8.15mm C96 Mauser cartridge???

alvin · 06-19-2009, 04:31 PM

I still doubt the existence of 8,15m/m C96. There could be a few prototypes, but any production? (production....in my dictionary, even those 50 cartridge counter 1902 Parabellums could be called production). So far, the most sensible theory (to me) was that 8,15 created in Weimar era to offer a caliber bigger than 7,63, but smaller than 9. If it was ever put into production, the context is still missing -- to whom Mauser want to market this new caliber? Who would care a new caliber? German, most likely?

06-19-2009, 04:31 PM	#7
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I still doubt the existence of 8,15m/m C96. There could be a few prototypes, but any production? (production....in my dictionary, even those 50 cartridge counter 1902 Parabellums could be called production). So far, the most sensible theory (to me) was that 8,15 created in Weimar era to offer a caliber bigger than 7,63, but smaller than 9. If it was ever put into production, the context is still missing -- to whom Mauser want to market this new caliber? Who would care a new caliber? German, most likely?