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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 Magnum: 1960 [3] Sweden [8] 1 [2] R [10] 7.85×65.00mm [8] 3687 [10] 3640 [8] 1.975 84.0 [10] 0.308 [10] 65.00mm Belted. European cartridge designed for the US market. [3].308 ...
The .308 Norma Magnum (7.62×65mmBR) cartridge was created by Nils Kvale at Norma, Sweden. Like the larger .358 Norma Magnum it is based on a shortened 300 H&H magnum. [1] [2] It very closely resembled the wildcat .30-338 Magnum cartridge. [3] [2] Kvale designed a wildcat cartridge, the 8mm Kvale, in 1949.
A magnum cartridge is a firearm cartridge with a larger case size than, or derived from, a similar cartridge of the same projectile caliber and case shoulder shape. [ clarification needed ] The term derives from the .357 Magnum , the original revolver cartridge with this designation.
.308 Norma Magnum.308 Winchester.308×1.5" Barnes.310 Cadet.318 Westley Richards.32 Remington.32 Winchester Self-Loading.32 Winchester Special.32-20 Winchester.32-40 Ballard.32-40 Winchester.325 Winchester Short Magnum.327 Federal Magnum.33 Nosler.33 Winchester.333 Jeffery.338 Blaser Magnum.338 Edge.338 Federal.338 Lapua Magnum.338 Marlin ...
.32 H&R Magnum is the only revolver cartridge in this caliber in wide use today, mostly in small-frame revolvers. This is an extended version of the much earlier .32 S&W Long, which is an extended version of the .32 S&W..327 Federal Magnum is a new cartridge developed jointly by Ruger and Federal. This cartridge is an extended version of the ...
Clay Harvey, an American gun writer, said the .308 Winchester is usable on moose and elk. [23] Layne Simpson, an American who has hunted in Sweden, said he is surprised at how many hunters there used the cartridge. [24] Craig Boddington was told by a Norma Precision executive that the .308 Winchester was one of Norma's best-selling calibers. [25]
The .300 H&H Magnum cartridge was introduced by the British company Holland & Holland as the Super-Thirty in June, 1925. [2] The case was belted like the .375 H&H Magnum, and is based on the same case, as also is the .244 H&H Magnum. The belt is for headspace as the cases' shoulders have a narrow slope rather than an actual shoulder. More ...
The Whisper family was developed as a line of accurate, multi-purpose cartridges using relatively heavy rifle bullets for a given caliber in subsonic loads. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The intention was to create an extremely accurate cartridge family for military, police, competition and specialized hunting markets that could also be easily sound ...