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Looking over these two catalogs (also the bullet diameter info pages not shown in the scans) as well as one other DWM catalog from 1935, this is what I've pieced together:

8x60 N = .318" groove

8x60 S = .323" groove

8X60 Magnum Bomb = special higher velocity loading of the 8x60 S

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Bob: this is precisely the way I always thought it was also, with all the rest of the descriptions being marketing hype and/or gibberish.

For years I've read this and that about how much more powerful the 8x60 Magnum Bombe load was than the .30-06 or the standard 8x60 or, or, or, etc, etc, etc. For years I've read about this Patrone, and this "mysterious" cartridge seems to be the center of alot of assertions by gun writers and others who possibly had little actual experience with the round?

I'd love to see the truth exposed.

How about a series of chronograph results posted of the various congomulations, conordinations and fobaculations of the round!

Great thread!!

I love this site.