8.15mm C96 Mauser cartridge???

alvin · 06-19-2009, 05:00 PM

Regarding to whom this new caliber could be attractive, or what's the market driving factor at that time:

1) Not German. Weimar military supplier was Simson, and caliber was 9. Mauser had no space there;
2) Not Asian. Spanish gunmakers could freely pick up any caliber, but all of them went 7,63, market driven;
3) Not Russian. Otherwise, they would not 'invent' 7,62x25;
4) Most prewar 9x25 went to South America. Not sure why. But looks like South America commercial market had some need on larger caliber C96.... If there were market need on bigger caliber, South America could be one.

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06-19-2009, 05:00 PM	#10
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Regarding to whom this new caliber could be attractive, or what's the market driving factor at that time: 1) Not German. Weimar military supplier was Simson, and caliber was 9. Mauser had no space there; 2) Not Asian. Spanish gunmakers could freely pick up any caliber, but all of them went 7,63, market driven; 3) Not Russian. Otherwise, they would not 'invent' 7,62x25; 4) Most prewar 9x25 went to South America. Not sure why. But looks like South America commercial market had some need on larger caliber C96.... If there were market need on bigger caliber, South America could be one.