8mm mauser (12.8 gram) 7.62mm nato (9.7 gram) width: I much rather prefer to fire the original rimless bottle necked smokeless spitzer cartridge. In 1905 the german military revised the cartridge upping the diameter of the bore and bullet to.323 and called it 8x57js or 7.9x57 or 7.92x57.
Mausers, Medicine, & Motorcycles
*casing image above is an artist rendering and not a real photo of 8x57mm mauser js ballistics cartridge.
It used a 154 gr spitzer bullet that ran about 2900 fps.
The major drawback is that 8mm mauser is loaded *way* down by domestic cartridge companies. 1 5 10 20 25 50 100. I won't get into that here, though. Spec full charge factory loads like ppu 8x57mm is labled (these are in fact loaded hotter than us marketed boxes labled just 8mm.
Bullet diameter of the 8x57js is only.381mm or 15 thou greater.
Hornady’s 8mm mauser match ammunition just misses this mark, but not by much. Ball = 2,740 fps and 2,500 ft. If it shoots well now, it should shoot well after reaming. For modern loadings, the major advantage of the 8mm mauser is the fact that it copes with with 200 and 220 grain bullets a little better than the.30'06.
Hornady 196gr vintage match 8mm mauser at palmetto state armory.
I also handload so i can duplicate, or come close to c.i.p. The 8x57 has gone through a couple of bore diameters as well as a few aliases. The 1888 commission mauser rifle mainly which used a 226 gr round nose bullet at 2100 fps. In a 98 style rifle, the 7x57 can be loaded close to the.270, especially with lighter bullets.
