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  2. Improved military rifle powder - Wikipedia

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    used to load the 173-grain (11.2 g) .30-06 Springfield M1 bullet; sold as military surplus by DCM [15] 1204 1925 1935 thin & short 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

  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 AR platform cartridges - Wikipedia

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    375 Stalker : Standard military 7.62x51 cases (also .308), length is trimmed, shoulder is reformed, neck is expanded to .375 375 SOCOM : Proprietary. The case head and rim dimensions exactly match the military 7.62x51 (also .308), however, the case body is slightly wider and has more taper. 400 AR : Wildcat. The parent is the 7.35×51mm Carcano ...

  6. Rifleman's rule - Wikipedia

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    The Rifleman's rule provides an estimate of the horizontal range for engaging a target at a known slant range (the uphill or downhill distance from the rifle). For a bullet to strike a target at a slant range of and an incline of , the rifle sight must be adjusted as if the shooter were aiming at a horizontal target at a range of ...

  7. Whisper (cartridge family) - Wikipedia

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    The Whisper family was developed as a line of accurate, multi-purpose cartridges using relatively heavy rifle bullets for a given caliber in subsonic loads. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The intention was to create an extremely accurate cartridge family for military, police, competition and specialized hunting markets that could also be easily sound ...

  8. Ball propellant - Wikipedia

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    H335 was surplus Olin WC844 [11] for full-charge loads in the .223 Remington and .308 Winchester. [14] H380 was Olin WC852 [11] for full-charge loads in the .30-06 Springfield. [14] H414 was introduced in 1967 [1] for full-charge loads in the .270 Winchester and .30-06 Springfield [14] H450 was for large capacity and magnum rifle cartridges. [14]

  9. .308 Winchester - Wikipedia

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    The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar, but not identical, to the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.