Description

 (8X56R, 8X56R Hungarian, 8X56R Austrian)

150 ROUNDS,  loose rounds and 9 bundles.  A bundle is 10 rounds wrapped in paper.  ammunition is in tin can, lid is missing.  Historically 56-57-grain charge of flake powder, Berdan primed, considered corrosive.

Head Stamp dates 1939 from Durjava Voenna Fabrika (D. V. F.) manufacturer, Kazanlak, Bulgaria.  206-grain bullet Spire Point -FMJ bullet.

8X56R Mannlicher HISTORY:  Adopted first by the Austrian Republic in 1930, Kingdom of Hungary in 1931 and Kingdom of Hungary in 1934.