NAME – 7.63x25mm

NAME (COMMON) – .30 Mauser, 7.63 Mauser

TYPE – Bottleneck centerfire

YEAR OF INTRODUCTION – 1896

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

CASE TYPE – Rimless bottlenecked

CARTRIDGE LENGTH – 34.5 mm (1.36 in)

CASING LENGTH – 25 mm (0.99 in)

CASE HEAD DIAMETER – 9.86 mm (0.388 in)

CASE RIM DIAMETER – 9.98 mm (0.393 in)

BULLET TYPE – Full jacketed round nose

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.85 mm (0.309)

BULLET WEIGHT –5.51 g (85 grains)

POWDER WEIGHT – 0.75 g (11.5 grains)

CASING WEIGHT – 4.44 g (68.5 grains)

TOTAL ROUND WEIGHT – 10.69 g (165 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 433 m/s (1420 fps)

NOMINAL BARREL LENGTH – 14 cm (5.5 in)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 519 j (381 ft/lb)

     Until the introduction of the 9x33mmR (.357 Magnum) round in 1935, this was the highest-velocity pistol round commercially available. A number of handguns and submachinegun were chambered for it, particularly the M1896 Mauser “Broomhandle” line of pistols which introduced it. The cartridge came directly from the earlier 7.65x25mm Borchardt which it is dimensionally similar to but it is loaded to a much higher chamber pressure for the stronger M1896 Mauser design. The 7.63x25mm Mauser round has been used widely around the world and a number of counties have their own line of the round, sometime under their own name.