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tahunua001 · July 16, 2014, 06:31 PM

is it still rifle length or was it cut down to carbine length? that usually followed or went in line with the caliber change. if it's a carbine and it still won't chamber 8x56R then it may have got through a second conversion to 8x57 by the Nazis late in the war. 8x57 has a much shorter shoulder than the x56R and smaller base which would prevent the 56R from chambering just as it would with x50R.

I'm not sure what markings went along with the german conversions but that big cut along the top of the receiver seems like it would not have been an original factory marking.

July 16, 2014, 06:31 PM	#2
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	is it still rifle length or was it cut down to carbine length? that usually followed or went in line with the caliber change. if it's a carbine and it still won't chamber 8x56R then it may have got through a second conversion to 8x57 by the Nazis late in the war. 8x57 has a much shorter shoulder than the x56R and smaller base which would prevent the 56R from chambering just as it would with x50R. I'm not sure what markings went along with the german conversions but that big cut along the top of the receiver seems like it would not have been an original factory marking. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin