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  2. Hodgdon Powder Company - Wikipedia

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    The C was to indicate the powder burned "cooler" than traditional Improved Military Rifle (IMR) powders. [4] In 1949, he began acquisition of powder salvaged from disassembled Oerlikon 20mm cannon cartridges. This powder resembled IMR 4350 in appearance, and with a slower burning rate, was initially marketed as "4350 Data", and later as 4831. [5]

  3. IMR Legendary Powders - Wikipedia

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    An IMR smokeless powder for reloading The Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. IMR Legendary Powders is a line of smokeless powders which are popularly used in sporting and military/police firearm cartridges. The initials 'IMR' stand for Improved Military Rifle powder. IMR powders makes a line of various types of smokeless powder suitable for ...

  4. .300 Winchester Magnum - Wikipedia

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    Source(s): Accurate Powders load guide v3.5 [1] Hodgdon powders achieve approx 100fps less. [ 2 ] The .300 Winchester Magnum (also known as .300 Win Mag or .300 WM ) (7.62×67mmB, 7.62x66BR) is a belted , bottlenecked magnum rifle cartridge that was introduced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1963.

  5. Smokeless powder - Wikipedia

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    Finnish smokeless powder. Smokeless powder is a type of propellant used in firearms and artillery that produces less smoke and less fouling when fired compared to black powder. Because of their similar use, both the original black powder formulation and the smokeless propellant which replaced it are commonly described as gunpowder.

  6. 7mm Remington Magnum - Wikipedia

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    Source(s): Accurate Powder [1] The 7mm Remington Magnum rifle cartridge was introduced as a commercially available round in 1962, [ 2 ] along with the new Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle . It is a member of the belted magnum family that is directly derived from the venerable .375 H&H Magnum . [ 3 ]

  7. .221 Remington Fireball - Wikipedia

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    Source(s): Accurate Powder [1] The .221 Remington Fireball (5.7x35mm), often simply referred to as .221 Fireball , is a centerfire cartridge created by Remington Arms Company in 1963 as a special round for use in their experimental single-shot bolt-action pistol , the XP-100 . [ 2 ]

  8. Improved military rifle powder - Wikipedia

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    Military rifle propellant was manufactured in batches in a procedure taking about two weeks [7] from treating cotton linters with nitric acid, through curing the extruded grains to evaporate excess ether and alcohol, and finally coating the dried grains with DNT and graphite. Each batch had somewhat different reaction rates, so testing was ...

  9. Accurizing - Wikipedia

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    Accurizing is the process of improving the accuracy and precision of a gun (firearm or airgun). [1] For shooting sport, accuracy is the gun's ability to hit exactly what the shooter is aiming at, and precision is the ability to hit the same place over and over again in a