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The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American manufacturer of repeating firearms and ammunition. The firm was established in 1866 by Oliver Winchester and was located in New Haven, Connecticut. The firm went into receivership in 1931 and was bought by the Western Cartridge Company, a forerunner of the Olin Corporation.
200 gr (13 g) SP. 2,822 ft/s (860 m/s) 3,538 ft⋅lbf (4,797 J) Test barrel length: 24". Source (s): Reloading data at Accurate Powder. Measured Drawing, 300 WSM. 300 Winchester Short Magnum (also known as 300 WSM) is a .30 caliber rebated rim bottlenecked centerfire short magnum cartridge that was introduced in 2001 by Winchester.
Model 1873 lever-action centerfire rifle. Model 1876 lever-action centerfire rifle. Model 1878 Hotchkiss bolt-action rifle (US Army and Navy) Model 1885 falling-block single-shot rifle. Model 1886 lever-action centerfire rifle. Model 1887 lever-action shotgun. Model 1890 slide-action .22 WRF rifle.
The Winchester Model 70 is a bolt-action sporting rifle. It has an iconic place in American sporting culture and has been held in high regard by shooters since it was introduced in 1936, earning the moniker "The Rifleman's Rifle". [1] The action has some design similarities to Mauser designs and it is a development of the earlier Winchester ...
The .458 Winchester Magnum is a belted, straight-taper cased, Big Five game rifle cartridge. It was introduced commercially in 1956 by Winchester and first chambered in the Winchester Model 70 African rifle. [3] It was designed to compete against the .450 Nitro Express and the .470 Nitro Express cartridges used in big bore British double rifles ...
Source (s): Accurate Powder [1] The .338 Winchester Magnum is a .338 in (8.6 mm) caliber, belted, rimless, bottlenecked cartridge introduced in 1958 by Winchester Repeating Arms. It is based on the blown-out, shortened .375 H&H Magnum. [2] The .338 in (8.6 mm) is the caliber at which medium-bore cartridges are considered to begin.
Winchester rifle is a comprehensive term describing a series of lever action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Developed from the 1860 Henry rifle, Winchester rifles were among the earliest repeaters. The Model 1873 was particularly successful, being marketed by the manufacturer as "The Gun That Won the West".
The .325 Winchester Short Magnum is a Delta L problem cartridge, meaning it can present unexpected chambering and/or feeding problems. The Delta L problem article explains this problem in more detail. [6] The German 8×68mm S cartridge introduced in 1939 is probably the closest ballistic twin of the .325 Winchester Short Magnum.