Thread: Mauser 24/47 questions?
View Single Post
Old August 20, 2012, 04:41 PM   #26
Scorch
Senior Member
 
Join Date: February 13, 2006
Location: Washington state
Posts: 15,248
Quote:
the S for the German word for large.
The S in 7.92X57JS/8X57JS is for the German word for pointed, as in spitzer (those new-fangled bullets). The previous bullet was a round nose.
__________________
Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs.
But what do I know?
Summit Arms Services
Scorch is offline  
 
Page generated in 0.02579 seconds with 8 queries