7.65x53mm Argentine

Infobox Firearm Cartridge
name=7.65x53mm Argentine


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origin=flagcountry|German Empire
type=Rifle
service=
used_by= See Usage
wars=WWI, WWII
designer=Mauser
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variants= 7.65x53mm R (rimmed)
is_SI_specs=yes
parent=
case_type=rimless, bottlenecked
bullet=8.00
neck=8.78
shoulder=10.90
base=12.01
rim_dia=12.05
rim_thick=1.00
case_length=53.60
length=76.00
case_capacity=3.70
rifling=280 mm (1 in 11.02 in)
primer=Large rifle
max_pressure=390.00
max_cup=
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filling_weight=
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yield=
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bw1=155
btype1=FMJ-BT
vel1=2710
en1=2530
bw2=174
btype2=FMJ-BT
vel2=2460
en2=2340
bw3=211
btype3=FMJ
vel3=2130
en3=2150
bw4=
btype4=
vel4=
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balsrc=Cartridges of the World, 11th edcite book
last = Barnes
first = Frank C.
editor = Skinner, Stan
title = Cartridges of the World
edition = 11th Edition
origyear = 1965
year = 2006
publisher = Gun Digest Books
location = Iola, WI, USA
pages = 357
isbn = 0-89689-297-2]

The 7.65x53mm Argentine cartridge was developed for use in the Mauser Model 89 rifle by Paul Mauser of the Mauser company. It is also known as 7.65 mm Argentine, 7.65x53mm Belgian Mauser or 7.65 mm Belgian (in the United States) and 7.65x53mm Mauser (in Belgium).

The 7.65x53mm R is a rimmed variant of the 7.65 mm Mauser cartridge. Ballistically it is comparable to the also rimmed .303 British cartridge.

Interestingly, Fabrique Nationale, one of the world's major firearms developers and manufacturers, was established in 1889 in order to manufacture the 150,000 Mauser Model 89 rifles ordered by the Belgian Government.

Usage

At one time, the 7.65x53mm Argentine cartridge saw widespread use.It was used by:
*flagcountry|Argentina
*flagcountry|Belgium
*flagcountry|Bolivia
*flagcountry|Colombia
*flagcountry|Ecuador
*flagcountry|Paraguay
*flagcountry|Peru
*flagcountry|Spain
*flagcountry|Turkey

Some of the rifles it was used in were the Modelo 1891, Argentine Modelo 1909 Carbine, Modelo 1908, Modelo 1910 & the Argentine FN Model 1949. In Argentinian military service, the cartridge was used from 1891 to the early 1960s in Mauser bolt-action military rifles, as well as a semi-automatic rifle, the FN FN-49.

This cartridge was loaded commercially by many manufacturers in the United States until about 1936. Hornady is the only major U.S. ammunition manufacturer to still produce this cartridge. Sporting ammunition in this caliber is still loaded in Europe.
Norma, Prvi Partizan and Sako currently produce 7.65x53mm ammunition.

References

*http://members.nuvox.net/~on.melchar/765mauser/index.html
*http://www.carbinesforcollectors.com/
*http://www.chuckhawks.com/7-65x53_7-65x53R.htm
*http://www.surplusrifle.com/argentinemauser1909carbine/ammunition.asp
*http://www.surplusrifle.com/argentine1891/index.asp