need help what caliber is this military round??

[DIVR6347]

hey
 i have aquired 4 boxes of military rounds but have no idea what caliber it is for   the stamping on the primer end is

35  p25  S*  12   anyone have any ideas on what it might be??
thanks for any help guys
divr6347    

[simonkenton]

Rifle ammo?
If you could measure the length of the case that would be helpful.

[leoparddog]

post a picture - of the entire round.  It shouldn't be too hard to figure out if we could see it.

Save the photo on photobucket.com and use the URL or IMG links.

[DIVR6347]

hey
yes this is rifle ammo
case length without the bullet  is 2.235
bullet diameter is   0.322 at the case mouth
overall cartridge length is 3.158  
ill try and get a picture of it up soon  hopefully i can figure it out
and if someone here wants it ill ship it to the as i have no use for it
divr6347    

[simonkenton]

case length of 2.235 equals 56.77mm
bullet diameter of .322 equals 8.18mm

If that case is not rimmed, my guess is 8mm Mauser, but that is a guess.

[simonkenton]

I will take that ammo off your hands.
Send me a pm or email.
Thanks, Simon

[S.S.]

The *S leads me to believe that it it is probably WWII era
7.92x57 (8MM Mauser) The *S was the designation I think that
meant .323 bore instead of .318.
I have a bunch of it myself. Is it in dark brown cardboard
boxes? flip up the top of the box and see if it has a 3 letter code and a date imprinted into the cardboard. something like (byf. 1944)
that is what all of mine has. Probably German production.
Mine has Copper jacketed Iron core bullets probably because they were scratching the bottom of the barrel for resources.
Another interesting thing, Every single round looks like it had been
sandblasted? I would not have been the poor fool doing that!
Sandblasting builds up a serious static charge!