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  2. Table of handgun and rifle cartridges - Wikipedia

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    The first French brass cartridge for military use. Black powder. [3] Replaced by 8mm Lebel. [3] 11×60mm Mauser: 1871 Germany R 11×60mmR 1430 [3] 2013 [8] 2.815 77 [3] 0.446 [3] 60mm The first black powder cartridge adopted in large numbers by the unified German Army, it was used in the 1871 and 1871/84 rifles. 11×60mm Murata: 1880 Japan R 11 ...

  3. .45 Black Powder Magnum - Wikipedia

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    The .45 BPM can be handloaded using a .460 S&W Magnum brass casing, a standard large pistol primer, from 40 grains black powder with filler as necessary to avoid air gaps on up to 60 grains black powder. A typical bullet would consist of soft lead from 150 to 250 grains in weight with a black powder appropriate lubricant in the groove(s).

  4. List of Magnum cartridges - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of rifle cartridges - Wikipedia

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    .25-45 Sharps.297/250 Rook.250-3000 Savage.255 Jeffery Rook.256 Gibbs Magnum.256 Newton.256 Winchester Magnum.257 Roberts.257 Weatherby Magnum.26 Nosler.260 Remington.264 LBC-AR.264 Winchester Magnum.270 Weatherby Magnum.270 Winchester.270 Winchester Short Magnum.275 H&H Magnum.275 No 2 Magnum.275 Rigby.276 Enfield.276 Pedersen.277 FURY

  6. 9×19mm Parabellum - Wikipedia

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    The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a rimless, centerfire, tapered firearms cartridge. Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer Georg Luger in 1901, [ 6 ] it is widely considered the most popular handgun and submachine gun cartridge due to its low cost, adequate stopping power and extensive ...

  7. 5-in-1 blank cartridge - Wikipedia

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    These cartridges can be loaded with different charges, ranging from quarter-load charges for indoor scenes and scenes around animals, up to full-load charges for outdoor firing. [ 1 ] 5-in-1 blanks can be used in firearms chambered for the .38-40 Winchester , .44-40 Winchester , .45 Colt , .44 Magnum , and .44 Special because, although the ...

  8. Overpressure ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Speer Gold Dot 124gr 9mm+P in SIG P226 magazines. Overpressure ammunition, commonly designated as +P or +P+ (pronounced Plus-P or Plus-P-Plus), is small arms ammunition that has been loaded to produce a higher internal pressure when fired than is standard for ammunition of its caliber (see internal ballistics), but less than the pressures generated by a proof round.

  9. Internal ballistics - Wikipedia

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    In general, loads close to 100% density (or even loads where seating the bullet in the case compresses the powder) ignite and burn more consistently than lower-density loads. In cartridges surviving from the black-powder era (examples being .45 Colt , .45-70 Government ), the case is much larger than is needed to hold the maximum charge of high ...