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The .270 Weatherby Magnum was the first belted magnum based on the .300 H&H Magnum to be developed by Roy Weatherby in 1943. [2] The cartridge is short enough to function in standard-length long actions with a brass length of 2.549" or 64.74mm and an overall length of about 3.295".
Pages in category "Weatherby Magnum rifle cartridges" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... .240 Weatherby Magnum.257 Weatherby Magnum.270 ...
Weatherby, Inc. is an American gun manufacturer founded in 1945 by Roy Weatherby. The company is best known for its high-powered magnum cartridges, such as the .257 Weatherby Magnum, .270 Weatherby Magnum, .300 Weatherby Magnum, .340 Weatherby Magnum and the .460 Weatherby Magnum. The company's headquarters is in Sheridan, Wyoming.
.270 WSM left, .270 Win on the right. When it was introduced, the 300 WSM sported a new case that showed a lot of promise for uses in other calibers. In 2002 Winchester introduced new cartridges in its Winchester Short Magnum family, including the 7 mm WSM and 270 WSM. This new .270 cartridge was the third commercial .270 ever produced, and the ...
The .300 Win Mag remains the most popular .30 caliber magnum with American hunters, despite not being as fast as more powerful .300 Magnums such as the .300 Weatherby Magnum and .30-378 Weatherby Magnum as well as the newer .300 Remington Ultra Magnum, .300 Norma Magnum, .30 Nosler, and .300 PRC, though all of these must be chambered in a long ...
WSM and WSSM family of cartridges. From left to right: .223 WSSM, .243 WSSM, .25 WSSM, .270 WSM, 7 mm WSM, .300 WSM, .325 WSM. Winchester Super Short Magnum, or WSSM is a line of rebated bottlenecked centerfire short magnum cartridges introduced by the U.S. Repeating Arms Company (Winchester Inc). [1]
The 300 WSM was the first of the new class of short magnums to see wide use. All of the WSM cartridges released to date have proven popular for thin-skinned game up to the size of elk and African plains game, the .325 WSM being an excellent cartridge for elk, bison and similar big game. The cartridges in this family are, in order of development:
7mm Winchester Short Magnum; 9×57mm Mauser.22-250 Remington.22 Hornet.220 Swift.222 Remington.223 Remington.223 WSSM.225 Winchester.243 Winchester.243 WSSM.25-06 Remington.250-3000 Savage.25 WSSM.257 Roberts.264 Winchester Magnum.270 Weatherby Magnum.270 Winchester.270 WSM.276 Pedersen.280 Remington.30-06 Springfield.300 H&H Magnum.300 RUM