7.65×53mm Mauser
The 7.65×53mm Mauser (designated as the 7,65 × 53 Arg. by the C.I.P.) is a first-generation smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge developed for use in the Mauser Model 1889 rifle by Paul Mauser of the Mauser company. It is also known as 7.65×53mm Argentine, 7.65×53mm Argentine rimless, 7.65mm Argentine, 7.65×53mm Belgian Mauser, 7.65mm Belgian (in the United States), and 7.65×53mm Mauser (in Belgium).
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| Type | Rifle | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of origin | German Empire | |||||||||||||||||||
| Service history | ||||||||||||||||||||
| In service | 1889–1970s | |||||||||||||||||||
| Used by | See Usage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wars | World War I Chaco War Ecuadorian–Peruvian War World War II | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Designer | Paul Mauser | |||||||||||||||||||
| Variants | 7.65×53mmR (rimmed) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Case type | Rimless, bottleneck | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | 7.94 mm (0.313 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Land diameter | 7.65 mm (0.301 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Neck diameter | 8.78 mm (0.346 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shoulder diameter | 10.90 mm (0.429 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Base diameter | 12.01 mm (0.473 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rim diameter | 12.05 mm (0.474 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rim thickness | 1.00 mm (0.039 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Case length | 53.60 mm (2.110 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Overall length | 76.00 mm (2.992 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Case capacity | 3.70 cm3 (57.1 gr H2O) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rifling twist | 280 mm (1 in 11.02 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Primer type | Large rifle | |||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum pressure (C.I.P.) | 390.00 MPa (56,565 psi) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Source(s): Cartridges of the World, 11th ed | ||||||||||||||||||||
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