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This article is missing information about "7.92 mm" Mauser and members of the lineage (besides x33, which is already here). Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page .
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.
The M/88 bore originally had 7.90 mm (0.311 in) lands diameter and 8.10 mm (0.319 in) grooves diameter. The M/88 barrel bore specification was changed by 1894–1895 to 7.90 mm (0.311 in) lands diameter and 8.20 mm (0.323 in) grooves diameter to improve accuracy and reduce barrel wear in M/88 chambered arms. [4]
With the official certification of the .375 Hölderlin and the 8.5×68mm Fanzoj this German 68 mm "family" of magnum rifle cartridges that all share the same basic cartridge case got expanded in the 21st century. The cartridges in this German 68 mm cartridge "family" are, in the order of development: 8×68mm S (1939) 6.5×68mm (1939)
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 rebated rim dimensions exactly match the 6.8mm Remington SPC case, allowing the use of the 6.8mm SPC bolt-face of an AR-15, but the case has a base diameter of .4400" and cannot be reformed from any other existing case.
The 8mm/92 [8 x 27 mm R], officially designated as 8 mm Lebel by the C.I.P., [2] is a rimmed cartridge used in the 8mm M1892 revolver and inexpensive handguns manufactured in Belgium and Spain. These are usually copies of the Modèle d'Ordonnance revolver itself or of then reputable foreign firearms ( Colt Police Positive , Nagant M1895 , Rast ...
The 8mm Remington Magnum is suitable for hunting almost any game animal on the planet, though certain sub-Saharan Africa countries have a 9.53 mm (.375 in) or 10.2 mm (.40 in) minimum caliber rule for hunting Big Five game – i.e. leopard, lion, Cape buffalo, rhinoceros and African elephant.