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7.5mm 1882 Ordnance
Center-fire revolver cartridge From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Swiss 7.5mm center-fire revolver cartridge, also known as 7.5x23mmR, was used militarily in the 1882 and 1882/1929 revolvers of the Swiss army, as well as in Swiss civilian revolvers of the 'bulldog' type. The case is of brass; the heeled bullet is of a hard lead alloy, fully jacketed and coated externally with a wax lubricant. Originally it was loaded with 0.7 grams (11 gr) of black powder.
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Similar revolver cartridges were used in the late 19th century military revolvers adopted by the armies of Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, and Serbia.
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References
Portions of this entry were derived from the following specialized French-language magazines:
- Cibles (Fr)[full citation needed]
- AMI (B, discontinued in 1988)[full citation needed]
- Gazette des armes (Fr)[full citation needed]
- Action Guns (Fr)[full citation needed]
External links
- https://www.swisswaffen.com/75mm-revolverpatrone-1882/rp82/wxao1k5rteke
- http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Swissman25/1929/sIMG_3034.jpg
- https://www.swisswaffen.com/model-1929-ordnance-revolver/r29/wueeizndh1lr
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