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German Gew 4J W sectional dtawings .slum tug details of construction and operation. Top detail shows overall construction with chamber loaded and arm ready to fire. Note thai while operating rod works along the top of the barrel and is fully enclosed by guards, its return spring is positioned below the barrel. Arms extend down on either side at the rear of the rod to compress the rod return spring. The two-piece boll return spring is housed in receiver. Center detail illustrates gas operation....
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Czech 7.62mm Model 58 Assault Rifle with Wooden Stock. Czech 7.62mm Model 58 Assault Rifle with Folding Stock, Stock Fixed. System of operation Gas, selective fire Weight, loaded with wooden stock 8.7- lbs. with metal stock 8.75 lbs. f.englh overall w wooden stock 33 w fixed metal stock 33 w folded metal slock 25 Feed device 30-round staggered column, detachable box magazine Sights from. Protected post rear Tangent leaf, adjustable in 100 meter increments from 100 10 Soo meters. Cyclic rate...
U S Rifle Caliber M Other Models
Style SB This is the standard Mi903 rifle as fitted to the 1922M1 cal. .30 stock Type B . Style XRA This is the Springfield Sporter. It employs the Model 1922. NRA , stock, Caliber .30. This is the short sporting design without handguard and with a rounded shotgun buttplate. The barrel and receiver arc browned in this design. A special lower band fastens the short fore-end of the stock to the barrel. A Lyman 48 receiver rear sight replaces the military design. Style NBA This is the same as the...
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British Rifle Mo. 5, M irA 7ung lt r Carbine , Cal. 303. This is essentially the production Rifle No. 4 shortened into carbine form. Since this carbine uses the standard rifle cartridge the muzzle flash may prove frequently undesirable hence the flash-hider. The Rifle A o. 4 series represents an attempt to apply mass production methods to manufacture of the old S.M.L.E. rifle system. Modifications arc those required to modernize the rifle insofar as is possible. and to cut manufacturing steps....
German Model Mauser Commission
German Model 1888 sectional drawing with action open ready for loading. The magazine feeding system varies from the Mannlicher. Note that barrel jacket is sere-wed in to receiver. Details of removable boli head can be seen. Since this design bolt is bored out from the front there is no bolt sleeve. Instead the cocking piece is mounted over the rear of the projecting striker and held by a nut screwed into the threaded rear end of the striker.
Muzzle velocity fps Austrian Mannlicher Model
Overall length, rifle without bayonet 504mm Overall weight, rifle without bayonet 9.7 lbs. Type of action Straight Pull Type of Magazine Box Vertical Column Barrel Length 30.1 So. Grooves 4 Bore Diameter .315 Groove Dia. .329 1. When first issued in 1888, the then new 8mm cartridge was loaded with black powder. In 1890 the change to smokeless was made, calling for regraduation of sights. 2. The action of this model is the same as the Model 1886. With bayonet attached 60.2 With bayonet attached...
Cartridge Case Vzv
Length Overall 2.24 Length Head to Shoulder 1.71 Length of Shoulder .18 Length of Neck .35 Diameter at Rim .474 Diameter at Base .470 Diameter at Neck .320 Diameter at Shoulder .420 BALLISTICS approximate Mu7z1e Velocity 2300 f.s. Pressure 45,000 Ibs. sq. in. Notes 1. See Cal. 7mm Mauser under F. N. Belgium for other data on this cartridge. 2. This cartridge is interchangeable with the Serbian 7mm Mauser cartridge. 3. Rifles chambered for this cartridge will chamber the 7mm sporting ammunition...
Chapter NORWAY
GOVERNMENT PLANTS Kongsbcrg Vapcnfabrikk. PRIVATE PLANTS H. Larsen Drammen . No large scale manufacturing of small arms. Imports usually from Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany. PRINCIPAL MILITARY RIFLES U.S. Rifle Cal. .30 Mi various other rifles such as British No. 4s. German Kar gSk's, etc., are held in reserve. FORMER MILITARY RIFLES 6.5111m Krag Jorgensen M1894 and its variants. Norwegian 6.5mm Ml89.5 Krag Jorgensen, Carbine. The Norwegian Army realized at the end of World War II that their...
