Help identifying old ammo

[daddyusmaximus]

I need some help figuring out what kind of ammo I have here. It's 7mm Mauser that came with the gun when I got it. I olny have 30 rounds on 6 stripper clips. Can't make heads or tails out of the almost nonexistent headstamp. The silver bullets (always wanted to say I have silver bullets) are magnetic. Both the Brazilian Mauser, and the rounds came from my father-in-law's late uncle, who claimed he had brought it back from Italy after WWII.. No battles I know of in South America, and no markings on the projectiles...

It's at the gunsmith now becoming a scout rifle.

 

[Hkindiana]

I believe that the ammo is Btitish.

 

[Sigblitz]

That is a Kynoch.

 

[Hkindiana]

That is a Kynoch.

Yes, and Kynoch IS British

 

[Sigblitz]

I was wondering what the chargers (stripper clips) are marked.

They're corrosive, they shoot really well, but the brass is usually sacrificed.

 

[t-squared]

Found something pretty close....https://www.joesalter.com/category/products/Kynoch-7-MM-Mauser-Ammo-40-Rnds

 

[Wolfhound]

Cool old ammo, thanks for posting the pictures OP. Definitely surplus and steel core old school ammunition.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Thanks people... Learning has occurred.

 

[AmmoManAaron]

It's at the gunsmith now becoming a scout rifle.

Please tell me it was already sporterized and you didn't chop up an unmolested Brazilian military Mauser.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Please tell me it was already sporterized and you didn't chop up an unmolested Brazilian military Mauser.

I know collectors will be upset, but yes, I did have my gunsmith shorten the barrel on an unmolested Mauser. (It's now 20" and has a Surefire Warcomp on it.) I could BUY a scout rifle, but those are in .308, a harder recoiling round. This has been in my wife's family for 70 years, and has NEVER been shot till this year. It needs to be made usable. A crappy stock, and sights you can't use are not a good combo. Father-in-law gave it to me because he owed me money. Now his grandson will get to shoot it one day instead of it just being some collector thing to look at.

Going tomorrow to get scope rings.