7.63×25mm Mauser
7.63×25mm Mauser | ||||||||
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Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken | ||||||||
Designed | 1896 | |||||||
Specifications | ||||||||
Parent case | 7.65×25mm Borchardt | |||||||
Case type | Rimless, bottleneck | |||||||
Bullet diameter | 7.86 mm (0.309 in) | |||||||
Land diameter | 7.62 mm (0.300 in) | |||||||
Neck diameter | 8.46 mm (0.333 in) | |||||||
Shoulder diameter | 9.60 mm (0.378 in) | |||||||
Base diameter | 9.86 mm (0.388 in) | |||||||
Rim diameter | 9.98 mm (0.393 in) | |||||||
Case length | 25.15 mm (0.990 in) | |||||||
Overall length | 34.80 mm (1.370 in) | |||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||
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The 7.63×25mm Mauser (.30 Mauser Automatic) round is a bottleneck, rimless, centerfire cartridge, originally developed for the Mauser C96 service pistol. This cartridge headspaces on the shoulder of the case.[1] It later served as the basis for the 7.62mm Tokarev cartridge commonly used in Soviet and Eastern Bloc weapons.
History
This cartridge was based on the 7.65mm Borchardt of 1893, the most successful semi-automatic pistol cartridge in production at the time, due to its use in the Borchardt C-93 pistol. The 7.63mm Mauser is sometimes confused with the later 7.65mm Parabellum (.30 Parabellum), also a bottlenecked pistol cartridge used in the Luger Parabellum. It has been manufactured from the 1890s until the present by various ammunition manufacturers.
Firearms chambered for the 7.63mm Mauser cartridge include the pistol for which it was designed, the
Several Soviet pistol and submachine gun developments of the late 1920s were designed to use the 7.63mm Mauser cartridge. The Mauser cartridge thus became the basis for the
Contemporary usage
Some 7.63mm Mauser ammunition is still manufactured by
Synonyms
- .30 Mauser Pistol
- .30 Bore - Pakistan Ordnance Factory (used for both the 7.63mm Mauser and 7.62mm Tokarev cartridges).
See also
References
- ^ Wilson, R. K. Textbook of Automatic Pistols, p.247. Plantersville, SC: Small Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1943.
- ^ Star Firearms by Caliber
- ^ Finnish Army History 1918-1945 Machine Pistols Pt. 1
- ^ Polish Tokarev (PW wz.33) Pistol, Shooting 7.63 Mauser?. MilsurpBros. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ McNab, Chris. Soviet Submachine Guns of World War II, Osprey Publishing 2014, p. 59.
- ^ Finnish Army History 1918-1945
- ^ "32 Cal .312 85 gr XTP - Hornady Manufacturing, Inc".
- Barnes, Frank C. CARTRIDGES OF THE WORLD 3rd Edition pgs 152–177, 1972 Digest Books, ISBN 0-695-80326-3
- والي، صلاح. (2009). السلام عليكم : رواية. al-Ḥaḍārah lil-Nashr. OCLC 373100208.