I Need Help With Another Heavy Rifle~

[danielsand]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

I thought the R stood for 'rimmed'

Some people say it stands for "rimmed", some say it's for "Russian". I always called it "7.62 Russian". Does it really matter? As long as we know which weapons to load it in. .303 British is never referred as "rimmed" but as we all know it is rimmed.
Call it what you will. It's a good cartridge (both,...7.62R and .303), but I still prefer 7.92 Mauser.