet. There is also an unheadstamped version that also seems rare. The version below is...

8 X 72R COLLATH

This necked Collath case is also based on the English 360 case type and should not be confused with the tapered 8x72R Brenneke (W12) or 8.2x72R Austrian (GSP23) '360' types. This is a scarce cartridge but is known with both the earlier Collath hs and the later 'TESCO'...

8 X 75 S BEHR

This is the rimless version of the 8x75RS Behr and was introduced just after it during 1907 with the ‘S’ indicating loading with the .323” bullet but never gained any widespread popularity. The specimen below with EXPERT headstamp was loaded around 2000 by Horneber...

8 X 75RS BEHR

The 8x75RS Behr was developed by DWM for Behrs Weapon Works of Suhl (Simson) using the 9.3x74R case that was necked to 8mm, (in this case for the S-type or .323” bullet). This version was the first to be produced and was the only one of these four types shown in the...