8mm Gasser | ||
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Type | Revolver | |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary | |
Service history | ||
Used by | Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Italy Yugoslavia |
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Production history | ||
Designed | 1898 | |
Specifications | ||
Case type | Rimmed, straight | |
Bullet diameter | 8.11 mm (0.319 in) | |
Neck diameter | 8.56 mm (0.337 in) | |
Base diameter | 8.60 mm (0.339 in) | |
Rim diameter | 9.68 mm (0.381 in) | |
Case length | 27.00 mm (1.063 in) | |
Overall length | 36.00 mm (1.417 in) | |
Filling | smokeless powder | |
Filling weight | 0.35 g (5.4 gr) | |
Ballistic performance | ||
Bullet weight/type | Velocity | Energy |
125.8 gr (8.15 g) FMJ | 240 m/s (790 ft/s) | 235 J (173 ft·lbf) |
126.1 gr (8.17 g) FMJ | 250 m/s (820 ft/s) | 255 J (188 ft·lbf) |
Source(s): 2. Fiocchi |
The 8mm Gasser is a rimmed cartridge used only in the Rast-Gasser M1898 revolver. Its bullet is cylindro-ogival and is of the jacketed type.