DEACTIVATED INERT. Unfired Pre War 10 Round Pack Of RWS 8x57JR Hunting Ammunition. - O 1844 DEACTIVATED INERT. Unfired Pre War 10 Round Pack Of RWS 8x57JR Hunting Ammunition. - O 1844 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. This is a Pre War 10 round pack of RWS (Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprengstoffwerke) of 8x57JR Sinoxid hunting ammunition m. In 1926 RWS concluded a working agreement with I. G. Frabenindustrie AG of Frankfurt. Development of a stainless, non-corrosive priming composition, named Sinoxid at the Stadeln factory. This pack of 8x57JR ammunition contains 10 rounds of soft point ammunition that was used in various German double rifles and drillings. The ammunition being rimmed hence the R in the specification. The cartridge cases are made of clear lacquered steel and are headstamped RWS 8x57JR and are fitted with a nickel jacketed lead round tipped bullet which are separated by a folded thin card zig zag partition. The J specification means having a 0.318” bullet which was used by the military until the spitzer 0.323” bullet was adopted. The buff cardboard box has a trade label on the front RWS 10 Patroned 8x57JR Normallsiert SINOXID QUECKSILBERFREI ROSTFREI EROSIONSSICHER. Rheinisch-Westfalische Sprengstoff-Actien-Gesellschaft NURENBERG. The rear of the box label has printed on it 10 Patroned 8x57JR Pulverladung 2,5gr T.1910 Geschofz Flachkopf 26m/m 1..7gr F.Z. “SP” N56Q Hergestellt in Deutchland. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess these inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 1844