The U S Rifle Caliber BO Model
Shortly after the adoption of the Krag-Jorgensen in 1892 the U. S. Army Ordnance Department began the study of the Mauser system. Five thousand of a first model, designed with a 30 inch barrel and having a muzzle-length stock were ordered for experimental purposes in 1901. Before they were ready the barrel length was ordered reduced to 24 inches. This was in the direction of providing a weapon suitable for both infantry and cavalry use, eliminating the long standard combination of rifle and...
French Model Kropatchek Marine Infantry
Overall length, rifle without bayonet 49 Overall weight, rifle without bayonet 10.3 lbs. Type of action Turnbolt Type of Magazine Tubular Barrel Length 29.5 No. Grooves 4 Bore Diameter .433 Groove Dia. .4417 1. Original cartridge was modified for this arm which was the Model 18f gt 6 Gras converted to the tubular magazine. With bayonet attached 69 With bayonet attached 11.5 lbs. Type of bolt 2 piece Rotating head Capacity 7 Direction of Twist Left Rate of Twist 21.65
Chapter REPEATING RIFLES
The term repeating rifle commonly means any rifle equipped with a magazine. The repeater may be of the lever action slide, pump or trombone action bolt action or semiautomatic type. The magazine may be of the tubular type placed either in the stock or under the barrel or it may be of the spool or box type built into the receiver. Tubular magazines. One advantage of the tubular magazine is that it provides the maximum capacity possible without spoiling the general appearance of the gun. It is...
Cartridge Case Upr
Length Overall 2.09 Length Head to Shoulder 1.75 Length of Shoulder ,10 Length of Neck .24 Diameter at Rim 474 Diameter at Base .470 Diameter at Neck .340 Diameter at Shoulder .425 BALLISTICS approximate Muzzle Velocity 2034 f.s. Pressure About 42,000 lbs. sq. in. Notes 1. This cartridge was the basis for the Turkish 7.65mm Mauser cartridge and th 7.65mm Mauser cartridge used in South America. 2. Cartridge sold in U. S. under name 7.65mm Mauser interchanges. EARLIER OFFICIAL BREECHLOADERS The...
Info Jlr
Rifle 7.62mm FN CI. The Canadian version of the FN FAL Rifle. Caliber 7.62mm NA'J O System of operation Gas, operated, semiautomatic Overall length normal butt 44.75 Barrel length 21 Weight, loaded 10.93 Feed device s o rounds, detachable, staggered box magazine Sights front Protected blade rear Aperture, gradualed from 200-600 yds. There is also a 7.62mm C1A1, the latest version of the Ci. C1A1 differs from the Ci in having a plastic carrying handle rather than wood and in having a two-piece...
Chapter AUSTRIA
GOVERNMENT PLANTS None currently manufacturing small arms. See German Intelligence Code List in appendix X for list of wartime plants in Austria. PRIVATE PLANTS Steyr-Werke A. G. was the outstanding manufacturer. This organization was founded by Josef Werndl, developer of the early Werndl breechloader. Steyr manufactured all forms of M nnlicher straight pull and turn bolt rifles. In recent years manufacture was concentrated on Mannlicher-Schoenauer rifles and carbines, hammerless double...
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GOVERNMENT PLANTS Copsa Mica at Cugir, built in the 1930's by Zbrojovka of Czechoslovakia. No private plants. PRINCIPAL MILITARY RIFLES Roumanian A KM, Soviet 7.62 mm AK-47 Assault Rifle and 7.62mm SKS carbine. FORMER MILITARY RIFLES Czech ZR Model 24 Mauser rifle in 7.9mm and the obsolete Model 1893 M nnlicher turning bolt 6.5mm. Also 1924 and later Mauser patterns made in Belgium 7.9mm. Steyr 8mm Mi895, French 8mm M1907 Mannlicher Berthier, Soviet 7.62mm M1891 series, and Mosin Nagant rifles...
