7.5x54mm French Ammo
In stock 7.5x54mm French Ammo For Sale- Top Retailers Available
The 7.5×54mm French or 7.5 French (designated as the 7,5 × 54 MASby the C.I.P.) is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge.
France developed it as an update to the 7.5×57mm MAS mod. 1924 cartridge. It replaced the obsolete 8×50mmR Lebel round used during World War I.
The 7.5×54mm French has 3.76 ml (58.0 grains H2O) cartridge case capacity. The exterior shape of the case was designed to promote reliable case feeding and extraction in bolt action rifles and machine guns alike, under extreme conditions.
Common variations of the 7.5×54mm French military round are: armor-piercing (Balle AP), tracers (Balle A), incendiary (Balle I), gallery practice, and blank. The 7.5mm×54 French round is still classified in France as war material.
Reloadable Boxer-primed 7.5×54mm French cartridge cases can be produced by reforming 6.5×55mm (Swedish Mauser) brass with commercial litigation forming dies.
The ammunition manufacturer Prvi Partizan has brought onto the U.S. market freshly manufactured reloadable non-corrosive 7.5×54mm French ammunition loaded with a 9.0 grams (139 gr) bullet that meets the specifications of the first round.
About: 7.5x54mm French
- Type: Rifle
- Place of origin: France
- In service: 1929–1990
- Used by: France, Germany, Vietnam, Cameroon
- Wars World War II
- First Indochina War
- Algerian War
- Suez Crisis
- Vietnam War
- Shaba II
- Southern Cameroons War of Secession
- Designer: MAS
- Designed: 1924
- Variants: Balle "C", Balle "D"
Specifications
- Parent case: 7.5×57mm MAS mod. 1924
- Case type: Rimless, bottleneck
- Bullet diameter: 7.84 mm (0.309 in)
- Neck diameter: 8.66 mm (0.341 in)
- Shoulder diameter: 11.30 mm (0.445 in)
- Base diameter: 12.25 mm (0.482 in)
- Rim diameter: 12.34 mm (0.486 in)
- Rim thickness: 1.40 mm (0.055 in)
- Case length: 54.00 mm (2.126 in)
- Overall length: 76.00 mm (2.992 in)
- Case capacity: 3.76 cm3 (58.0 gr H2O)
- Rifling twist: 270 mm (10.63 inches)
- Primer type: Berdan or Boxer Large rifle
- Maximum pressure(C.I.P.): 380.00 MPa (55,114 psi)
Ballistic performance
| Bullet mass/type | Velocity | Energy |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0g (139gr)Balle C FMJ | 820m/s(2,700ft/s) | 3,026J(2,232ft⋅lbf) |
| 9.0g (139gr) FMJ Privi Partizan | 830m/s (2,700 ft/s) | 3,104J (2,289 ft⋅lbf) |
| 9.0g (139gr)SP | 850m/s (2,800 ft/s) | 3,550J(2,620ft⋅lbf) |
| 11.7g(181gr)SP | 790m/s(2,600ft/s) | 3,650J(2,690ft⋅lbf) |
| 12.35g (191gr) Balle D FMJ | 694m/s (2,280ft/s) | 2,974J (2,194ft⋅lbf) |
