M1892 St Etienne

[frakesmj]

Hello, I'm new to the forum.

I have a model M1892 St Etienne M1892, with "MAS1893" on the right side of the barrel. This carbine has not been converted to the 8mm Mauser round.

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[Calif-Steve]

8mm Lebel French carbine. I am not aware of any being converted to 8mm Mauser. Some converted to 7.5mm French cartridge. The Turks had many and converted some rifles to carbine length.

[bandook]

The Germans converted some rifles after they occupied the countries that had previously owned them, but you have a Berthier Carbine, by the way it is described, and I doubt that the Germans even thought about converting the ones they captured to the 8 X 57mm cartridge. It simply would not have been worth it, and it would have been very difficult from a technical standpoint...even for them.