Who fired these?

[Brian T]

Thank you very much. This has been very informative and helpful!

[UK Cousin]

Awesome. We all agree on 8mm..

[zwerge]

They are both 8mm but very different,the Lebel on the left has a bullet of .327 diameter opposed to the Mauser which has a bullet of .323 diameter,the reason there are different markings on the French projectiles is that they were made in different arsenals at different dates.....Pete.

[PRE]

Zwerge and Eike41,
Can you recommend a source (online or printed) for the identification of projectiles, preferably something that would have the meanings of the relevant abbreviations?
Thanks,
Pat

[lokvar]

French bullets for lebel in WW1 was whole made from brass...if you cut one on half you can see if is WW1 or WW2 where they use also lead....