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Manufacturing match grade ammunition and other parts requires extremely tight tolerances and quality control. It is not unusual for match-grade ammunition and components to cost ten times more than comparable non-match equivalents, owing both to the increased labor expended in creation and much more rigorous testing.
The Mk 211/NM140 is graded into two accuracy classes: Class A is match grade ammunition, while Class B is ordinary linked ammunition for machine gun use. Under the international (or Norwegian) NM nomenclature, revisions are indicated by a trailing "Fn", with "F3" being the current revision as of 2020. There is also a tracer variant, the Mk 30 ...
American-made Match-grade ammunition was loaded with IMR powder that allowed heavier bullets and higher velocities. T6LAA = .300 Magnum Ball (180-grain Full Metal Jacketed Boat-Tailed bullet) cartridges (Grade R), 50 x 20-round cartons (1000 rounds), commercial wooden crate lined with tarpaper.
1.4 Competition-grade military cartridges. 1.5 Special cartridges. 1.5.1 7.92mm Mauser. 1.5.2.30 Caliber (.30-06 Springfield) ... MATCH Ammunition used for target ...
The round was introduced as the XM118 match in 1963 and was produced at both Frankford Arsenal and Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. It was standardized as M118 match in mid-1965. It used the same bullet as the .30-06 Springfield M72 match ball round, match-grade brass cartridges, and used fitted No. 43 primers.
Match grade: Firearm parts and ammunition that are suitable for a competitive match. This refers to parts that are designed and manufactured such that they have a relatively tight-tolerances and high level of accuracy. Matchlock: An obsolete mechanism for discharging a firearm.
The M21 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) in the US Army is a national match grade M14 rifle, selected for accuracy, and renamed the M21 rifle. [7] The M21 uses a commercially procured 3–9× variable power telescopic sight, modified for use with the sniper rifle. [8] It is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.
The M2010 fires .300 Winchester Magnum (7.62×67mm) ammunition, that offers about 50 percent more effective range than the M24's 7.62×51mm NATO. This chambering to dimensionally larger cartridges is possible because the M24 was designed to use the "long action" bolt version of the Remington 700 receiver for cartridges up to 3.34 inches (84.84 ...