8x57 mm Patrone 88

The Patrone 88 or M/88 is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was a first-generation smokeless propellant cartridge designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission (G.P.K.) as the then-new smokeless propellant introduced as Poudre B in the 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel started a military rifle ammunition revolution.

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1888  Wikimedia, Wikidata
M/88; Patrone 88
length 82.22 millimetre, length 56.9 millimetre, 
rifle cartridge, German Empire, 

.246 Purdey, .280 British, .303 British, .375 Holland & Holland Magnum, .450 Black Powder Express, .470 Nitro Express, 

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Frameless

Patrone 8 × 57 I

Cartridge, sectional view

Patrone Mauser Gewehr 88 zerlegt

Clip Mauser Gewehr 88

8x57

Gewehr 88 patronen

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Patrone 8 × 57 I		Commons
commons	image		Cartridge, sectional view		Commons
commons	image		Patrone Mauser Gewehr 88 zerlegt		Commons
commons	image		Clip Mauser Gewehr 88		Commons
commons	image		8x57		Commons
commons	image		Gewehr 88 patronen		Commons