G.P.P. *is* a typo.
On the other hand, the not commonly seen "S.G." might have stood for Spitzgeschoss, and hence may have indicated an 8mm barrel for the so-called "S"-Patrone (wider bullet, wider chamber neck, maybe appropriately reamed leade, while the lands and grooves however might not be different from the M/88 pattern).
I wish one could retrieve the hidden treasure of the old Zella-Mehliser Beschussbücher (proof ledgers). It stands to reason that they were conserved somewhere, after *only* the Suhl proof office was still retained in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the short-lived state ("Land") of communist Thüringen (July 1945 to 1952/58), and still later in the unitarian GDR. Until today.
Carcano
Last edited by Carcano; 04/10/25 08:19 AM.
