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List of Winchester Center Fire rifle cartridges. More commonly known as WCF, it is a family of cartridges designed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company. [1] There are many other Winchester cartridges that do not carry the WCF moniker, such as the .300 WSM. .270 Winchester, and .300 Winchester Magnum
Variants of the company's bolt-action rifles use .338 Lapua Magnum and .300 Winchester Magnum ammunition. Semi-automatic variants are available in 7.62 NATO , 5.56 NATO and .300 BLK . In September 2016, the company began selling the M1400, a squad-level .338 Lapua bolt-action rifle that can hit targets out to 1,400 yards (1,280 m).
The .300 Winchester Magnum (also known as .300 Win Mag or .300 WM) (7.62×67mmB, 7.62x66BR) is a belted, bottlenecked magnum rifle cartridge that was introduced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1963. The .300 Winchester Magnum is a magnum cartridge designed to fit in a standard rifle action.
Aggregate of articles pertaining to .300 Winchester Magnum firearms. Pages in category ".300 Winchester Magnum firearms" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
.300 Winchester Magnum (1963): .308 in (7.8 mm) bullet; With the exception of the .264 Win Mag, all of these cartridges are still widely used and among the most popular big game cartridges around the world. The .458 Win Mag has become the #1 cartridge for dangerous game in Africa, as well as a very popular round with Alaskan/Canadian bear guides
A wildcat cartridge based on the .25 WSSM, called the .358 WSSM or .358 BFG, has similar performance to the standard .358 Winchester and .35 Whelen. [6] Additionally, Olympic arms created the .300 OSSM, which is a 25 WSSM necked up to .308” giving performance between 30-06 and .300 Winchester Magnum. [citation needed]
The rifles are designed to fire small groups (sub 0.07 mrad (7 mm at 100 m; 0.25 moa) with factory match ammunition. Bulgarian Army snipers. The LRS 2 version, comes chambered in .223 Remington , 6mm Norma BR , 6.5×55mm , .308 Winchester and .300 Winchester Magnum .
On average, Weatherby factory ammo is loaded to higher chamber pressures than Remington or Winchester magnum rounds. The Remington round can be handloaded to equal pressures, and as a consequence, surpass the .300 Weatherby in power. The .300 Weatherby is commonly used by big-game hunters all over the world. [4]