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Schematic of the .41 Swiss Rimfire round. In 1867, the Swiss military adopted the 10.4×38mmR cartridge. As one of the few rimfire cartridges to see military service, the 313 gr (20.3 g) bullet and 1,400 ft/s (430 m/s) was respectable compared to its contemporaries. The most popular arms chambered for this round were the Vetterli series of rifles.
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
The .41 Action Express was designed by Evan Whildin, vice president of Action Arms, in 1986. [citation needed] It was based on the .41 Magnum case, cut down to fit in a 9×19mm Parabellum frame, and using a rebated rim. Performance was compared to the ballistics of the 41 Magnum police load. [2]
The .308 × 1.5" Barnes, a wildcat from noted cartridge author Frank Barnes made by simply necking a .308 Winchester back to 1.5 inches (38 mm) in length (38.1 mm) is probably the best example of a wildcat that has spawned many other successful wildcats. The .308 x 1.5" case is available from a number of case manufacturers and differs from a ...
The .41 Rimfire is in the family of firearm cartridges which were chambered in derringers and revolvers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The .41 Rimfire family was first introduced by the National Arms Company in 1863 as the .41 Short , chambered in their derringer.
The reference series is written by Frank C. Barnes. The latest version of the book is its 17th edition, published in 2022, and edited by W. Todd Woodard. [1]
In November, 1943 it was the first plant to package ammo in vacuum-packed metal cans. In the Spring and Summer of 1944 it was employed in inspecting and repacking .45 ACP and .30 Carbine ammunition. EW Eau Claire Ordnance Plant (August 1942 to December 1943) – Eau Claire, Wisconsin a division of US Rubber Co.
The concept of a .41 Special was later brought up by gunwriter Elmer Keith in his 1955 work Sixguns, where he proposed the .41 special as an analog to the .44 Special cartridge, but the idea did not gain ground. [3] Keith and Bill Jordan later proposed the .41 Magnum cartridge, which was formally adopted by Remington Arms in 1964. Thus counter ...