The 8 mm Mauser cartridge next to a United States 5 cent coin.

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Summary

The 8 mm Mauser cartridge's history, loadings, and applications span well over a century, virtually every conceivable application, and extensive adoptation including Turkey, China, Egypt, former German African colonies, and of course, pre-NATO Germany. It continues in use today primarily as a premier sporting cartridge. It shares an unusual similarity with the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge of being manufactured and used by both the Allies and Axis during World War II, being used in the British BESA armored-vehicle mounted machine gun. Mauser is the common name of a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles from the 1870s to present. ... Rimmed, centerfire . ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ... Ball and hollowpoint 9 mm Luger rounds The 9 mm Parabellum pistol cartridge (9 x 19 mm Parabellum, 9 x 19 mm NATO) was introduced by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their Pistole Parabellum. ... The group of countries known as the Allies of World War II consisted of those nations opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, France/Free France, United States, China, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, Norway, Honduras, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military... BESA machine gun Type medium machine gun Nationality UK (Czech) Era World War 2 History Date of design 1936 Production period 1939-1945 (?) Service duration 1939-1945 Operators UK War service World War 2 Specifications Type Caliber 7. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

Now known in Europe and in the USA as the 7,92 x 57 mm JS, the 8 mm Mauser or 8 x 57 mm JS, it was adopted by Germany in 1905 as the 7,92 x 57 IS. (IS is an abbreviation for Infantrie, Spitz or "infantry, pointed"). The IS cartridge was a further development of the 1888 cartridge, the 7,92 x 57 mm I, which had a round-nosed bullet and was developed to be top-loaded via disposable clip in the Gewehr 88 (or Commission 88) rifle. The 7,92 x 57 IS bullet was lighter, pointed, and 8.2 mm (.323 in) in diameter instead of 8.08 mm (.318 in) with improved ballistics. The newer cartridge allowed for far greater range and accuracy. It was mainly used in the Axis rifles and machine guns; its use continues today in former Yugoslavia, and it is a very widely-used bullet in European hunting. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Gewehr 88 was a German rifle adopted in 1888. ... .357 Magnum cartridges, containing bullets A bullet is a solid projectile propelled by a firearm and is normally made from metal (usually lead). ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre (in the U.S., chiefly meter) is a measure of length, approximately equal to 3. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... A ballistic body is a body which is free to move, behave, and be modified in appearance, contour, or texture by ambient conditions, substances, or forces, as by the pressure of gases in a gun, by rifling in a barrel, by gravity, by temperature, or by air particles. ... A rifle is a firearm with a stock and a barrel that has a spiral groove or grooves (rifling) cut into its interior. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A hunter on horseback shoots at deer or elk with a bow. ...

A highly efficient cartridge, it is tremendously popular in European hunting, especially German and Austrian shooters, alongside the similar cartridges 6.5 x 57 mm, 7 x 57 mm and 8 x 68 mm S. The 7x57 Mauser, also known as the 7 mm Mauser, 7 mm Spanish Mauser, and .275 Rigby, was developed as a military cartridge in 1893 for use by the military forces of Spain. ...

8 mm or 7.92 mm? I or J?

The European commercial arms standards body CIP (Permanent International Commission) designates two 8 x 57 mm cartridges, following the military practice. The 7,92 x 57 mm J designates the original cartridge with a .318-inch diameter bullet and moderate pressure limits. The 7,92 x 57 mm JS designates the later, higher pressure cartridge with a .323-inch bullet. The letter "J" is not a J at all, but an "I" for infanterie (infantry). However, at the time the German printers were using a type of typography where the letter “I” looks like the modern day “J”. The letter "S" stands for spitzgeschoss (pointed bullet), the US/english word spitzer is derived from this German word.

The American standardizing body SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute) designates this cartridge as the 8 mm Mauser, also known as 8 x 57 mm JS. However, the pressure limitation for this cartridge is taken from the older 7,92 x 57 I and is limited to 37,500 CUP (Copper Units of Pressure). This is done for safety, in case the .323-inch bullet is fired in an "I" bore (.318 inch) rifle. The American Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (commonly abbreviated as SAAMI) is an association of American firearms and ammunitions manufacturers that is publishing various industry standards related to the field, ranging from policy to acceptable chamber pressure. ...

Specifications

• Actual bullet (and barrel groove) Diameter: J 8.2 mm (.323 in), I 8.08 mm (.318 in)
• Diameter of barrel, land to land: (both) 7.92 mm (.312 in)

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See also

8 mm caliber .303 in. ...

References

Bibliography

de Haas, Frank BOLT ACTION RIFLES Expanded 3rd Edition, pgs 32-38, 1995 DBI Books, ISBN 0-87349-168-8

Olson, Ludwig Mauser BOLT RIFLES 1976 F. Brownell & Son Montezuma IOWA, ISBN 0-88935-265-8

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