The 7.62x74R Minkler is based on the 9.3x74R Mauser case necked down. Earlier production had the 30 x 74R headstamp, which seems to be the original name for this cartridge. Cases were by Horneber and made for Gerhard Häusler. (Dixon Ref. W70)    

New development by Michael Uekotter. Still looking for additional information. (Dixon Ref. W148)    

Cartridge designed by Austrian engineer Franz E Holler   

   This was a Belgian development in the early 1970’s by Michel Baikrich, who was the owner of Fabrique d'armes " l'Arquebuserie" – Liege, Belgium from 1972 to 1982. The 303 Sporting was made by shortening the case, as well as lowering the shoulder position...

This cartridge was produced by Gevelot SA for the SOCIETE SUR-ARMES of Bordeaux who were importers and distributers of surplus military arms. This cartridge was intended for target use in modified Ex-WW2 30 US M1 Carbines and it was probably also used for hunting....

Developed by Dr. Eckhardt Stief, this is a rimmed version of the 30-06 with the case shortened by 0.2mm     

A French wildcat, developed by by Alain Cartry for use in modified .30-06 Springfield rifles that allowed it's use in France for sporting purposes. He disassembled the Springfield, reduced the screw pitch 2,5 mm so that it would chamber a shorter version of the .30-06...

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The 300 Styria Magnum was introduced in 2005 by Ing. Michael W. Mayerl from the Styria Arms company in Austria. The parent case is the 8x68S that was shortened to 2.559" necked down to 308 caliber withou changeing the shoulder angle.     

The .300 Aija K is a propertary cartridge, that was developed by Finnish hunter/shooter Mika Kestilä for his wife Aija. It is based on the .308 Winchester case, shortened by one millimeter.   

   This is a 2mm shorter case version of the 30 M1US Carbine (see images) and was produced by RWS sometime before 1970. It is not shown in any known post WW2 RWS catalog. The name implies that it was probably produced for the French market being created to...

   This might possibly be the 7.6x66 Maximum (W98) as described in Dixon. DIMENSIONS: BULLET DIAMETER: 7.70mm CASE LENGTH:  65.90mm NECK LENGTH:  9.20mm SHOULDER LENGTH: 53.40mm BASE DIAMETER:  13.90mm RIM DIAMETER:  13.90mm – THE RIM IS...

 Dummy version This cartridge is a scaled down version of the 11mm Gras. It was intended for a Carbine designed by Bronne (although one is not known to exist) and most likely intended for use in the BATTALIONS-SCOLAIRES. Although produced by both Gevelot (with no...

This cartridge was probably introduced by Utendoerffer and was the most popular of the "Z" Tesching cases. Originally used in Tesching rifles, possibly used in Target Revolver also. This case is very similar to the 7.5mm Walking Stick cases which also exist in several...

   This is the "7.35x40R P" shown in Stahl catalogs in the Pistol/Revolver section. The measurements are different from the 7.5 X 40R 'Z' TESCHING (T30) The bullet diameter is 7.27mm whereas the 7.5x40R 'Z' has a bullet diameter of 7.67mm 

     DWM 9.3x74R case The following from Brad Dixon, European Sporting Cartridges: "Second Prototype: Evidently the first drawing of the 7x75R for Gehmann was dated 13 Dec 1958 and this conforms to the shape of the current commercial 7x75R but at...

The 7 X 73 Vom Hofe was developed in 1931 by Ernst Vom Hofe and Richard Schienmann and was the first of the Vom Hofe range. It was one of the few belted cartridges utilised by European manufacturers at that time. Relatively recent production by Horneber Germany