And also the number of 8mm rifles IS was restricted to 100 000 for Reichswehr ,Navy , Police and other security units . I think Post police and Railway police also had some .
Those rifles and mostly carbines ( when you are limited and can pick what you want , you tend to pick the best ones )
They are marked “1920 “ on top
Of original marking, this was for pistols also .
So “1920
1916 “
That was not like it for 8x57I
And then Brenneke new 8x64S
Mother case of later 7x64
But you’re right 8x60 came then , and in Rimmed version also
All other rifles besides those 8x57IS had to be rebarreled, rechambered , stripped down , exported or destroyed .
It was not until 1935 that civilians could legally own IS again and other cartridges fell back then.
Same time DWM developed the 8x73 DWM on .404 case
Can one say .300 Rum 60 years ahead ?
And 8x68S also came , then the another world rupture came and many cartridges fell aside after 8mm
But not 8x57
Yugoslavia continued its use , Spain Norway as millitary until we got sadly .30-06 .
And lots more . Norma sold many boxes of Alaska and Vulcan in moose ammo .
German ammo was around
Drillings , combos . Then Norma did the trick 8mm Fmj for fox capercaillie and such x
Combine with a 198 or so bullet and one was done
Then Woodleigh came with 220 and 250 RN and 8mm had a new life .
Shirt handy customized Husky 98s or double rifles with 220 or 250 grain . Moose and boar shakers .
