Can any of you identify these battle packs"

Lyn Islaub · 10-11-2017, 06:03 PM

Found these battle packs of ammunition in a friends garage along with some Teller Mines. Those of you better versed in German re better equipped than I to translate them.
Thx,
Lyn

gunbugs · 10-11-2017, 06:08 PM

Looks like 8mm Mauser to me. Closeup of the label would help.

Chickenthief · 10-11-2017, 07:29 PM

They are indeed 7,92x57 Mauser M08

Trageslaufe = Carry handle

Made in the 9'th month of 1940

Patrone s S = Schwere Spitzgeschoss = Heavy bullet (197,5grains)

Code P 635 = Gustloff-Werke, Otto Eberhardt-Patronenfabrik, Hirtenberg Niederdonau

Then it says a lot about powder used and load (and who made it), primer used (and who made it)

gunnertwo · 10-12-2017, 12:25 AM

Those would be good sellers.

Hopefully the Teller "things" are dewat...

G2

John Sabato · 10-12-2017, 10:11 AM

Lyn, not sure I understand the circumstances of you rummaging through a friends garage, but that looks like a great collector find. I concur with gunnertwo, as without the proper licenses for destructive devices, I would turn in the teller mines to BATFE for disposal.

gunbugs · 10-12-2017, 04:32 PM

If the tellers are inert, then DO NOT turn them over to ATF. Don't contact ATF unless it's an emergency.

Lyn Islaub · 10-12-2017, 07:37 PM

The Tellers are inert and empty cans. The fuses fro the Model 35s are inert also.

Major Tom · 11-12-2017, 07:04 AM

WOW! Those battle packs of 8mm should be highly collectable!

10-11-2017, 06:03 PM	#1
Lyn Islaub Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 435 Thanks: 3 Thanked 152 Times in 72 Posts	Can any of you identify these battle packs" Found these battle packs of ammunition in a friends garage along with some Teller Mines. Those of you better versed in German re better equipped than I to translate them. Thx, Lyn Attached Thumbnails

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John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Lyn, not sure I understand the circumstances of you rummaging through a friends garage, but that looks like a great collector find. I concur with gunnertwo, as without the proper licenses for destructive devices, I would turn in the teller mines to BATFE for disposal. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

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Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 481 Thanks: 531 Thanked 226 Times in 123 Posts	WOW! Those battle packs of 8mm should be highly collectable! __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

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gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 635 Thanks: 335 Thanked 1,139 Times in 377 Posts	Looks like 8mm Mauser to me. Closeup of the label would help.

10-11-2017, 07:29 PM	#3
Chickenthief User Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Denmark Posts: 135 Thanks: 0 Thanked 131 Times in 48 Posts	They are indeed 7,92x57 Mauser M08 Trageslaufe = Carry handle Made in the 9'th month of 1940 Patrone s S = Schwere Spitzgeschoss = Heavy bullet (197,5grains) Code P 635 = Gustloff-Werke, Otto Eberhardt-Patronenfabrik, Hirtenberg Niederdonau Then it says a lot about powder used and load (and who made it), primer used (and who made it)

10-12-2017, 12:25 AM	#4
gunnertwo User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 605 Thanks: 803 Thanked 909 Times in 351 Posts	Those would be good sellers. Hopefully the Teller "things" are dewat... G2

10-12-2017, 04:32 PM	#6
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 635 Thanks: 335 Thanked 1,139 Times in 377 Posts	If the tellers are inert, then DO NOT turn them over to ATF. Don't contact ATF unless it's an emergency.

10-12-2017, 07:37 PM	#7
Lyn Islaub Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 435 Thanks: 3 Thanked 152 Times in 72 Posts	The Tellers are inert and empty cans. The fuses fro the Model 35s are inert also.