Mauser 7.92x57mm strange cartridge

**aghsmac1** · 06-10-2011, 03:32 PM

I have a strange shell 7.92x57mm coded S* cg 5 41, second on the foto, 57mm tall like a regular shell. If somebody knows something about it...
I was told that its a hunting cartridge (but who knows?).
Aghs

**big ned** · 06-10-2011, 05:42 PM

Looks like it could be a DWM stamp for 7.92x57 Finower Industrie of Germany May 1941.

Ned.

**aghsmac1** · 06-10-2011, 06:24 PM

by big ned

Looks like it could be a DWM stamp for 7.92x57 Finower Industrie of Germany May 1941.

Ned.

Thanks for your answer but the difference is that the cartridge is 10mm x 57mm instead of 7.92 x 57mm ( look the neck of the shell, its much wider)
aghs

**zwerge** · 06-10-2011, 06:32 PM

It looks like someone made a 10.75x57 mannlicher case out of a 8x57 mauser case.

**big ned** · 06-10-2011, 06:48 PM

by aghsmac1

Thanks for your answer but the difference is that the cartridge is 10mm x 57mm instead of 7.92 x 57mm ( look the neck of the shell, its much wider)
aghs

Ahh I see! Your original post was a little misleading. Ol' Zwerge's on the money I reckon as Mauser produced a hunting rifle inbetween the war years that used a 10.75x57 shoulderless cart. I believe that the very rare 1912 Mannlicher-Schonauer was chambered in some cases to 10x57, again a sporting round.

Ned.