High speed velocity champion?

conehammer · 12-26-2011, 02:55 PM

I know I've read where the 7.63 Mauser cartridge ( as loaded for the C96) was considered by some authors the high speed pistol velocity champion until the .357 magnum came along.

However what about the 8.5mm Gabbet-Fairfax 'MARS' pistol cartridge? It supposedly attained 1750fps in 1900??

Nobody wanted to fire it supposedly but it was sold commercially even for a short time; doesn't that qualify as a commercial alternative to the Mauser?

Jerry

12-26-2011, 02:55 PM	#1
conehammer User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 116 Thanks: 1 Thanked 55 Times in 21 Posts	High speed velocity champion? I know I've read where the 7.63 Mauser cartridge ( as loaded for the C96) was considered by some authors the high speed pistol velocity champion until the .357 magnum came along. However what about the 8.5mm Gabbet-Fairfax 'MARS' pistol cartridge? It supposedly attained 1750fps in 1900?? Nobody wanted to fire it supposedly but it was sold commercially even for a short time; doesn't that qualify as a commercial alternative to the Mauser? Jerry