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The 6mm Lee Navy (6×60mmSR), also known as the 6mm U.S.N. [1] or .236 Navy, [2] is an obsolete American rifle cartridge. [3] It was the service cartridge of the United States Navy and Marine Corps from 1895 (therefore replacing the .45-70 Government rifle cartridge) to 1899, when it was then itself replaced by the more modern .30-40 Krag rifle cartridge.
The 8×58mmR Danish Krag has 4.55 ml (70.2 grains H 2 O) of cartridge case capacity. 8×58mmR Danish Krag cartridge dimensions. All sizes in millimeters (mm). The dimensions of this drawing come from the ammunition manufacturer RWS and differ somewhat between various sources. Americans define the shoulder angle at alpha/2 ≈ 16.5 degrees.
8mm Lebel replacement. Rimless rifle cartridge. Same bullet diameter as .30-06. Short-lived due to confusion with 7.92mm Mauser. 7.5×54mm French: 1929 France R 7.57x54mm 2700 2232 58 0.308 54mm Case-shortened 7.5×57mm MAS. Standard French rifle cartridge until the introduction of the FAMAS in 1979. 7.62×25mm Tokarev: 1930 [3] USSR [8] 2 [13 ...
Many of these Mauser rifles were made from de-militarized World War I small ring M98 rifles by many gunsmiths throughout Germany, and usually these are rebored (oversized from 7.92×57mm). When barrels eventually wear out, 9×57mm rifles are generally rebarrelled in other, more modern calibres.
Alteration of the original 6.5×53mmR caliber chamber by re-chambering the rifle barrel with a 6.5x57R [18] (see:6.5×57mm Mauser) chamber reamer has also been done, but the overall length of the original 6.5×53mmR Dutch or Romanian cartridge has to be maintained by seating the projectile more deeply into the cartridge case to fit the original ...
The .280 Ross, also known as the .280 Nitro, .280 Rimless Nitro Express Ross (CIP) and .280 Rimless cartridge, is an approximately 7mm bullet diameter rifle round developed in Canada by F.W. Jones as a consultant to Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet, and his Ross Rifle Company of Quebec, Canada for use as a Canadian military cartridge as a replacement for the .303 British, and in a civilianised ...
The 8×60mm S has 4.16 ml (64 grains) H 2 O cartridge case capacity. The exterior shape of the case was designed to promote reliable case feeding and extraction in bolt-action rifles, under extreme conditions. 8×60mm S maximum C.I.P. cartridge dimensions. All sizes in millimeters (mm).
The .400 Purdey is a rimmed straight walled centerfire rifle cartridge intended for use in single shot and double rifles.It fires a bullet of .405 inches (10.3 mm) diameter weighing 230 grains (15 g), driven by 47 grains (3.0 g) of cordite, at a listed speed of 2,050 feet per second (620 m/s).