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Rimmed version of the .308 Winchester, for use in lever-action rifles. .308 Marlin Express: 2006 US 1 [4] R [5] 7.62×48mm 2800 [4] 2514 [4] 1.796 47.7 [10] 0.308 [10] 0.395 [5] 48mm Based upon a slightly shortened .308 Winchester cases with FTX bullets and special powder to approach .308 ballistics from a Marlin lever-action rifle. .308 Norma ...
The .308 Winchester has a 3.64 mL (56 gr H 2 O) cartridge case capacity. [9] The exterior shape of the case was designed to promote reliable case feeding and extraction in bolt-action rifles and machine guns alike, under extreme conditions. .308 Winchester maximum C.I.P. cartridge dimensions. All dimensions in millimeters (mm) and inches.
.300 Ruger Compact Magnum.300 Savage.300 Sherwood.300 Weatherby Magnum.300 Whisper.300 Winchester Magnum.300 Winchester Short Magnum.303 British.303 Magnum.303 Savage.375/303 Westley Richards Accelerated Express.307 Winchester.308 Marlin Express.308 Norma Magnum.308 Winchester.308×1.5" Barnes.310 Cadet.318 Westley Richards.32 Remington
Source(s): Nosler Load Data, [1] Hodgedon Reloading Data Center [2] The .338 Federal is a rifle cartridge based on the .308 Winchester case necked up to .33 caliber . It was created by Federal Cartridge and Sako in 2006 and intended as a big-game cartridge with reasonable recoil for lightweight rifles.
The .300 Winchester Magnum has a case capacity of 93.8 grains. While providing ballistic performance nearly identical to that of the .300 Winchester Magnum, 300 WSM does this with about 14 grains less powder. The .300 WSM also head-spaces off of the case shoulder, versus the older .300 Winchester Magnum's belted head space design.
Edward A. Matunas, who was involved in developing reloading manuals for Lyman, says, "The 7mm-08 Remington is an efficient round and competes effectively against the 308 Winchester." [12] Jeff Cooper was impressed enough by the 7mm-08 to give it unqualified support for use in Scout rifles-- "A true Scout comes in .308 or 7mm-08". [13]
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers. These include:
All of the WSM cartridges are inspired on the .404 Jeffery non-belted magnum cartridge which is shortened to fit a short rifle action (such as a .308 Winchester). [1] It was developed by Rick Jamison in 1997-1998 as proven in a 2005 lawsuit Jamison vs. Olin Corporation-Winchester division. [2] Jamison was given 7 patents on the cartridge design.