Come to think of it, I bet my hat, not my good hat, on it being 8X57R-360. That just may be what it is. If the D.R.G.M. number is 71331, it could narrow the date to with 6 years, or the length of protection time for a unique innovation. D.R.G.M. #62088 was issued on July 13,1896, so I assume an additional 10k or so would be issued over the next couple years. Most of the D.R.G.M.s were lost during the wars and the info available is quite small.
Something is amiss and is beginning to puzzle me. Info 2nd or 3rd hand from the Suhl proofhouse(I'm just guessing it went through there) notes that the 118/35 was a designation for a 9.3mm bullet used up until circa 1910. And you say that an 8mm round won't fit in? Is there a "crown" over "R" on the rifle tube somewhere? The pre-rifling diameter was near 0.341" and you measured 0.317"??
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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