7.

62 mm caliber
7.6238mmR used only in the Nagant M1895
revolver
.32 Long Colt Originally chambered in small frame
Colt revolvers and the Marlin model 1892 rie, this
cartridge used a heeled bullet with a case the same
diameter as the major diameter of the bullet. It
shared dimensions with the .32 rimre cartridge of
the same length. Not to be confused with the .32
Colts New Police cartridge.

SSA 7.62mm 143gr AP rie cartridge, bullet

7.62 mm caliber is a nominal caliber used for a number of dierent cartridges. Historically, this class of cartridge was commonly known as .30 caliber, the Imperial
unit equivalent, and was most commonly used for indicating a class of full power military main battle rie (MBR)
cartridges. The measurement equals 0.30 inches or 3
decimal lines, written .3 and read as Three-Line.[1]

.32 S&W Long Also known as the .32 Colts New

Police when chambered in Colt revolvers. The
original loading for this cartridge used a round nose,
or attened round nose (in the case of the .32 Colts
N.P.) and was chambered widely in revolvers made
in the US and Europe through WWII. This cartridge is used in several modern target pistols (not
revolvers) with ush seated wadcutters. The short
version of this cartridge (.32 S&W) was chambered
in many break-top revolvers at the end of the 19th
and beginning of the 20th centuries in the US and
Europe.

7.62 mm refers to the internal diameter of the barrel at

the lands (the raised helical ridges in ried gun barrels).
The actual bullet caliber is normally 7.82 mm (.308 in),
although Soviet weapons commonly use a 7.91 mm (.311
in) bullet, as do older British (.303 British) and Japanese
cartridges.

Pistol cartridges in 7.62 mm caliber

.32 H&R Magnum Is the only revolver cartridge in

this caliber which is in wide use today, mostly in
small-frame revolvers. This is an extended version
of the much earlier .32 S&W long, which is an extended version of the .32 S&W.

There are many pistol cartridges in this caliber, but most

common are:

.327 Federal Magnum Is a new cartridge developed

jointly by Ruger and Federal. This cartridge is an
extended version of the .32 H&R Magnum.

7.6225mm Tokarev, also known as 7.62 mm TT,

used in the Tokarev pistol, and many of the WWII
Soviet submachine guns.
7.6325mm Mauser, which was the basis for, and
has nearly identical dimensions to the Tokarev, but
has dierent loading specications.

3 Rie cartridges in 7.62 mm caliber

7.6521mm Parabellum

The most common & historical rie cartridges in this caliber are:

7.6525mm Borchardt, from which both the

Mauser and Parabellum cartridges were developed.

7.6517mm Browning, also known as the .32 ACP.

300 AAC Blackout (7.62x35mm), also known as

300 BLK, designed for the M4 carbine platform and
STANAG magazine;

Revolver cartridges in 7.62 mm

caliber

Soviet 7.62x39mm, also known as the 7.62 mm Soviet, M43, or occasionally .30 Short Combloc, designed for the SKS and used in the AK-47 and AKM
assault ries and RPK and RPD light machine guns;
7.6240mm Wilson Tactical;

Some of the revolver cartridges in this caliber are:

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7.62x45mm vz. 52, made solely for the Czechoslovakian vz. 52 rie, replaced by 7.62x39mm
7.62x51mm NATO and its civilian variant .308
Winchester, sometimes incorrectly described as
.308 NATO by persons mixing English measurements, used by some civilians, with metric measurements used by NATO;
7.6254mmR, another Russian cartridge that was
rst used in the MosinNagant rie since 1891. The
modern versions of the cartridges, to this day, are
in wide use in numerous world armies as sniper ries (particularly the SVD family) and machine guns
(numerous types, many developed from AK family,
such as the PKM);
.30-06 Springeld, US Military cartridge for both
World Wars and Korea, known as the 7.62x63mm
in metric measurement;
.30 Carbine, used in the M1/M2/M3 Carbines,
sometimes called the 7.62x33mm;
.303 British, used in LeeMetford and LeeEneld
ries, known as 7.756mmR in metric measurement;
7.758mm Arisaka, used in the Type 99, Type 2
and Type 4 ries;
7.6553mm Argentine, used in various Mauser
bolt-action ries, primarily in Belgium, Turkey and
Argentina;
.308 Norma Magnum;
.300 Norma Magnum;
.300 Winchester Magnum, used by many hunting/sniper ries, sometimes called the 7.62x67mm;
.300 Winchester Short Magnum;
.300 Lapua Magnum, 7.62x70mm;
.30-378 Weatherby Magnum;
.30-30 Winchester, a popular deer hunting cartridge, typically used in lever-action ries, such
as the Winchester Model 1894 and Marlin Model
336, also adapted to European sporting guns as
7.62x51mmR;
.30 R Blaser, used in break-action ries for hunting
medium to large game;
30TC.[2]

REFERENCES

4 See also
List of rie cartridges
7 mm caliber
Category:7.62 mm rearms
M14 rie

5 References
[1] Holt Bodinson: The old Three-Line: still a great value,
Guns Magazine, Nov, 2006
[2] 30TC

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