The cartridge was designed to use cordite which was made in long strands – another reason for the tapered shape of the case and an added advantage in the smooth chambering and extraction from a rifle's breech.375 H&H cartridge case featured a belt to ensure the correct headspace for a tapered cartridge, which otherwise might be unreliable, given the narrow shoulder of the cartridge case. the cartridge must function reliably through a magazine rifle in tropical conditions and this required a tapered case working at low chamber pressure.To provide this penetration at extended ranges would require a high muzzle velocity.Holland & Holland determined that to provide adequate penetration a bullet with a sectional density similar to the 286-grain bullet of the 9.3×62mm required impact velocities of about 2,150 ft/s on thick skinned dangerous game and.375 H&H Mag was Holland & Holland's contribution and the example of the 9.3圆2mm Mauser influenced the design of the. The low cost of the Mauser rifles coupled to the efficiency of the 9.3圆2mm cartridge and the 286-grain bullet on thick skinned dangerous game soon caused German farmers in Africa and hunters from Europe to replace their doubles and other less powerful magazine rifles with the 9.3圆2mm Mauser.Ĭompetition for the 9.3圆2mm Mauser: This trend did not go unnoticed by British rifle manufacturers and between 19 Holland & Holland, Jeffery, Rigby and Westley Richards introduced their own cartridges to find an alternative for the 9.3圆2 mm Mauser in effort to stem the tide and keep their share of this market.ĭesign of the. The 9.3圆2mm Mauser rifles were far less expensive to acquire compared to the expensive British double rifles that did not benefit from mass production to the extent that the Mausers did. The advantages of the Mauser’s M98 action were recognised by British gunmakers such as Rigby and they purchased it for use in their own rifles with their own cartridges, underscoring the influence of these actions on especially hunting rifles. The relatively high velocity (remember this was 1905) with the 286-grain bullet provided sufficient penetration and a flatter trajectory at ranges of up to 250m compared to its contemporaries. Rifle: The development of the 9.3圆2mm Mauser cartridge in the Mauser M98 bolt action resulted in a cheap magazine rifle firing one of the best all-round hunting cartridges. The 9.3×62mm was not a military cartridge and therefore never had this problem.
European hunters and settlers in Africa often chose military rifles for their reliability and low cost, but colonial governments fearful of rebellions often banned military calibre rifles and ammunition. It fired a 286-grain bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2362 ft/s and in the Mauser rifles this effectively balanced power and recoil. At the outbreak of World War One in 1914, the German Army had approximately 2,300,000 Mauser 98-rifles of all types and an additional 7,000,000 were produced during the war.Ĭartridge: When German gunmaker Otto Bock introduced the 9.3圆2mm Mauser cartridge in 1905, he could not have known what an important influence this cartridge would have on hunters in Africa! The 9.3圆2mm Mauser cartridge was designed to fit into the controlled-feed Mauser M98 bolt action described above. These rifles were mass produced due to contracts for large numbers of military rifles for Germany and many other countries. It was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98kurz (Carbine 98 Short), a shorter weapon using the same basic design. A number of developments in action, cartridge and rifle design preceded and influenced the design of this cartridge and determined its eventual popularity with hunters.Īction: The Gewehr 98 (M98) is a controlled feed bolt action rifle by Mauser (introduced in 1898) firing the 7.92x57mm Mauser cartridge from a 5-round internal clip loaded magazine. 375 Holland & Holland Magnum (also known as the. The London based British rifle manufacturer Holland & Holland launched its.
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