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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. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load ...
The .50-90 Sharps is similar to the .50-100 Sharps and .50-110 Sharps cartridges. All three use the same 2.5-inch (64 mm) case, the latter two being loaded with more grains of black powder. All rifles made for the .50-90 Sharps should be able to use the .50-110 and .50-100 cartridges due to the case dimensions being nearly identical.
From left to right: 1.17 Hornady Mach 2, 2.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, 3.22 Long Rifle, 4.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, 5.17/23 SMc, 6 5mm/35 SMc, 7.22 Hornet, 8.223 Remington, 9.223 WSSM, 10.243 Winchester, 11.243 Winchester Improved (Ackley), 12.25-06 Remington, 13.270 Winchester, 14.308 Winchester, 15.30-06 Springfield, 16.45-70 Government ...
The .50-110 WCF. Introduced in 1899 for the Winchester Model 1886 repeater, [1] the .50-110 WCF was also available in single-shot weapons such as the Winchester 1885 Hi-Wall. Slight variations in charge weight in the same case led to the mistaken belief these were different rounds, when in fact they were not. [1]
With normal bullet weights between 300 and 400 grains (19 and 26 g), overall cartridge length shorter than that of an AR-15 magazine well, and holding to pressures of 33,000 psi limited by the AR bolt strength system, [2] the .50 Beowulf is best described as a low-velocity, heavy caliber, making its ballistics roughly equivalent to those of ...
The .50-140 was created for big game hunting, and was the most powerful of the Sharps Bison cartridges. [5] However, it was introduced about the time of the end of the great Bison herds. [ 6 ] An obsolete round, ammunition is not produced by any major manufacturer although reloading components and brass can be acquired or home-built.
The .500 S&W Magnum or 12.7×41mmSR is a .50 caliber semi-rimmed revolver cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in partnership with the Smith & Wesson "X-Gun" engineering team for use in the Smith & Wesson Model 500 X-frame revolver and introduced in February 2003 at the SHOT Show. [3]
This was not a significant problem at the time of introduction, as the .45-70 was a fairly flat-shooting cartridge for its time. Shooters of these early cartridges had to be keen judges of distance, wind and trajectory to make long shots; the Sharps rifle, in larger calibers such as .50-110 Winchester, was used at ranges of 1,000 yards (910 m ...