French Model Gras Chassepot Conversion Single Shot
Overall length, rifle without bayonet 51 Overall weight, rifle without bayonet 9.3 lbs. Type of action Turnbolt Barrel Length 32.3 No. Grooves 4 Bore Diameter .433 Groove Dia .4448 2. The 1874 modification in both rifle and carbine forms is still a common rifle in the Balkans. With bayonet attached 74 With bayonet attached 11.5 lbs. Type of bolt 2 piece Rotating head Direction of Twist Left Rate of Twist 21.2
Info Ghw
1.62 mm M1891 Mas in ragant Rifle of early manufacture. Note sling swivels and flat leaf rear .sight. 7.62mm 1I89I Mosin Nagant Jiifle of later manufacture. Sole sling sluts through stock and rounded sight leaf. The Model 1891 was first made 11 quantity at Chatellerault in France it has also been made bv SIG in Switzerland and Stevr in Austria. It can also be found with a bayonet lug sleeve mounted on the barrel. This work was done by the Germans in World War I to enable them to use their...
Soviet Sporting Rifles
The Soviets have a complete line of sporting rifles, from relatively cheaply-made caliber .22 weapons to expensive match weapons. These weapons are rare in the United States and are quite expensive in this country, but are widely used throughout the Soviet Bloc. The Soviets have especially concentrated on free-type march rifles suitable for Olympic competition. By competing in the Olympics with first-class shooters and first-class equipment of native design, the Soviets have attempted to make...
Bullet 1
Type Jacketed, Round Nose Diameter .310 Weight 215 grs. Length 1.205 FN .375 Magnum Sporler, Safari Grade. These weapons are handled in the U. S. by the Browning Arms Company. Above is shown the FN 536mm CAL rifle. Below, left, with folding stork, stock folded Below, right, with 40mm grenade launcher attached. FN BAR semi-automatic sporter. Below is detail of its locking system. Browning lever rifle BLR manufactured by FN. FN over under double-barrel Express Rifle, Type D5. The BAR is gas...
Bullet Ysr
Type Full Jacketed-Flat based-Pointed bullet Diameter .310 Weight 184 grs. Length 1.9 5 CARTRIDGE CASE Length Overall 2.97 Length of Shoulder .14 Diameter at rim .476 Diameter at Neck .337 Length Head to Shoulder 1.84 Length of Neck .99 Diameter at Base .473 Diameter at Shoulder 431 BALLISTICS approximate Muzzle Velocity 2390 f.p.s. The firm of B. C. Miroko, whose factory is located at Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture manufactures rifles. Their Model 360 is a bolt action with box magazine chambered...
Ad Qex
While there are no English records yet found specifically dealing with hand guns at. this period, there is ample proof of an extensive use of gunpowder. In the records for 1347 of Thomas de Roldeston, Keeper of the King's Privy Wardrobe, is an item covering the purchase of gunpowder at eighteen pence per pound. Later English records also detail powder purchase but the hold of the longbow was so great on both the populace and the military of early days, that not until the Wars of the Roses...
Japanese World War II Bolt Action Rifles
Japanese forces were equipped with the 6.5111m Type 38 rifle, Type 38 carbine, and Type 44 carbine for a long time prior to World War II and large quantities of these weapons were used throughout the war. The older 6.5mm Type 30 rifle and carbine were also frequently encountered during the war. After 1 heir experiences in China and Manchuria the Japanese decided they needed a heavier caliber rifle. They had adopted a 7.7111111 semi-rimmed cartridge for use in a heavy machine gun Type 92 in 1932...
ON OPPOSITE PAGE Roumanian Model Details
Top line shows detail of safety and spring, bolt which is bored out from the front, and special nut which screws on to end of striker and holds cocking piece in place Next line shows side view of cocking piece, early pattern Roumanian extractor, striker and mainspring. Note that in later models the extractor may be the same as the Dutch pattern, a type which is also found in the Mannlicher Schoenauer and Hungarian Mannlicher patterns. Next line shows details of loaded clip, and two views of...
Info Yxq
The first practical approach to the semiautomatic rifle was made by an American, Hiram Maxim, in England. In 1881 and 1883 he worked out an elementary mechanical conversion for making a semiautomatic out of the Winchester 1866 and 1873 repeaters. These arms, it will be remembered, are locked by a toggle system operated by the triggerguard lever. Maxim worked out and patented a buttplate with a spring cushioned between it and the gun butt. In shooting, the buttplate rested against the shoulder...
