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Originally Posted by jag312
You might want to check which cartridge it actually uses. The 8mm Lebel is a bottle-necked rifle cartridge that was developed in France. I also wouldn't waste my money on an Orbea revolver. I think they are junk.
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There are two cartridges colloquially referred to as 8mm Lebel! One is for the Berthier/Label rifles.
The second is a revolver cartridge for the French "Modele d'ordonnonce" adopted in 1892 and used by the French clear into the 1950s. A few of these were brought back from Viet Nam as war souvenirs during that war.
Swissman has always seemed to be quite knowledgible, not good to question him about something like this.
BTW, Nice revolver Swissman. All serious S&W collectors should have at least one of the better Spanish copies of a Smith IMO.