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The civilian headstamp has the "SBR" at 12 o'clock and the caliber at 6 o'clock. On the military headstamp the "SB" is at 12 o'clock and the "R" is at 6 o'clock. It manufactured 7,92mm Mauser and .303 British military ammunition because most of the regional powers used either captured German or Austrian war surplus or British military aid.
The 7.92×57mm Mauser (designated as the 8mm Mauser or 8×57mm by the SAAMI [2] and 8 × 57 IS by the C.I.P. [3]) is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. The 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge was adopted by the German Empire in 1903–1905, and was the German service cartridge in both World Wars. In its prime, the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge was ...
As is customary in European cartridges the 8 denotes the 8 mm bullet caliber and the 64 denotes the 64 mm (2.52 in) case length. The 8×64mm is a hunting cartridge in central Europe and can due to its 87.5 mm (3.445 in) maximal overall length fairly easily be chambered in standard sized military Mauser Gewehr 98 bolt-action rifles.
The ammunition plant was used to make .303 British, 7.9mm Mauser and 9×19mm Parabellum military ammunition during World War 2 from 1940 to 1945. Pretoria Metal Pressing made cases for them without a headstamp that were sold in foreign markets under the Musgrave match ammunition brand during the embargo.
7mm Mauser, 8mm Mauser round nose, 8mm Mauser military ball: Date: 18 September 2007: Source: Own work: Author: Ryan D. Larson: Permission (Reusing this file) I, the author, release this image to the public domain.
T1IIT = 330 cartridges .50 linked (2 × API M8, 2 × Incendiary M1, 1 × API-T M20). 55 linked rounds per carton, 1 carton per M10 ammo can, 3 × M10 ammo cans (165 linked rounds) per rectangular cardboard box, 2 vertically-stacked cardboard boxes per Navy metal 20mm Mk.1 Mod.0 ammo box.
It was adopted by the German Empire in 1905 and was the standard cartridge of German military in both World Wars. This cartridge were also adopted by other countries and one of the world's most popular military cartridges in the 20th century. [1] The 7.92×57mm Mauser is still a popular sport and hunting cartridge in the 21st century. [2]
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