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2,236 ft/s (682 m/s) 2,441.85 ft⋅lbf (3,310.70 J) Source (s): Hodgdon Online Reloading Data. The .375 Winchester / 9.5x51mmR is a modernized version of the .38-55 Winchester, a black powder cartridge from 1884. It was introduced in 1978 along with the Winchester Model 94 “Big Bore” lever action rifle, which was in production from 1978 ...
The .458 Winchester Magnum is a belted, straight-taper cased, Big Five game rifle cartridge. It was introduced commercially in 1956 by Winchester and first chambered in the Winchester Model 70 African rifle. [3] It was designed to compete against the .450 Nitro Express and the .470 Nitro Express cartridges used in big bore British double rifles ...
3,298 ft⋅lbf (4,471 J) Source (s): Barnes & Amber 1972. The .50-110 WCF / 13x61mmR (also known as the .50-100-450 WCF , with different loadings) in modern 1886 Winchesters with modern steel barrels is the most powerful lever-action cartridge, with up to 6,000 foot-pounds (8,100 J) of energy. [citation needed]
The .45-75 Winchester / 11.62x48mmR Centennial is a centerfire rifle cartridge developed in 1876 for the newly designed Winchester Model 1876 Centennial lever-action rifle. Winchester Repeating Arms Company introduced the rifle and cartridge at the United States Centennial Exposition. The Model 1876 rifle used an enlarged version of the famous ...
2,510 ft/s (770 m/s) 2,588 ft⋅lbf (3,509 J) Test barrel length: 24 in (26 in for Lapua) [1] 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.
2,410 ft/s (730 m/s) 2,128 ft⋅lbf (2,885 J) Source (s): Hodgdon [2] The .32 Winchester Special / 8.2x51mmR (or .32 WS) is a rimmed cartridge created in October 1898 for use in the Winchester Model 94 lever-action rifle. [3] It is similar in name but unrelated to the .32-20 Winchester cartridge (which is also known as .32 WCF).
The .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, also known as the .22 WMR, .22 Magnum, .22 WMRF, .22 MRF, [2] or .22 Mag, is a rimfire cartridge.Originally loaded with a bullet weight of 40 grains (2.6 g) delivering velocities in the 2,000 feet per second (610 m/s) range from a rifle barrel, .22 WMR is now loaded with bullet weights ranging from 50 grains (3.2 g) at 1,530 feet per second (470 m/s) to 30 ...
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.