Rifle Model
Barrel Length 23.4 No. grooves 4 Bore Diameter .313 groove dia. .326 Type of bolt 2 piece iota ling head Capacity 5 War II in France. It was also used in the x gt r and exteriors crude. This is an obsolete French 1886 M93. Right side detail showing action open, cartridge in elevator ready to be chambered, and hooked front of elevator preventing next cartridge in magazine tube from emerging. The bolt is two piece. The dual lugs are carried on the bolt head. Primary extraction is effected by the...
Belgian Rifles In World War II
While the basic rifles and carbines were the 7.65mm M 1889 the following rifles were listed as being widely issued 1 Model 1916 Slight variant of the 7.65mm 1889. Barrel jacket. 2 Model 189S Belgian Same as German Gew. 98, but in 7.65mm. 3 Model 1924 Series Calibers 7, 7.65 and 7.92mm. These were export Mauser System rifles, made by F. N. 4 Model 1935 Belgian Officially adopted for use in 7.65mm. 5 Model 1936 Belgian The old projecting box magazine M1889 modified to take the German Gew. 98...
Origins Of Gunpowder And The Gun
work are of classical antiquity, the sections dealing with gunpowder formulas were written about the middle of the 13th Century. The next, or perhaps concurrent, references to gunpowder are in the manuscripts of the English monk Roger Bacon, the Spanish monk Ferrarius and the Bishop Albertus Magnus of Ratisbon. The manuscript of Ferrarius is an unedited letter now in England in the Bodleian Library at Oxford addressed to an unknown Ansclm. The Opus de mirabilibus mundi of Bishop Albertus...
Buixet
Diameter .328 Weight 20K gr. Length 1.35 CARTRIDGE CASE Length Overall 2.21 Diameter at Rim .554 Weight of Case 180 gr. Muzzle Velocity 2395 f.p.s. Hungary, like most of the other European satellites, uses Soviet produced sporting rifles extensively. In addition, Hungary produces several caliber .22 rifles which are also exported by Ferunion, Budapest. The Bcke is a medium weight, single shot, bolt action target rifle. Its only unusual feature is the mounting of a peep rear sight on the barrel...
Bullet Atf
Type Lead Paper Patched Diameter .45 Weight 480 grs. Length Overall 2.31 Length Head to Shoulder 1.33 Length of Shoulder .' 7 Length of Neck .75 Diameter at Rim .765 Diameter at Base .66 Diameter at Neck 475 Diameter at Shoulder .615 Notes This cartridge was originally made with a coiled brass or iron case but was later made, including manufacture in this country with a solid brass case and regular Boxer type primer. Pre-World Wrar II British Sporting Rifle There was little real mass production...
M Efr
Sweden had been armed with the single shot, Remington, rolling-block rifle since 1867. It had been rebarreled in 1889 from 12.17mm rimfire cartridge to 8mm Danish Krag cartridge. However, Sweden was anxious to acquire a small bore repeating rifle. After testing the Mannlicher, Krag, etc., Sweden settled upon the Mauser rifle in caliber 6.5 x 55mm, officially designated M96 to commemorate the year of its adoption, although its origination at the German Mauser works at Oberndorf in collaboration...
Chapter JAPAN
GOVERNMENT PLANTS World War II-Tokyo, Nagoya, Kokura Jinsen Inchon , Korea. PRIVATE PLANTS World War II Chuo Kogyo Kabushiki. Current Howa Kogyo K. K. Ltd., B. C. Miroku. PRINCIPAL MILITARY RIFLES The current standard rifle of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces JGSDF is the 7.62mm NATO Type 64 rifle. Caliber .30 Ml rifles and caliber .30 M2 carbines are probably still available as reserve arms. During the early days of the JGSDF a number of 7.7mm Type 99 rifles were converted to caliber...
Chapter Rhl
Just when or where the first inventor applied the forces of discharge to the task of reloading and cocking an arm, no man can positively say. The authoritative official British Textbook of Small Arms 1929 Edition considers that the automatic principle appears to have been an English invention, on the basis of a fully authenticated entry in the records of the British Royal Society dated March 2, 1663. On that early flintlock day the record shows see Birch's History of the Royal Society that Sir...
