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8x50mmR Siam

Bullet diameter
8.15 mm
Case length
50.37 mm
Max pressure
Not recorded
Introduced
1902

Specification

Everything measured

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IdentityWhat it is, who designed it and what else it is called.

Cartridge type
Rimmed
Introduced
1902
Also known as
8mm Siamese, 8x50R Siam, Type 45

DimensionsThe case and the bullet, to a hundredth of a millimetre.

Bullet diameter
8.15 mm
Neck diameter
8.84 mm
Base diameter
12.65 mm
Rim diameter
14.22 mm
Rim thickness
1.40 mm
Case length
50.37 mm
Overall length
75.44 mm

ConstructionWhat the case, primer and projectile are made of and shaped like.

Case shape
Bottleneck
Case material
Brass
Primer
Large rifle
Projectile
Bullet
Bullet profile
Round nose
Mouth closure
Bullet
Specification standard
proprietary

Firearms

What is chambered in it

2 records in the catalogue use this cartridge.

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Provenance

Where these figures came from

Every figure above was taken from one of these pages. The confidence reflects how much of the record came from a page a claim can be checked against.

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Confidence in this record

70%

API

The call that returns this record

The same fields, in the same units, from the same endpoint the page reads.

curl --request GET \  --url 'https://api.gunspec.io/v1/calibers/8x50mmr-siamese' \  --header 'X-API-Key: your_key'