10.4mm Swiss Centerfire
10.4mm Swiss Centerfire | ||||||||
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Type | revolver | |||||||
Service history | ||||||||
In service | 1878-1882 | |||||||
Used by | Swiss Army | |||||||
Production history | ||||||||
Designer | Lieutenant-Colonel Rudolf Schmidt | |||||||
Designed | 1878 | |||||||
Specifications | ||||||||
Parent case | 10.4×18mm Swiss Rimfire | |||||||
Case type | Rimmed, straight | |||||||
Bullet diameter | 10.76 mm (0.424 in) | |||||||
Neck diameter | 10.8 mm (0.43 in) | |||||||
Base diameter | 11.2 mm (0.44 in) | |||||||
Rim diameter | 13.3 mm (0.52 in) | |||||||
Rim thickness | 1.1 mm (0.043 in) | |||||||
Case length | 20 mm (0.79 in) | |||||||
Overall length | 32 mm (1.3 in) | |||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||
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The 10.4mm Swiss centerfire revolver cartridge was used in the Ordnance Revolver models 1872/78 and 1878 of the Swiss Army.[1] The case is of brass; the bullet is of hardened lead.
References
- ↑ Kinard, Jeff (2004). Pistols: an illustrated history of their impact. ABC-CLIO. p. 156.
External links
This entry is derived from the reading of the following specialized French-language magazines:
- Cibles (Fr)
- AMI (B, discontinued in 1988)
- Gazette des armes (Fr)
- Action Guns (Fr)
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