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ee, we dees)? adcke Tw elt vel ween Hues an pha bat) ext? Fath se WE Tai Py” xv had an increasingly great influence in Latin America, Mauser salesmen were not backward in promoting the excel-— lent products of the brothers Mauser. Today, the 7mm is trending towards obsolescence both as a sporting and - military round, Many countries: for- merly armed with 7mm’s now use American Garands in 30-06 calibre. Remington, after the Spanish-Amer- ican War, sold 30,000 Remington-Lee Military rifles to the so-called Cuban Republic. Some countries like Mexico which adopted the M95 Mauser in 7mm calibre purchased large quanti- ties of Remington Rolling Biock single-shot rifles and carbines. The 7mm cartridge was probably first loaded in the United States by Union Metallic Cartridge Company. Winchester began 7mm cartridge man- _ufacture in 1899. The 7mm did not come into general use as a sporting cartridge in the United States until after World War I when Remington chambered its ci- vilian (M30) version of the M17 En- field for the cartridge. Winchester chambered its excellent M54 bolt- action and its even better M70 for the calibre. M70 production in 7mm was discontinued during the 1950's. Out- door Life gun editor Jack O’Connor purchased the last M70 in 7mm calibre. Notes and Comment The 7mm never achieved wide- spread acceptance in thiscountry butit . has long had a very devoted coterie of -- followers. Two weights of bullets, the 139-gr. and the 175-gr. were available 170 fe te Be grt POW CT Pee OPT 8 ee ey ie Sones ey tee, Pe a ee . 7 Le ey ree until the 1980's when the 139-gr. was discontinued. This was an excellenty bullet for use on medium game up 800 yds. The !75-gr. softpoint roun nose is primarily a short range timbé load for deer and bear. An expert rifl man, under fair conditions, can take anything on this continent with a 175- . gt. bullet. The 7mm or one of its improved versions like the 7mm Ackley Im- proved can be made up into a light- weight rifle which is handy to carry, is accurate and has no recoil objection- able to women or youngsters. The 710m was the favorite of the late elephant poacher D. W. M. “Kara- mojo” Bell who took over 1,000 ele- phants with his 303 British and 7mm Rigby. This feat of Bell’s is almost invariably advanced as an argument by small-bore high-velocity advocates. Representative Headstamps A C 7 52 (Dom. Rep.) © A T 1909 (Spain) B.M & M C°7 M/M USA) BOLIVIA 7 m/m 1933 CHILE F E 1929 ‘COLOMBIA 7 m/m DW M 1913 DWMK FA MAE 1945 CHILE ¥. de M. 7 m/m 1937 (Mexico) F M E 1928 CHILE F N FyA 27 (Belgium) G.G.C. * B * (Germany) K.B.W. 7 M/M (US.A.) MEXICO 7 m/m 1930 TIRO REDUCIDO (Mexico) U.M.C. 7 M/M Westen 7 M/M WISE 7 m/m (USA) WRA-507MM . in : a : . i a i + re