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7mm Maus Historica Mutuser Spanish Notes Developed as a mititary cartridge by d introthuced in 1892, it was adapted by the overnment and chambered in a limited quan- tity of Mivdel 62 Mauser belt action rides which were a modifigption of the Belgian patlern 89. In 1893 Spain adopted § new model Mauser in this same caliber. This rifle has been catled the Spanish Mauser ever since. although it was also adopted by Mexico and a number of South American countries. Remington chambered their rolling bleck and Lee rifles for the 7mm about 1897 and jater the Moctel 30. The Winchester Modell 54 and 70 also chambered it. No American company makes rifles for it at the: present time. but most of the Eurepean and British companies offer it as standard. General Comments Although originally a military car- tridge. the 7x57imm Mauser has proven itself as one of Bullet (grs.} Powdar/grs. 410 3035 43 120 4064 45 130 4320 45 13? For. flake 150 . 4064 42 175 489542 75 4064 42.5 #9130 Ft **150 FL - 175 FL in nacticulatly useful in lightweight fifles be delivers good killing power with moderate r tt has heen used successfully on every species of game ~ on earth, including elephant. However, it is. ele- phant cartridge in the true sense of the term find its success is due largely to the hunting conditi and ability of the hunters who have used it. Ballistically, -it is only slightly less powerful than the .270 Winches- ter or the .280 Remington. It is adequate for most American big game, but is perhaps on the light side for Kodiak bear or moose unless used by an experi- enced hunter. The 7mm Mauser was discontinued in ’ American-made rifles about 1940 due to lack of popu- Reloading Data ond Factory Ballistics MY ME 3060 2285 Dup. Fact. ball. 30450 2478 2915 24650 2300 2657 2750 2510 Dep. foct. ball. 2500 2430 2490 2410 Dup. foct. ball. 3068 2295 200 yd. MRT = 1.6” 2756 2530 ” 2.2” larity. Since the end of World War IJ it has become: increasingly common due to the influx of surplus 7mm military rifles and the better bullet selection offered by Norma and U.S. makers. AN MRY figures in this chapter are derived from line of bore Py except where a double asterisk (**) eppears; in this case the figure derives From the line of iron sights or 1° above line of bore. 4294 TE 3207 a i ee . re ere iten TITS YA nae neg Oe i gE STR TE POE ALEC AI RIOT IT SS 6A IOAN ¥