10.15x61mmR | ||
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10.15x61mmR "Jarmann" |
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Type | Rifle | |
Place of origin | United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway | |
Service history | ||
In service | 1881 to 1900 | |
Used by | Norway Sweden |
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Specifications | ||
Case type | Rimmed |
The 10.15×61 mmR cartridge was designed by a joint Swedish-Norwegian rifle commission in the late 1870's and early 1880's, and approved for use in Sweden and Norway in 1881. It was primarily used by Norway in the Model 1884 Jarmann rifle, but also saw limited use in Sweden in the m/1867-84 rolling block rifle and carbine ("kammarskjutningsgevär m/1884" and "kammarskjutningskarbin m/1884", which were primarily used for gallery shooting, that is short range training)[1]. It is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge, and was initially loaded with black powder and a lead bullet wrapped in paper. Later cartridges were loaded with smokeless powder and had a lead bullet coated in steel (Full metal jacket, or FMJ).
The earliest version had a load of 4.46 g of blackpowder, and a projectile weighing 21.85 g. This gave a muzzle velocity of 500 m/s. The later version, with a full metal jacket, was loaded to produce the same muzzle velocity.
All in all, more than 3 million cartridges were manufactured for military use in Norway, as well as more than 2 million ordered from abroad. The majority of these were sold with the Jarmann rifles when the Norwegian Army introduced the Krag-Jørgensen.
The following variations on the 10.15x61mmR cartridge have been identified: