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2,060 ft⋅lbf (2,793 J) 244 gr (16 g) M93 RN. 2,035 ft/s (620 m/s) 2,244 ft⋅lbf (3,042 J) Test barrel length: 30. The Austro-Hungarian 8×50mmR Mannlicher or 8×50mmR M93 is a service cartridge dating back to the days of semi-smokeless powder. It was later replaced by (and many weapons were rechambered for) the 8×56mmR cartridge. [citation ...
8×50mmR Lebel. The 8×50mmR Lebel (8mm Lebel) (designated as the 8 × 51 R Lebel by the C.I.P. [3]) rifle cartridge was the first smokeless powder cartridge to be made and adopted by any country. It was introduced by France in 1886. Formed by necking down the 11×59mmR Gras black powder cartridge, the smokeless 8mm Lebel cartridge started a ...
Sights. U-notch and front post. The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modèle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in 1893, is an 8 mm bolt-action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Army in 1887. It is a repeating rifle that can hold eight rounds in its fore-stock ...
Germany introduced a spitzer style bullet in 1903 with the 7.92×57mm Mauser, the United States reworked the recently introduced .30-03 of 1903 into the 30-06 of 1906, and Britain revised their 303 British cartridge with a spitzer bullet in 1910. In 1923, Siam also followed the lead of other countries by adopting the Type 66 cartridge (BE 2466).
8x50mmR. 8×50mmR may refer to: 8×50R Lebel, a cartridge using smokeless powder. 8×50mmR Mannlicher, a cartridge of Austria-Hungary from 1890. Category: Letter–number combination disambiguation pages.
The 2008–2016 United States ammunition shortage was a shortage of civilian small arms ammunition in the United States that started in late 2008, [1] and continued through most or all of 2010, with an additional shortage beginning in December 2012 and continuing throughout 2013. The 2008 election of President Barack Obama triggered increased ...
Iron Sights. The Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 ("Model 1917 Automatic Rifle"), also called the RSC M1917, was a gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle placed into service by the French Army during the latter part of World War I. It was chambered in 8mm Lebel, the rimmed cartridge used in other French Army infantry weapons of the time.
Bullet mass/type. Velocity. Energy. 244 gr (16 g) M88 RN. 1,750 ft/s (533 m/s) 1,660 ft⋅lbf (2,250 J) Test barrel length: 30 inches (76 cm) The 8×52mmR Mannlicher cartridge was first introduced in 1888 for the Mannlicher M1888 rifle, an updated version of the Mannlicher M1886. [ 2]