This was actually a carbine with a 19.6-inch barrel that some mixed-up German ordnance officer named “Gewehr,” which means rifle, while the standard K98k has a 23.6-inch barrel and is labeled Karabiner. These cartridges include (left to right): an original German military round, a Hornady 195-grain Spire Point factory load, a Norma 196-grain softpoint factory load and a Mitchell’s Mausers 198-grain FMJ factory load.There was another Wehrmacht ’98 Mauser 8x57mm that deserves attention.
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European ammunition factories do not worry about the J and JS designations and load the round to its full potential. The K98k Mausers, if in good condition as determined by a qualified gunsmith, can easily handle higher pressures. 318-inch barrels made it to the U.S., pressures have been kept low. Therefore, fearing some of those very early. As noted, original German specifications had a barrel groove diameter of. The reason is the J- and JS-bore size factor. SAAMI’s specification for pressure is 35,000 psi. In the U.S., the 8mm Mauser has often been ignored by ammunition factories. 319 inch, and an overall maximum cartridge length of 3.250 inches. Case length is 2.244 inches with a neck length of. This seems like a good place to include 8x57mm specifications in American terms. However, Germany’s so-called standard was named s.S. During the war many other loads were used, including vast stocks of ammunition captured from Poland and Czechoslovakia, nations that had also adopted the cartridge. The bullet was still a spitzer but its weight was increased to 198 grains, and velocity was lowered to 2,540 fps. Fabrique Nationale in Belgium and BRNO in Czechoslovakia come instantly to mind.Īlong with the redesigned Mauser ’98, German ordnance officials also saw fit to change its cartridge somewhat. This 4x scope is mounted in long side rail mounts.territories. With only minor changes as dictated by wartime emergencies, more than 10 million K98ks were built in Germany and other factories in conquered Bolt handles were then bent, and slings were moved from beneath to the rifle’s left side. Its barrel length was 23.6 inches, weight was reduced to 8.5 pounds, and the rear sight became a simple folding open-type ladder with a corresponding front blade dovetailed to a barrel stud. Therefore, the proper term for it is K98k.
Through many minor changes (denoted by letters of the alphabet as a suffix) the version with which the Wehrmacht finally equipped its front line units for World War II was the “k” version. In the interwar years the long G98 evolved into the K98, with the “K” standing for Karabiner, meaning carbine, or short rifle, in German. In form, G98s had 29-inch barrels with a rather uniquely shaped open rear sight that collectors have termed “roller coaster.” Bolt handles were straight. It had been the country’s front line infantry rifle in World War I and was used extensively in many conflicts and revolutions inside Germany during postwar unrest. In the late 1920s and early 1930s Germany set about redesigning its military rifle from the Gewehr ’98, based on Mauser’s famous Model 1898 action. switched to a rimless case design in 1903, and a spitzer bullet with a velocity of more than 2,700 fps in 1906. If anyone doubts that the world’s major militaries kept a close eye on Germany’s developments, note that the U.S. 323 inch, weight was dropped to 154 grains, its shape was changed to spitzer and its velocity was increased to about 2,880 fps. Around 1905, bullet diameter was changed to. 318-inch bullet at about 2,100 fps with a case of new rimless design. The Wehrmacht marked its K98ks with codes instead of each manufacturer’s name.As introduced, this cartridge had a 226-grain roundnose.
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