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Bullets of 180 gr or less are intended for smaller deer species such as white tail and mule deer, while those of 200 gr or more are intended for elk, moose and large bear. The .325 WSM being an 8mm cartridge could find favour among European hunters for elk (European moose), wild boar as its performance is similar to the vaunted 8×68mm S cartridge.
In moose biathlon however, any scope and fullbore rifle legal for moose hunting are permitted, and the ammunition also has to satisfy the legal kinetic energy requirement for hunting moose. American fullbore rifles. The Winchester Model 70 in caliber .30-06, .308 Win and .243 Win has been used by U.S. athletes. [58] Austrian fullbore rifles
Thanks to the large number of rifles based on the .30-06 family of cartridges, having a .338-06 made usually only requires a simple barrel change by a competent gun smith. Since the 1960's a relatively obsure cartridge only known to handloaders and "Wildcatters", eventually A-Square adopted the caliber as the .338-06 A-Square in approximately 1998.
The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunting rifle competition. [ 11 ] The .260 Remington is effective on antelope, sheep, goat, or caribou, while its performance is similar to the 6.5×55mm, which is widely used on moose in Sweden and ...
The rifle came in the .308 Winchester caliber, which is an approved cartridge for moose hunting in Sweden and Finland. It was common to mount a scope sight for moose biathlon competitions. Sport/ [9] Target/Standard rifle (Standardgewehr) The Sport came with a 670 mm match barrel in the 7.5×55mm Swiss caliber.
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the same load as the highest muzzle velocity, since the bullet weights can differ between loads).
It was a popular round in the Winchester Model 1885 High Wall single-shot rifle. In the U.S. Winchester stopped general production of .25-35 rifles in 1955, [5] but keeps producing ammunition. Hornady Ammunition produces a LEVERevolution .25-35 110-grain load with an MV of 2435 fps and a ME of 1436 ft-lb. [6]
The A-Square rifles are based on the P-14 Enfield design. Apart from these manufacturers several custom gunsmiths offer rifles chambered for this cartridge. The Blaser R8 is also chambered in .416 Remington. Building custom rifles or having a rifle re-chambered for the .416 Remington Magnum is a fairly straightforward and easy option.