Talk:7x57 Mauser

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[edit] Incorrect

This page was once an erroneous redirect to the 7.92x57mm (8mm Mauser) page. This has been long corrected so I just deleted that discussion.

It has been recently suggested that this page be merged with the 7.92x57mm (8mm Mauser) page. I suspect this is due to the historical discussion of the previously incorrect redirect. They are in fact two seperate cartridges with very different histories and are not compatible in any way; such a merge would be pointless.

HangFire 02:05, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I concur, it would not be a wise move to merge these two together, it would only lead to trouble and confusion.

[edit] Article renaming

As per the general consensus from the team at Wikiproject: Military History, it would seem that this article really ought to be named "7x57 Mauser", with no spaces. I thought I'd give people a chance to comment before arbitrarily changing the title, however. --Commander Zulu 07:03, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

It is one version of the "7 mm Mauser". Nobody ever says that it is a "7 Mauser". Why would you drop the mm just because you add the length disambiguation? Gene Nygaard 12:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

For much the same reason you don't have "7.62mmx51mm NATO" or "6.5mmx54mm Carcano"- firearm calibres just aren't written that way. It's spoken as "Seven by Fifty-Seven Mauser", not "Seven Millimetre by Fifty Seven Millimetre Mauster", for example. Imperial calibres are expressed as .ABC (.303, .30-06, .44), Metric calibres are expressed as AxB (7.62x51, 6.5x55, 9x19). The "mm" disambiguator isn't necessary.--Commander Zulu 12:29, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I've moved the page. -GTBacchus^(talk) 05:10, 16 December 2006 (UTC)