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When requirements were finalized, the decision was made to separate the 5.56×45mm and 7.62×51mm weapons because converting the medium caliber rifle to fire small caliber bullets created an assault rifle heavier than the M4 carbine. After fielding, operators reversed the previous decision and called for a SCAR that could change calibers.
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. This ammunition was developed following World War II as part of the NATO small arms standardization, it is made to replicate the ballistics of a pre-WWII full power rifle cartridge in a more compact package.
Clay Harvey, an American gun writer, said the .308 Winchester is usable on moose and elk. [23] Layne Simpson, an American who has hunted in Sweden, said he is surprised at how many hunters there used the cartridge. [24] Craig Boddington was told by a Norma Precision executive that the .308 Winchester was one of Norma's best-selling calibers. [25]
Even though the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) does not consider it unsafe to fire the commercial .308 Winchester rounds in weapons chambered for the military 7.62×51mm NATO round, there is significant discussion about compatible chambers and muzzle pressures between the two cartridges based on powder loads ...
The U.S. based Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) has listed a number of known unsafe firearm chamber and cartridge combinations which can happen due to mixing of different common cartridges. [1] Examples include: Firing a .22 Long Rifle round in a .17 HMR rifle
.308 Marlin Express.308 Norma Magnum.308 Winchester.308×1.5" Barnes.310 Cadet.318 Westley Richards.32 Remington.32 Winchester Self-Loading.32 Winchester Special.32-20 Winchester.32-40 Ballard.32-40 Winchester.325 Winchester Short Magnum.327 Federal Magnum.33 Nosler.33 Winchester.333 Jeffery.338 Blaser Magnum.338 Edge.338 Federal.338 Lapua Magnum
Furthermore, the Barnes cartridge is capable of launching heavier bullets than the 7.62×39 and has the advantage of using spitzer bullets and is chambered in strong bolt-action rifles, whereas the .30-30 is commonly loaded with round-nose or flat-nose bullets due to the fact that it is chambered in lever-action rifles with tubular magazines.
A .32 ACP FMJ cartridge, a .32 ACP FMJ cartridge in a blued .303 British supplemental chamber, and a .303 British FMJ cartridge (left to right) A caliber conversion device is a device which can be used to non-permanently alter a firearm to allow it to fire a different cartridge than the one it was