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Old 01-10-2005, 06:20 PM
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A little while back, Dillon Precision had some 9mm Largo, original Spanish military...might want to check their website see if they have any more.

Here's a quicky question:

As some of you know, I'm starting up a World War One re-enacting unit, and one of the logistical problems I'm looking at is 8x56R blank ammo. Am looking right now at a spent 8x56mm Mannlicher, right next to a once-fired 7.62 x54mm...and if these rounds headspace ON THE RIM, I might be able to --perhaps--use Eastbloc surplus 7.62 x 54mm blanks (NOT LIVE AMMO!) in the Mannlichers my unit will be picking up....

(If this is infeasible, need to get verification of WHICH units of the Central Powers made use of M-1888 Commission rifles....8x57 blanks I can find!)
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