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The second contract was for the Egyptian government, consisting of 100 rifles chambered to fire the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge (also popularly known as 8mm Mauser). It was ordered on May 30, 1948 and delivered by June 10, 1949. While initially a small contract delivery, Egypt would eventually purchase 37,602 SAFN 1949 rifles total. [7]
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 ...
Bullets had the manufacturer code over the Quarter number and two-digit year of production engraved on the base (e.g. Pk/2-26 is Zaklady Amunicyjne, Pocisk, 2nd Quarter of 1926). 8mm Lebel "Balle D" bullets were differenced from 7.9mm Mauser bullets by a capital letter "D" inset between the contractor code and the date (e.g. Pk/D/2-26).
Mauser Model 1889: Bolt-action rifle Germany: 1914–1918 Rechambered from the original 7.65×53mm Mauser. Mauser Standardmodell: Bolt-action rifle Germany: 1924–1960s Derived from the Gewehr 98. Karabiner 98k: Bolt-action rifle Germany: 1935–present Gewehr 98/40: Bolt-action rifle Germany: 1940–1945 German-contract 7.92×57mm Mauser ...
Kvale designed a wildcat cartridge, the 8mm Kvale, in 1949. This gave a magnum power cartridge by rechambering surplus 8mm Mauser M98 rifles. [ 4 ] The lessons learned from this cartridge were put into the .308 and .358 Norma Magnum.
The MAS-49 is a French semi-automatic rifle that replaced various bolt-action rifles as the French service rifle that was produced from 1949. It was designed and manufactured by the government-owned MAS arms factory. [1] The French Army formal designation of the MAS-49 is Fusil semi-automatique 7 mm 5 M. 49 ("semi-automatic rifle of 7.5 mm ...
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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. (October 2021)