Thread: MG 34 Question
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Old 09-29-2006, 20:50   #4
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Originally Posted by Gene Econ

...What this probably means is that the 7.62 cartridge will slide into the 8 X 57 chamber but will fall so far into the chamber that the firing pin probably won't strike the primer on the 7.62 cartridge...

Gene
I just tried it, and a 7.62 cartridge is fatter. It jams in the MG-34 chamber and protrudes about 1.25 inches from flush.
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