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August 31, 2020, 07:46 AM | #1 |
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7.65 - 65 rifle round what is it?
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Going through my dads old stock of rifle rounds I found 10 rounds that are marked on the base 7.65 - 65 I've never heard of this caliber has anyone here? Gary Last edited by GaryED50; August 31, 2020 at 05:32 PM. |
August 31, 2020, 09:16 AM | #2 |
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It is not marked 7.65 X 65, it is marked 7.65 - 65.
Most likely 7.65x53 Argentine, the FM standing for Fábrica Militar de Cartuchos de San Lorenzo, San Lorenzo, Argentina and made in 1965. I can't find what the SF stands for but it is a standard marking. I googled several references to soft point bullets. Is yours? |
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I think it's an old Mauser cartridge: 7.65-6.5. Check the case length. Bet it's not 65mm.
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My google-fu tells me it is 7.65X65 Belgian, and it looks like it was chambered in some FN Express Double rifles.
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I found a picture of a box of that ammo, said it was 15 rounds of soft point on stripper clips. Interesting. I saw speculation that it was military surplus with the full jackets replaced with soft point but nothing concrete.
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August 31, 2020, 12:20 PM | #7 |
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Measure the case length. If it comes up to 53mm (approx) its probably 7.65mm Belgian Mauser. Also known as the 7.65mm Argentine Mauser.
Soft point hunting ammo was made and stripper clips are for the Mauser rifle. so entirely possible soft point bullets put in by the factory, or later by some user.
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Interarms imported a lot of Argentine 7.65x54 Mauser ammo, and reloaded them with SP bullets for the civilian market.
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Looks about right, in English units the length should be 2.1" (max case length) and finding unfired rounds with slightly shorter than max length brass is very common.
My vote would is for 7.65 Argentine Mauser. Btw, it uses the same bullet as the .303 Brit, 7.62x554R Russian and 7.7mm Japanese.
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The FM SF head stamp means: Fábrica Militar de San Francisco, San Francisco, Argentina according to Cartridgecollectors.org.
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August 31, 2020, 05:27 PM | #12 |
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Look at the size, look at the ballistics.
.308 nearly 70 years early. |
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Very cool !!
Do you still have the rifle too?
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1889: 7.65x54 Mauser, 174gr@2,460fps
1954: 7.62x51 NATO, 175gr@2,600fps 65 years of cartridge development between them. Not all of the world's armies had fully converted to smokeless powder in 1889; the 7.65 is a dinosaur. But it can still hold its own. DWM's engineers done good. --TRX (handloading 7.65 since 1983) |
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And Watson, bring your......rifle?
Watson, nailing it, post #2.
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September 25, 2020, 01:17 PM | #17 |
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Like Jim Watson says, it's a 7.65 X 53 Argentine(same thing as the Argentine rimless, 7.65 mm Argentine, 7.65×53mm Belgian Mauser or 7.65 mm Belgian) made in 1965. Use a .311" bullet just like a .303 Brit.
FMSF is Fábrica Militar de San Francisco, San Francisco, Argentina. http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=headstampcodes#F Having but one cartridge can be considered a reason to buy a rifle for it.
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But that looks like my father-in-law's 7.65 Argentine. I agree with everyone else.
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That's a good round. According to Ken Waters' Pet loads book, the round matches the .308 at 150gr and shoots better than the .308 for heavier bullets. It ranks somewhere betweent he .308 and 30-06 in his opinion
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September 26, 2020, 03:59 PM | #20 |
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I had a Mauser for 7.65 Belgian. It wasn’t a 98, maybe 91? I loaded a few for it, still have the die set.
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