Part Ii
A single shot rifle, as its name implies, is a weapon having no mechanism for loading cartridges into the chamber from a magazine. It must be manually loaded for each shot. This type of rifle falls into two general classifications a Those of the original Maynard type in which pushing down the finger lever which forms the trigger guard releases the barrel at the breech, permitting the muzzle to hinge down from the fore-end for loading and unloading. In recent years only the discontinued Stevens...
Cartridge Case Pss
Length Overall 2.25 Length Head to Shoulder 1.55 Length of Shoulder .13 Le 11 glli of Neck .57 Diameter at Rim .627 Diameter at Base .524 Diameter at Neck .462 Diameter at Shoulder .510 BALLISTICS approximate Muzzle Velocity 1340 f.s. Notes 1. This cartridge was also used by Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Overall length, rifle without bayonet 48.6 Overall weight, rifle without bayonet 8.8 lbs. Type of action Turnbolt Type of Magazine Box Staggered Barrel Length 2y.i No. Grooves 4 Bore Diameter...
This weapon is a native Dominican design which combines the gas system of the
System of operation Gas. selective fire Feed device 20-round, detachable, staggered row, box magazine Muzzle velocity 2700 f.p.s. Dominican 7.62mm MI962 Rifle Field Stripped.
Info Xhy
1838. Except for one undated specimen in Paris in the M usee d' Artillerie, the Dreyse seems to mark the first application of this very simple locking system, a fact difficult to understand when we consider that the door bolt from which it evolved had been in common use for centuries. When the bolt was withdrawn, a paper cartridge was inserted. A primer was attached to the base of Top to bottom Early Flintlock with set trigger and barrel sights. Early pepperbox. Details of the Dreyse Needle...
Dominican Republic
GOVERNMENT PLANTS Facilities for the manufacture of rifles exist. PRINCIPAL MILITARY RIFLES U.S. Springfield, Model 1903 30 06, 7.62mm FN FAL, U.S. cal. .30 Mi. The Dominican Republic has developed respectable sized small arms design and production facilities since World War II. This has been done with the help of refugee Hungarian technicians and Italian tooling. The first native weapon to be built in quantity was the Cristobal Model 2 Carbine. Caliber .30 Automatic Carbine Cristobal Model 2...
.400 Calibre Rifles 1905
Length Overall 2.18 Length Head to Shoulder 1.15 Length of Shoulder .11 Length of Neck .32 Diameter at Rim .496 Diameter at Base .494 Diameter at Neck .335 Diameter at Shoulder 452 Muzzle Velocity 2560 f.s. Pressure About 43,000 lbs. sq. in. PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT PLANTS Kirikkalc. PRINCIPAL PRIVATE PLANTS None of consequence. PRINCIPAL MILITARY RIFLES U.S. rifle cal. .30 Mi. Mauser 1905, 7.92mm. Also earlier patterns, primarily Mi893 convened to 7.92111111 British No. 1 and No. 4 rifles Czech...
EARLIER OFFICIAL BREECHLOADERS Ross rifles
The Ross straight pull rifle was invented by Sir Charles Ross. Various models were manufactured at his arms plant in Quebec, Canada. The Ross appeared in a wide variety of Marks. Minor modifications included sight changes, while major modi Pica lions included types of magazines employed and construction of boll locking lugs. All these rifles are now obsolete, but a brief description is given because many of the rifles are still in use or in the hands of collectors. The Ross in caliber .303 Mark...
Chapter BRAZIL
GOVERNMENT PLANTS Industria National de Armas, Sao Paulo, SP. PRIVATE PLANTS Amanda Rossi, Sao Leopoldo, RS. PRINCIPAL MILITARY RIFLES Cal. .80 FN M1949, 7.62mm FN FAL rifles, Mauser Model 1908, 7mm. Some U.S. M1903 and Ml rifles and Ml carbines. EARLY OFFICIAL BREECHLOADERS Model 1894 Mauser, 7mm. Very slight modification of Spanish Model 1893 See under Spain. The description of the German Gew. and Kar. 98 series see under Germany covers all mechanical details of the Brazilian M. 1908, wThich...
