Thanks for the cool video. You did not mention that the two boxes of steel cased ammo seemed to be intended for MG use. Is that important? Did the ammo for MGs differ in any meaningful way? EDIT: and what about the different colored primers, does that mean anything beyond differences in production?
Yes, boxes stamped "Für MG" contain loose ammo whereas boxes with "Für Gewehr" would have the ammo loaded on clips. There were a lot of changes to primer sealant color and material throughout production. The book "7.9x57 Mauser Ammunition for the Collection - Volume I: German WWII, by Geremy M. Chubbuck" has a section just on primers that I'd recommend checking out as it goes very in-depth on that. Otherwise, all the relevant primer information is on the box itself. Type 88 primers are corrosive, whereas primers 30, 30/40, and 43 are all non-corrosive.
@@Feldmutzethanks for the book recommendation - I see the same author has also done one on foreign country manufacture (Vol II) and Imperial Germany too (Vol III)
If a box is marked with "MG" that indicates it's loose ammo inside, otherwise if it's stamped with "Für Gewehr", the ammo is loaded on clips inside the box.
Excellent video
Thank you!
Thanks for the cool video. You did not mention that the two boxes of steel cased ammo seemed to be intended for MG use. Is that important? Did the ammo for MGs differ in any meaningful way? EDIT: and what about the different colored primers, does that mean anything beyond differences in production?
Yes, boxes stamped "Für MG" contain loose ammo whereas boxes with "Für Gewehr" would have the ammo loaded on clips.
There were a lot of changes to primer sealant color and material throughout production. The book "7.9x57 Mauser Ammunition for the Collection - Volume I: German WWII, by Geremy M. Chubbuck" has a section just on primers that I'd recommend checking out as it goes very in-depth on that. Otherwise, all the relevant primer information is on the box itself. Type 88 primers are corrosive, whereas primers 30, 30/40, and 43 are all non-corrosive.
@@Feldmutze Thank you ever so much for the detailed response.
@@Feldmutzethanks for the book recommendation - I see the same author has also done one on foreign country manufacture (Vol II) and Imperial Germany too (Vol III)
🇦🇺😎👍Tracer ammunition is illegal along with everything else down here in Australia.
I seen boxes that look the same that don't say mg in red letters
Most of them powder did not shake around in the case
What does the red letters saying mg on the box
If a box is marked with "MG" that indicates it's loose ammo inside, otherwise if it's stamped with "Für Gewehr", the ammo is loaded on clips inside the box.
@@Feldmutze cool 😎 thanks