| 8mm Gasser | ||||||||||||
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| Type | Revolver | |||||||||||
| Place of origin | Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||
| Service history | ||||||||||||
| Used by | Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||
| Designed | 1898 | |||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||
| Case type | Rimmed, straight | |||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | 8.11 mm (0.319 in) | |||||||||||
| Neck diameter | 8.56 mm (0.337 in) | |||||||||||
| Base diameter | 8.60 mm (0.339 in) | |||||||||||
| Rim diameter | 9.68 mm (0.381 in) | |||||||||||
| Case length | 27.00 mm (1.063 in) | |||||||||||
| Overall length | 36.00 mm (1.417 in) | |||||||||||
| Filling | smokeless powder | |||||||||||
| Filling weight | 0.35 g (5.4 gr) | |||||||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||
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| Source(s): 2. Fiocchi | ||||||||||||
The 8mm Gasser is a rimmed cartridge used in the Rast-Gasser M1898 revolver and a small number of converted Mauser C96 pistols. Its bullet is cylindro-ogival and is of the jacketed type.
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This page was last edited on 5 April 2024, at 19:33