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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
The .38-56 Winchester Center Fire / 9.59x53mmR or .38-56 Winchester cartridge was introduced in 1887 by Winchester for the Winchester Model 1886, [3] and was also used in the Marlin Model of 1895. Project and history
Number of manufacturers producing complete cartridges - e.g. Norma, RWS, Hornady, Winchester, Federal, Remington, Sellier & Bellot, Prvi Partizan. May be none for obsolete and wildcat cartridges . H/R: Handgun (H) or rifle (R) - dominant usage of the cartridge (although several dual-purpose cartridges exist)
The .38-55 Winchester / 9.6x53mmR cartridge (actually .3775 caliber), also known as the .38-55 WCF and the .38-55 Ballard, [4] is a centerfire rifle cartridge. It was based on an earlier cartridge called the .38-50 Ballard Everlasting that was introduced in 1876 by the Ballard Rifle & Cartridge Company .
The .405 Winchester / 10.45x65mmR (.405 WCF) is a rimmed centerfire rifle cartridge introduced in 1904 for the Winchester 1895 lever-action rifle. [4] It remains to this day one of the most powerful rimmed cartridges designed specifically for lever-action rifles; the only modern lever action cartridges that exceed its performance are the .50 Alaskan, .450 Alaskan, .475 Turnbull, .348 Turnbull ...
The high-velocity smokeless load was in a class with the .444 Marlin, [4] and its power exceeded the .348 [5] and .358 Winchester. [ 6 ] Winchester continued to offer the cartridge commercially until 1935 [ 1 ] and while it is still offered by some suppliers, due to its obsolescence and resultant obscurity, it is significantly more costly than ...
Only a decade later, the desired result was achieved with a new caliber when the .33 Winchester was introduced in 1902. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Never popular due to lack of range despite high muzzle velocity (the 1886's tube magazine ensured that aerodynamic pointed-tip bullets couldn't be used except while single loading), the only other firearms offered ...
The .25-20 Winchester cartridge is simply a necked-down version of the .32-20. [4] In addition, the .218 Bee was created using the .32-20 as its parent cartridge. The .32-20 cartridge case has been used to create usable ammunition for the Nagant M1895. This is accomplished by removing .01" from the rim thickness and sizing the case in a ...