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  2. .38/.45 Clerke - Wikipedia

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    It is essentially a .45 ACP case, necked down to .357, resulting in a cartridge similar in form to the earlier 7.65×21mm Parabellum and 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridges. It was created to be a low recoil target cartridge that would function reliably with multiple bullet types, FMJ to cast lead wadcutters without the feeding problems that straight walled pistol rounds sometimes exhibit. [2]

  3. Handloading - Wikipedia

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    Components of a modern bottleneck rifle cartridge. Top-to-bottom: Copper-jacketed bullet, smokeless powder granules, rimless brass case, Boxer primer.. Handloading, or reloading, is the practice of making firearm cartridges by manually assembling the individual components (metallic/polymer case, primer, propellant and projectile), rather than purchasing mass-assembled, factory-loaded ...

  4. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    .45 ACP: The standard US pistol round for about 75 years. Typical .45 ACP loads are subsonic. [54].45 Colt: a more powerful 45-calibre revolver round using a longer cartridge. The .45 Colt was designed for the Colt Single Action Army and adopted by the US Army in 1873. Other 45-calibre single-action and double-action revolvers also use this round.

  5. List of .45 caliber handguns - Wikipedia

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    .45 ACP Italy: 2004 BFD 1911: BFD .45 ACP United States: 2010s Bren Ten: Dornaus & Dixon Enterprises, Inc. 10mm Auto.45 ACP.22 Long Rifle United States: 1983 Colt Double Eagle: Colt Manufacturing Company.45 ACP 10mm Auto.40 S&W 9×19mm Parabellum.38 Super United States: 1985 Colt New Service: Colt Manufacturing Company.45 Colt.455 Webley.476 ...

  6. .460 Rowland - Wikipedia

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    The .460 Rowland / 11.43×24mm is a rimless, straight walled handgun cartridge designed in 1997 [1] by Johnny Rowland and developed in conjunction with Clark Custom Guns as a derivative of the .45 ACP [2] with the goal of producing a cartridge which can achieve true .44 Magnum [3] ballistic performance and be fired from a semi-automatic platform.

  7. Peters Cartridge Company - Wikipedia

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    Bullet manufacturing building R-6 was built of brick; and money from wartime contracts was used to replace most of the old wooden framed buildings with brick and reinforced concrete structures including the main R-1 building in 1916, the R-17 power house in 1917, metallic cartridge loading building R-2 in 1918, primer assembly building R-9, and ...

  8. W231 - Wikipedia

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    W231 is commonly used in metallic cartridge reloading and handloading. It is used primarily for pistol cartridges. It is used primarily for pistol cartridges. While the product label states "ball" powder, W231 is a flattened-ball powder.

  9. .45 Winchester Magnum - Wikipedia

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    The cartridge is an externally lengthened .45 ACP with a thicker web to withstand higher operating pressures. The 45 Win Mag is nearly identical in dimensions and loading to the .45 NAACO developed by the North American Arms Corporation for their Brigadier pistol, developed to supply to the Canadian Army after World War II.