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The .348 Winchester / 8.8x57mmR is an American rifle cartridge. It was introduced in 1936, and developed for the Winchester Model 71 lever action rifle. The .348 was one of the most powerful rimmed rounds ever used in a lever action rifle.
List of Winchester Center Fire rifle cartridges.More commonly known as WCF, it is a family of cartridges designed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company. [1] There are many other Winchester cartridges that do not carry the WCF moniker, such as the .300 WSM. .270 Winchester, and .300 Winchester Magnum
Harold Johnson necked out the .348 Winchester case to accept a .510" diameter bullet, [2] and Harold Fuller developed the barrel, marrying a .50 caliber barrel to an old Winchester Model 1886 rifle. Harold Johnson made the first 450 Alaskan in 1952, and continued to make them in the 1950s and 60s. The rifle was based on the Winchester Model 71 ...
A common approach to product safety involved offering ammunition safe for use in the oldest or weakest firearm chambered for that cartridge. Owners of stronger firearms found and experimented with Hodgdon's previously unknown powders to achieve ballistics superior to available factory ammunition for older cartridges like the 7.92×57mm Mauser. [7]
The .340 Weatherby Magnum uses the same .338 in. diameter bullets as the .338 Winchester Magnum, but it does so at greater velocity than its Winchester competition. Factory ammunition pushes a 250 grain bullet to 2,940-2,950 fps. [2] [5] Reloaders may have trouble matching the published Weatherby velocities as Weatherby factory ammunition is ...
Chester A. Arthur: Turtle Steak. Though today it’s illegal to eat turtles in many parts of the world, that wasn’t stopping Chester Arthur back in the 1880s.
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the 8-to-9-millimetre ... .348 Winchester: 8.8 (.348) 57.3 (2.255) 15.5 (.610) 14.0 (.553) 12.3 (.485) 9.61 ...
Small businesses are bracing for stiff tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump has proposed as one of his first actions when he takes office. Trump has proposed importers pay a 25% tax on all ...