This particular round began life as German 7.62×51, with a Berdan primer. Both are presumably fairly common in military use, and close enough in case head dimensions to reform into 8×33. My understanding is that local 8×33 in Pakistan is made from a variety of cases, primarily 8×57 and 7.62mm NATO. Typical example of Pakistani 8x33K cartridge I was curious to try this out firsthand, so I dug out some various AK magazines and some 7.92x33K cartridges to see for myself:Īdi in Pakistan also sent a couple photos of some of his ammo: Note the MEN headstamp and NATO cross. Here are a few photos he sent: AK mag loaded with 8x33K ammo AK mag loaded with 8x33K ammo Rear view showing cartridge as it would be stripped off by the bolt. He says that feed problems are fairly rare, and when they do occur are caused by the short 8×33 case having extra space to travel to the chamber, since the gun was designed around the longer 7.62×39 cartridge. Adi reports that his rifle uses standard 7.62×39 AK magazines, and he can load 28 rounds into a magazine. Thanks to a Pakistani reader named Adi who happens to own a 44-Bore rifle (an AK with the chamber reamed to accept 8×33 Kurz cartridges), we have some a bit more information on this interesting variation of the AK.
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