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2. .44 Special - Wikipedia

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   The .44 Smith & Wesson Special, also commonly known as .44 S&W Special, .44 Special, .44 Spl, .44 Spc, or 10.9×29mmR, is a smokeless powder center fire metallic revolver cartridge developed by Smith & Wesson in 1907 as the standard chambering for their New Century revolver, introduced in 1908.

3. Wildcat cartridge - Wikipedia

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   Wildcat cartridge. .243 Winchester Ackley Improved (left) and .243 Winchester (right) A wildcat cartridge, often shortened to wildcat, is a custom-made cartridge for which ammunition and/or firearms are not mass-produced. These cartridges are often created as experimental variants to optimize a certain ballistic performance characteristic (such ...

4. .40 Super - Wikipedia

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   1,350 ft/s (410 m/s) 890 ft⋅lbf (1,210 J) The .40 Super (10.2x25mm) is a powerful automatic pistol cartridge developed through the collaboration of Fernando Coelho and Tom Burczynski and introduced by Triton Cartridge in 1996. It delivers ballistics comparable to the .41 Magnum revolver cartridge, yet functions in standard 1911s and other ...

5. Auto Mag Pistol - Wikipedia

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   The dedicated handloader can form AMP cases from .30-06 Springfield or .308 Winchester brass, using a series of forming dies and an inside neck reamer. [2] The Auto Mag design gave birth to three new cartridges: the .44 AutoMag (.44 AMP), .357 AutoMag (.357 AMP), and the lesser-known .41 JMP. [2] There were barrels made to shoot other cartridges:

6. .44 S&W American - Wikipedia

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   The heeled bullets make the cartridge incompatible with .44 Russian, .44 Special, and .44 Magnum, which was made larger in diameter and longer to cover the exposed part of the bullet. Its power resembles the .41 Long Colt , [ 1 ] .32-20 Winchester , [ 2 ] or .44-40 Winchester , [ 3 ] and it could be used to hunt small game at short range.

7. .44 Magnum - Wikipedia

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   The .44 Magnum cartridge was the result of years of tuned handloading of the .44 Special. [6] In the early 20th century, experimenters loaded the .44 Special and other large-bore handgun cartridges with heavy bullets and higher than normal powder charges to achieve superior ballistics and better hunting performance.

8. Evans repeating rifle - Wikipedia

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   The Evans repeating rifle is often considered to be one of the oddest rifles to ever be produced in the United States. The Evans was invented by Warren R. Evans, a dentist from Thomaston, Maine. With the help of his brother George, they perfected the rifle and started the "Evans Rifle Manufacturing Company" of Mechanic Falls, Maine in 1873.

9. .44 Remington Centerfire - Wikipedia

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   Case length. 1.065 in (27.1 mm) Case capacity. 40 gr H 2 O (2.6 cm 3) Primer type. Large pistol. The .44 Remington Centerfire / 11.4x27mmR (often referred to as .44 Remington C.F. or .44 Remington) was a centerfire revolver cartridge with a heeled, externally lubricated bullet produced by the Remington Arms Company from 1875 until 1895.