Sure, I got some from Graf, I believe they are made by Prvi.
Looks OK, at least before firing, which I have not done yet...
It's funny to see that the brass bullet was invented in the 1880s, and used by the gazillions in WWI.
All that much before Barnes was born.
The "balle D" bearing surface is very short, in order to reduce pressure, akin to a banded bullet.
Very few inventions are not reinventions....
As for the military cartridge ban in France, I believe that this happened at the end of WWII, due to the ubiquity of military weapons available at the end of the German debacle, and possible Communist uprising.
I am pretty sure that Manufrance was selling rifles in .303BR and 8 Lebel between the wars. The truth is that there was little big game in France at that time, thereby little use for rifles, when the common shotgun was usable with buckshot on the occasional wild boar. Rifles were therefore uncommon except for colony usage and those typically did not survive that very hard life.
Best regards,
WC-
Last edited by WildCattle; 02/08/13 08:43 PM.
