7.63×25mm Mauser
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The 7.63×25mm Mauser (.30 Mauser Automatic) round is a bottleneck, rimless, centerfire cartridge, originally developed for the Mauser C96 service pistol. This cartridge headspaces on the shoulder of the case.[1] It later served as the basis for the 7.62mm Tokarev cartridge commonly used in Soviet and Eastern Bloc weapons.
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7.63×25mm Mauser | ||||||||
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Type | Pistol | |||||||
Place of origin | German Empire | |||||||
Service history | ||||||||
Used by | Germany, Soviet Union, China, Spain and Finland | |||||||
Production history | ||||||||
Designer | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken | |||||||
Designed | 1896 | |||||||
Specifications | ||||||||
Parent case | 7.65×25mm Borchardt | |||||||
Case type | Rimless, bottleneck | |||||||
Bullet diameter | 7.86 mm (0.309 in) | |||||||
Land diameter | 7.62 mm (0.300 in) | |||||||
Neck diameter | 8.46 mm (0.333 in) | |||||||
Shoulder diameter | 9.60 mm (0.378 in) | |||||||
Base diameter | 9.86 mm (0.388 in) | |||||||
Rim diameter | 9.98 mm (0.393 in) | |||||||
Case length | 25.15 mm (0.990 in) | |||||||
Overall length | 34.80 mm (1.370 in) | |||||||
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