8×58mmR Danish Krag
| 8×58mmR Danish Krag | ||||||||||||
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Danish M1889 round-nosed and M1908 spitzer service ammunition
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| Type | Rifle | |||||||||||
| Place of origin | Denmark | |||||||||||
| Service history | ||||||||||||
| In service | 1889–1945 | |||||||||||
| Used by |
Denmark Norway Sweden |
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| Wars | World War II | |||||||||||
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| Designed | 1888 | |||||||||||
| Manufacturer | Norma Precision | |||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||
| Case type | Rimmed, bottleneck | |||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | 8.20 mm (0.323 in) | |||||||||||
| Neck diameter | 9.05 mm (0.356 in) | |||||||||||
| Shoulder diameter | 9.24 mm (0.364 in) | |||||||||||
| Base diameter | 12.825 mm (0.5049 in) | |||||||||||
| Rim diameter | 14.70 mm (0.579 in) | |||||||||||
| Rim thickness | 1.60 mm (0.063 in) | |||||||||||
| Case length | 58.00 mm (2.283 in) | |||||||||||
| Overall length | 78.00 mm (3.071 in) | |||||||||||
| Case capacity | 4.55 cm3 (70.2 gr H2O) | |||||||||||
| Maximum pressure | 180.00–306.00 MPa (26,107–44,382 psi) | |||||||||||
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| Source(s): Spitzer | ||||||||||||
The 8×58mmR Danish Krag also known as the 8×58mmRD is a late 19th-century rimmed centerfire military rifle cartridge similar to other early smokeless powder designs. It was briefly adopted by Norway and Sweden and remained the standard Danish service rifle cartridge from 1889 until 1945.
The 8×58mmR Danish Krag has 4.55 ml (70.2 grains H2O) cartridge case capacity.
8×58mmR Danish Krag cartridge dimensions. All sizes in millimeters (mm). The dimensions of this drawing come from the ammunition manufacturer RWS and differ somewhat between various sources.
Americans would define the shoulder angle at alpha/2 ≈ 16.5 degrees. Ø lands = 7.89 mm (0.311 in), Ø grooves = 8.20 mm (0.323 in).
There are no official C.I.P. (Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives) rulings for this cartridge (2017). Varying sources quote the 8×58mmR Danish Krag can handle from 180.00 MPa (26,107 psi) up to 306.00 MPa (44,382 psi) Pmax piezo pressure. This Pmax level range is extreme, so loading up to a high Pmax level can be dangerous in historic arms.
A dangerous error can occur when confusion occurs between the 8×58mmR Danish Krag and the 8×58mmR. The latter being an old German differing chambering.
The cartridge was developed in Denmark in 1888 using round-nosed bullets with 4 grams (62 gr) of gunpowder, and adopted the following year by Denmark in the Krag–Jørgensen M89 rifle. Sweden implemented a major arsenal rebuilding of Remington Rolling Block rifles for the 8×58mmR, and Norway experimentally compared 8×58mmR Remington Rolling Block conversions to the Jarmann M1884. Its service in Sweden was very brief, though, since the 6.5×55mm was developed by Sweden and Norway in 1891, formally approved in 1893, and entered service in the Norwegian Krag–Jørgensen rifle in 1894, and in the Swedish Mauser carbine in 1894 and rifle in 1896. Denmark modernized military loading of the 8×58mmR in 1908 using smokeless powder with spitzer bullets; and Danish troops were still armed with the 8×58mmR when Germany invaded in 1940.
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