Poland
GOVERNMENT PLANTS Warsaw and Radom. PRIVATE PLANTS None. PRINCIPAL MILITARY RIFLES Soviet designed 7.62mm AKM, AK-47 Assault Rifle and 7.62mm SKS Carbine. Soon after the organization of the Polish nation at the conclusion of World War I, Poland obtained machinery for the manufacture of both the German Gewehr 98 and the German Karabiner 98. Except for minor details of manufacture, the Polish rifles are identical with the German. Polish 7.92mm M91 98J25 Rifle an alteration of the Russian M91...
Chapter CANADA
GOVERNMENT PLANTS, Long Branch, Ontario. PRIVATE PLANTS Ross no longer in production . John Inglis, World War II NAACO. Canadian Ross Rifles C.al. 303. From top to bottom Mark III, Mark II , Mark II, and Mark III . PRINCIPAL MILITARY RIFLES 1 . Rifle, 7.62 mm FN C1AL 2 . The only rifle manufactured in Canada and issued during World War II was the Service Rifle, No. 4 Mark I and Mark I . The above Lee-Enfiekl pattern is discussed under Great Britain. Canada was among the first to adopt the FN...
Chapter WEST GERMANY
PRIVATE PLANTS Rheinmettal Borsig, Dusscldorf Heckler and Koch, Oberndorf A M J. G. Anschutz GmbH, Ulm Donau Carl Walther, GmbH, Ulm Donau H. Krieghoff K. G., Ulm Donau J. P. Sauer 8c Sohn A. G., Dussel-dorf Waffcn Frankonia, VVurzburg, F. W. Heym, Munnerstadt, Krico, and Mauser, Obendorf. PRINCIPAL MILITARY RIFLES 7.62mm Rifle G3, G3A1, G3A2, G3A3 and G3A4. This weapon is the German version of the Spanish CETME assault rifle. The G , which is covered in more detail under Spain, began as the...
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Russian M 91 System with action open ready fot loading. The interruptor which prevents more than one cartridge from rising into line for feeding is seen in the left side receiver wall. The bolt head construction may vary somewhat in models manufactured at different periods or places. Russian M 91 System loaded and loeked, ready to fire. The lugs in his design lock into the right and left side wails of the receiver ring. Pulling back and turning the cocking piece not only removes it from contact...
Cartridge Case Ozu
Length Overall 2.09 length Head to Shoulder 1.75 Length of Shoulder .10'' Length of Neck .24 Diameter at Rim 474 Diameter at Base .470 Diameter ai Neck .340 Diameter al Shoulder .425 Muzzle Velocity 2720 f.s. Pressure About 45.000 lbs. sq. in. Notes 1. This cartridge is interchangeable with the Belgian 7.65111m, Peruvian 7.65mm and Argentine 7.65mm Military cartridges. Turkish Model 1905 Carbine. Although these specimen shown has been rebarreled to 7.92mm.
Info Yhs
Swedish 6.5mm AG42 Second Revision Ljungman Semiautomatic Rifle. By 1953, after ten years of use by troops, the AG42 was improved by revising the design of the trigger mechanism and extractor the front sight and magazine were strengthened and, to lessen fouling, stainless steel was used in the construction of die gas tube. Because fired 6.5mm cartridge cases are reloaded, a rubber roller on the right forward side of the cover serves as a buffer for the ejected cases. The Swedish-made copy of...
Early Metallic Cartridge Breech Loaders
In the 1860's and '70s the combination of American inventive and manufacturing genius first truly asserted itself. With the introduction of the metallic cartridge, the Sharps' locking system came into its own. Existing rifles were promptly converted to both rim and center fire types. Christian Sharps' original patent was granted in percussion days September 12, 1848 to be exact , yet its essential locking system has come down through the years as one of the great basic locking forms. The...
Types Of Types Of Firearms In The World
Length Overall 2.24 Length Head to Shoulder 1.81 Length of Shoulder .125 Length of Neck .305 Diameter at Rim 470 Diameter at Base 471 Diameter at Neck .351 Diameter at Shoulder .4314 BALLISTICS approximate Muzzle Velocity 2530 f.s. Pressure 47,000 Ibs. sq. in. Notes 1 Sporting type commercially manufactured in the United States to lower pressure with smaller diameter bullet can be used in German 1888 types as well as 98. 2. This cartridge is made in Europe in armor piercing, tracer and...