8mm Mauser Ballistics?

[Bwana John]

The 8x57mm Mauser cartridge has also parented at least as many other cartridges as the 30-06. Our own .257 Roberts and 6mm Remington are great examples

I thought 7mm Mauser was the parent cartridge for the 257 Roberts and the 6mm Rem.

I guess they could be formed from either cartridge, the 7mm would be easyer to neck down.

 

[macedogg1]

I recently got my hands on a 8mm yugo mauser. i went out and bought 196 grain wolf gold ammo, does any one now the ballistics for this ammo?

 

[saturno_v]

Loaded to their max specs the 30-06, 8x57 JS and 7,62x54R are basically ballistic twins....well triplets!!.

This trio were the most powerful infantry cartridges during WWII.

On a case capacity/pressure specs scale, the ranking is the following:

1) 30-06: Case Capacity: 68 gr. H20, Pressure Specs: 60k psi (SAAMI), 59k psi (CIP)

2) 7,62x54R: Case Capacity: 64 gr. H2O, Pressure Specs: 58K psi (CIP), non SAAMI rated (as far as I know)

3) 8x57 JS: Case capacity: 63 gr. H2O, Pressure Specs: 35k psi (SAAMI, dowloaded American commercial specs to prevent accidents in older, weaker .318 cal. "J" bore rifles), 57K psi (CIP)


Behind them there were the others, 303 British, 7,7 Arisaka, 6,5 Arisaka, 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano, etc...

 

[SCPigpen]

220 Hornady works good with H4350 out of my M48. This is 50yrds.