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The .303/22, sometimes known as the .22/303, is a wildcat centrefire rifle cartridge based on the .303 British, necked down to fire a .224 projectile, originating in Australia in the 1930s as a cartridge for sporterised rifles, particularly on the Lee–Enfield action. Similar versions also appeared in Canada around the same time. [3]
The .369 Nitro Express is a rimmed cartridge originally designed for use in Purdey's own double rifles.The cartridge offers almost identical ballistic performance to the .375 H&H Flanged Magnum, firing a projectile of the same .375 in (9.5 mm) caliber.
The .360 No. 2 Nitro Express is a rimmed, bottlenecked cartridge designed for use in single shot and double rifles. [1]The .360 No. 2 Nitro Express fires a .367 in (9.3 mm) calibre, 320 gr (21 g) bullet at a velocity of 2,150 ft/s (660 m/s).
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. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load ...
The name originates with a rifle built by James Purdey in 1856 (based on a pattern established a year earlier by William Greener) and named the Express Train, a marketing phrase intended to denote the considerable velocity of the bullet it fired. It was not the first rifle or cartridge of this type, but it was Purdey's name express that stuck. [2]
Newton rifle cartridges (2 P) P. Paramilitary cartridges (43 P) R. Rebated rim cartridges (3 C, 29 P) Rimfire cartridges (35 P) S. Subsonic rifle cartridges (1 C, 12 ...
A .32 ACP FMJ cartridge, a .32 ACP FMJ cartridge in a blued .303 British supplemental chamber, and a .303 British FMJ cartridge (left to right) A caliber conversion device is a device which can be used to non-permanently alter a firearm to allow it to fire a different cartridge than the one it was originally designed to fire.
Short-action cartridges, are usually full-powered rifle cartridges with a COL between 57 and 71 mm (2.25 and 2.8 in), which is most commonly exemplified by the .308 Winchester; Long-action ("standard-action") cartridges, are usually traditional full-powered rifle cartridges with a COL between 71 and 85 mm (2.8 and 3.34 in), which is most ...