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8 mm Mauser

muskox2000muskox2000 Member Posts: 69 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in Ask the Experts
I read in a book on Military Mausers of the World that the Czech 98/22 caliber was 7.92 X 57 rimless. Is this the same as 8 X 57 JS?
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  • muskox2000muskox2000 Member Posts: 69 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have the chance to buy an older check gun in 8 mm Mauser. It is a pretty rifle, in good shape, at a good price. Since I reload, the availability of ammo is not an issue. My question is, how does the 8mm Mauser compare to 30.06?
    Thanks,
    dchristian
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    7.92X57, 7.9X57, 8X57, 8mm mauser, and yes, 7.92X57 IS (not "JS"- this is a mistake as in old, Gothic Script German the "I" looks like an English "J", where I means "Infantrie") are all the same cartridge. 7.92X57 I and 7.92X57R are different.

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • Iroquois ScoutIroquois Scout Member Posts: 930 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    MILITARY Mausers made from 1905 on use the .323 diameter bullet,but many civilian Mausers continued to use the .318 bullet diameter up to the beginning of WWII. If any doubt exists,slug the and be sure.
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