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List of Winchester Center Fire rifle cartridges.More commonly known as WCF, it is a family of cartridges designed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company. [1] There are many other Winchester cartridges that do not carry the WCF moniker, such as the .300 WSM. .270 Winchester, and .300 Winchester Magnum
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
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.
Winchester offered factory loaded .256 Magnum ammunition (and brass to reloaders) into the beginning of the 1990s. Winchester .256 factory loads used a 60 grain Open Point Expanding bullet at a MV of 2760 fps and ME of 1015 ft. lbs. from a 24-inch rifle barrel. That is about 500 fps faster than Winchester factory loads for the old .25-20 cartridge.
Due to the gaining popularity of the 7mm Rem Mag, in 1963 Winchester launches the last member of the Winchester Magnum family of cartridges; the .300 Winchester Magnum; a standard length action belted magnum driving a 180 grain bullet at 3000 fps and a 150 grain bullet at a muzzle velocity of 3300 fps. The cartridge took off slowly but managed ...
Malaysia: AWSM - .338 Lapua Magnum version is used by the Malaysian police with the PGK special operations police force. [21] Malta: AWSM - .338 Lapua Magnum or .300 Winchester Magnum variants in use by Special Forces Snipers of the Force Elements at Readiness (FEAR) QRF Unit [32] Netherlands: AWM, AWM-F and AXMC – .338 Lapua Magnum [11] [33 ...
The .300 Winchester Magnum cartridge is effective on dangerous game such as bear. Both black bears [21] and grizzly bears [22] are hunted using the cartridge. The .300 Winchester Magnum is a lighter cartridge than typically necessary for the largest bears; loaded with heavier bullets, hunters have had success with the cartridge against these ...
Since the .458 Winchester Magnum was intended as a dangerous game hunting cartridge, almost all ammunition manufactured for the cartridge is manufactured for these game species. Bullets used to load the .458 Winchester Magnum by ammunition manufacturers generally range between 450–510 gr (29–33 g).