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Later the cartridge was adopted for use in rifles in 1931 as the M31 to replace the 8×50mmR Mannlicher cartridge. The updated cartridge coincided with an update to the Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 rifle in which the barrel length was reduced and the chamber re-cut to accept the new cartridge, and was the cartridge chosen by Hungary for the 35M rifle ...
The 8×50mmR Mannlicher cartridge has a long history of sporting use in India, as it was a simple matter to modify the Lee–Enfield action to accommodate the 8×50mmR in place of the .303 inch cartridge, thus providing a solution to the British colonial administration's 1907 ban on civilians possessing rifles chambered in British military ...
The Mannlicher M1893 (or M93) is a bolt-action rifle that was the standard service rifle of the Kingdom of Romania from 1893 to 1938. [1] The rifle and its 1892 predecessor were the first repeating rifles to be widely issued in the Romanian military. [ 2 ]
Originally adapted from Hawks Rifle Cartridges; Some cartridge info can be found at 6mmbr cartridge diagrams; Reloading information at Load Data; Cartridge diagrams at Steve's Pages; Cartridge and reloading info can be found at Accurate Reloading
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
This gave the bullet an approximate velocity of 1,750 ft/s (530 m/s) out of the M.88's 30" barrel. Many M.86 rifles were converted to accommodate this new cartridge, creating the M.86/88 and M.86/90. [1] It was succeeded by the semi-smokeless and later on the fully-smokeless powder 8×50mmR Mannlicher cartridge.
Cartridge(s) Years produced Country of origin Mannlicher M1886: M86: 11×58mmR M86-88: 8×52mmR: 1886-1887 Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: Mondragón rifle: 7×57mm Mauser: 1887 Mexico: Mannlicher M1888: M88 8×52mmR M88-90 and M88-95: 8×50mmR M88/24: 8×57mm IS: 1888-1896 Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: Mannlicher M1890 carbine
Other foreign Mannlicher clients opted for versions of the issue rifle of Austria-Hungary, the M1895, or simpler turn-bolt rifles like the M1893 or the Dutch M1895. However, the Mannlicher–Schönauer M1903 did fulfil the specifications of the Greek Army, and the first major contract was signed by the Greek Government in 1903.