Some French Rifles

[Mikesm44]

Well, you hardly ever see them on this board so I figured I'd put some up. The Lebel has the interesting providence of having been brought back from Afghanistan. I actually do have the papers for it.

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[Aragorn243]

Nice. We seriously need a French forum.

[vintage hunter]

I agree, a French forum is needed. Other than the odd 49/56 French military arms almost never turned up around here and since ammunition was even scarcer I had no interest in them until recently when PRVI began producing 8x50R. Seems they're coming out of the woodwork every where now, a buddy was at a gun show last weekend and reported quite a few wandering around. I'll be adding a few more later on but for now here's a peek the two I have:

[Mikesm44]

8x50r? Is that the same as 7.5x54? I had not know it was available that way. I had only ever shot the surplus.

[RCS]

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Test your knowledge of French cartridges:

what rifle uses the clip of five rounds ?

second photo: what is the large cartridge next to the 8x50 Lebel ?

[vintage hunter]

1. Berthier M1916,
2. 11mm Gras?

[Aragorn243]

I need that 11mm Gras.

[RCS]

Wrong answers

[vintage hunter]

MikesM44, no the 8x50R is not the same as the 7.5x54. World of difference. The 8mm is a big fat rimmed and rather weird looking round with a compound tapered case body. It's basically a shortened, necked down 11mm Gras case.

[Mikesm44]

Okay thanks. I had no idea what you were talking about at first.