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The .22-250 Remington is a very high-velocity, short action, .22 caliber rifle cartridge primarily used for varmint hunting and small game hunting. It is capable of reaching over 4,000 feet per second. Some jurisdictions prohibit the use of cartridges smaller than 6 mm (e.g., .243 Winchester) for deer hunting.
Introduced in the Winchester M1890 slide rifle, it had a flat-nose slug, and is identical to the .22 Remington Special (which differed only in having a roundnosed slug). [2] It uses a flat-based, inside-lubricated bullet , which differs from the outside-lube heeled bullet of the .22 Short , .22 Long , .22 Long Rifle , and .22 Extra Long cartridges.
The .223 designation is a reference to the popular .223 Remington. It is currently the fastest production .22 caliber round in the world with muzzle velocities as high as 4,600 feet per second (1,402 meters per second). However, the .220 Swift still holds the record as the fastest .22 caliber centerfire cartridge with a published velocity of ...
One of these experimental cartridges was the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer. This humorously named cartridge was developed by Ackley for Bob Hutton of Guns & Ammo magazine, and was intended solely to exceed 5,000 ft/s (1,500 m/s) muzzle velocity. Ackley's loads only managed 4,600 ft/s (1,400 m/s)(Mach 4.2), firing a 50-grain (3.2 g) bullet.
The .22 CHeetah (both C and H are upper-case, [1] referring to Carmichel / Huntington [2]) is a .22 wildcat cartridge developed in the 1970s or 1980s by Jim Carmichel and Fred Huntington. [ 3 ] The .22 CHeetah is essentially a Remington .308 BR (empty .308 Winchester cases [ 4 ] [ 5 ] ), modified to fit the .22 caliber . [ 6 ]
October 6, 2024 at 7:03 AM. By John Kruzel. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When lawyers for Richard Glossip argue before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to vacate his conviction for a 1997 murder, the ...
Winchester Super Short Magnum, or WSSM is a line of rebated bottlenecked centerfire short magnum cartridges introduced by the U.S. Repeating Arms Company (Winchester Inc). [1] It is a further development of the Winchester Short Magnum concept utilizing smaller bullets, but of a still higher velocity.
Primer type. Remington 7 1⁄2. The .22 Bench Rest Remington cartridge, commonly referred to as the .22 BR Remington, is a wildcat cartridge commonly used in varmint hunting and benchrest shooting. It is based on the .308×1.5-inch Barnes cartridge, necked down to .22 caliber, lengthened by .020 inches and with the shoulder angle increased to 30°.