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2. 8×68mm S - Wikipedia

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   The 8×68mm S as a pure civil cartridge can be used in countries which ban civil use of former or current military ammunition. Since there are not many factory loads available RWS [3] currently (2007) offers 5 factory loads) and due to its good field reputation and efficiency, the 8×68mm S is often used by reloaders.

3. .460 Weatherby Magnum - Wikipedia

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   The .460 Weatherby Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge, developed by Roy Weatherby in 1957. The cartridge is based on the .378 Weatherby Magnum necked up to accept the .458-inch (11.6 mm) bullet. The original .378 Weatherby Magnum parent case was inspired by the .416 Rigby. [2]

4. 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 ...

5. Improved military rifle powder - Wikipedia

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   Improved military rifle propellants included a longitudinal perforation converting each grain to a tube with a progressive burning interior surface allowing a more consistent gas generation rate through the reaction period. Early propellants were identified by a two-digit number. As the number of experimental variations increased, each improved ...

6. .375 Winchester - Wikipedia

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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 ...

7. Hodgdon Powder Company - Wikipedia

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   Hodgdon Powder Company. The Hodgdon Powder Company began in 1952 as B.E. Hodgdon, Inc., and has become a major distributor of smokeless powder for the ammunition industry, as well as for individuals who load their own ammunition by hand. The company's corporate office and manufacturing facilities are located in Kansas, United States.

8. Handloading - Wikipedia

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   Components of a modern bottleneck rifle cartridge. Top-to-bottom: Copper-jacketed bullet, smokeless powder granules, rimless brass case, Boxer primer.. Handloading, or reloading, is the practice of making firearm cartridges by manually assembling the individual components (metallic/polymer case, primer, propellant and projectile), rather than purchasing mass-assembled, factory-loaded ...

9. 8×64mm S - Wikipedia

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   The 8×64mm S (also unofficially known as the 8×64mm S Brenneke) (the S means it is intended for 8.2 mm (.323 in) groove diameter bullets) is a rimless bottlenecked centerfire cartridge developed as a military service round for the German Army who never issued it. As is customary in European cartridges the 8 denotes the 8 mm bullet caliber and ...