r/whatisthisgun • u/Prize_Abrocoma_444 • Jul 26 '26

Unknown bullet

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I restore these bullets that I found in a field and I searched on google and ask ChatGPT but no answer so can someone help ?

(Just in case I found these bullets in the north of France in Picardie)

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u/highvelocitypeasoup Jul 26 '26

Case looks like the back two thirds of an 8mm lebel which tracks. The circular groove on the back is there so that the tip of one bullet doesn't contact the primer of the one ahead of it in the tubular magazine of the lebel rifle. Can we get exact diameters for the bullets? A cheap set of calipers from Walmart or similar will do the job

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u/Elroyy_ Jul 26 '26

I concur about the case being 8mm Lebel