There were two earlier variations of the 9×57 M88, namely the M88/57/9A (M75) and the M88/57/9B (M76) and the 9×57 Mauser is the result of the normalisation of the cases in 1912. This is the rimless counterpart of the 9x57R (M37) and was a popular cartridge that was manufactured by various European companies as well as by Eley and Kynoch in England as well as in the USA. (Dixon Ref. M36)

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