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  2. Improved military rifle powder - Wikipedia

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    replaced by 4227 [15] 3031 1934 standard replaced 17 1/2; [18] for mid-range loads and medium sporting and military cartridges like the .257 Roberts, .30-30 and .348 Winchester [11] 4064 1935 standard replaced 1015; [19] for magnum capacity cartridges like the .250-3000 Savage, .35 Whelen and .375 H&H Magnum [11] 4198 1935 thin

  3. IMR Legendary Powders - Wikipedia

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    An IMR smokeless powder for reloading The Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. IMR Legendary Powders is a line of smokeless powders which are popularly used in sporting and military/police firearm cartridges. The initials 'IMR' stand for Improved Military Rifle powder. IMR powders makes a line of various types of smokeless powder suitable for ...

  4. Hodgdon Powder Company - Wikipedia

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    The C was to indicate the powder burned "cooler" than traditional Improved Military Rifle (IMR) powders. [4] In 1949, he began acquisition of powder salvaged from disassembled Oerlikon 20mm cannon cartridges. This powder resembled IMR 4350 in appearance, and with a slower burning rate, was initially marketed as "4350 Data", and later as 4831. [5]

  5. List of Magnum cartridges - Wikipedia

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    [clarification needed] The term derives from the .357 Magnum, the original revolver cartridge with this designation. For the purpose of this list, magnum cartridges will only be those labeled magnum and will not include cartridges with the power of magnum cartridges like .300PRC, nor wildcat cartridges such as .300 Lapua Magnum

  6. Table of handgun and rifle cartridges - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Primer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The identifying feature of centerfire ammunition is the metal cup containing the primer inserted into a recess in the center of the base of the cartridge. The firearm firing pin crushes this explosive between the cup and an anvil to produce hot gas and a shower of incandescent particles to ignite the powder charge. [ 2 ]

  8. List of AR platform cartridges - Wikipedia

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    This cartridge is very similar to the 300 AAC Blackout, but the shoulder is slightly higher and the case is slightly taller, which allows for more gunpowder capacity when loading the lighter/shorter high-velocity bullets. 338 Spectre : Uses 10mm Magnum pistol cases with a 6.8 SPC bolt-face. A shoulder is formed, and the case is lightly trimmed ...

  9. Gas check - Wikipedia

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    The most common use of gas checks are found in .44 Magnum, .357 Magnum, and 10mm Auto which were developed from non-magnum cartridges by firearm enthusiasts such as Elmer Keith. By loading the large capacity cases designed for black powder with large charges of smokeless powder , velocities well in excess of 1000 ft/s (300 m/s) were produced ...