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The .243 Winchester (6×52mm) is a popular sporting rifle cartridge. Developed as a versatile short action cartridge to hunt both medium game and small game alike, it "took whitetail hunting by storm" [2] when introduced in 1955, and remains one of the most popular whitetail deer cartridges.
Stalking on extremely steep deer forests such as his own at Glencassley, Lloyd was in search of a "canyon rifle" cartridge that would shoot exceptionally fast and with a very flat trajectory across deep valleys and over distances out to 300 yards (270 m) and more, to make range estimation less critical for accurate bullet placement, and to ...
The 243 Winchester Super Short Magnum or 243 WSSM is a rifle cartridge introduced in 2003. It uses a .300 WSM ( Winchester Short Magnum ) case shortened and necked down to accept a .243in/6mm diameter bullet, and is a high velocity round based on ballistics design philosophies that are intended to produce a high level of efficiency. [ 2 ]
The Sako 75 is a bolt-action rifle produced by the Finnish manufacturer Sako from 1996 [2] until it was replaced by its successor, the Sako 85 in 2006, [3] and finally discontinued in 2007. [ 4 ] History
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 Lloyd Rifle was the 1950s brainchild of English deer-stalker, rifleman, metallurgist and engineer David Llewellyn Lloyd.His objective was to create a high-quality, scope-sighted, magazine-fed sporting rifle capable of dependably high accuracy at long ranges, of retaining its zero despite rough handling, and of firing modern high-intensity, flat shooting cartridges such as the .244 H&H ...
The 6mm XC was initially developed as a Wildcat cartridge specifically for NRA High Power match shooting by 11-time US National Champion David Tubb. [2] [3] The round originated from chambering a barrel using a .243 Winchester reamer held short, with the case reformed from .22-250. [2]
The Model 100ATR is a bolt-action rifle from O.F. Mossberg & Sons. [1] ATR stands for "all-terrain rifle". The ATR is available in .243 Winchester, .270 Winchester, 7mm-08 Remington, .308 Winchester, .30-06 Springfield. It has a 4+1 round via internal magazine. [2] It currently features camouflage stocks as well as synthetic and walnut.