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Coineach:
FRENCH 8mm M1886 Cartridge:
Introduced: 1886
Other Names: 8mm Lebel
8X50 Lebel
Type: Rimmed,Necked, CF
Length: 2.95"
Wt: 426gr.
Powder: Nitrocellulose
Chg: 46.3gr
Primer: Berdan
BULLET:
Type: Solid Bronze, Pointed BT (Balle D)
Dia: . 323"
Wt: 197.6gr
Length: 1.542"
CARTRIDGE CASE:
Length: 1.98"
Length Head to shoulder: 1.46"
Length of shoulder: .16"
Length of Neck: .36"
Dia at Rim: .634"
Base: .535"
Neck: .350"
to shoulder: .456"
BALLISTICS:
Muzzle Velocity: 2380 f.s.
Pressure: 39000lb sq.in.
NOTE: The original M1886 ctg. was loaded W/232 gn flat nosed
bullets (Balle M)
The 8mm Lebel was the first small-bore smokeless powder military cartridge developed by any world power. The cartridge and the Lebel bolt-action rifle were both adopted in 1886. Its rimmed case was not well adapted to automatic arms, so it was replaced by the rimless 7.5mm round in 1936. Remington manufactured Lebel rifles and ammunition for the French government during WWI. When the war ended, all the surplus was sold commercially and Remington turned out sporting ammo with a 170-grn. bronze-pointed bullet.
HJN
[This message has been edited by Harley Nolden (edited February 28, 2000).]
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