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The .378 Weatherby Magnum was designed by Roy Weatherby in 1953. [3] [4] Although inspired by the .416 Rigby, it is an original belted magnum design with no parent case. [5]The cartridge features a high powder capacity relative to its bore size, and can hold upwards of 7.13 g (120 gr) of powder.
The Thompson/Center Ugalde, or TCU family of wildcat cartridges, was developed by Wes Ugalde of Fallon, Nevada, by necking up .223 Remington brass to accept larger bullets. The cartridges were developed for the Thompson Center Arms Contender single shot pistol, and are widely used in handgun metallic silhouette competition and handgun hunting. [1]
It was designed as a hunting cartridge and is widely used all over the world for hunting a wide range of mid-to-large-sized big game such as North American moose, elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer and white-tailed deer, making it one of the most versatile big game hunting cartridges.
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. From left to right: 1.17 Hornady Mach 2, ... This page was last edited on 14 December 2024, ...
The .30-378 Weatherby Magnum is a .30 caliber, belted, bottle-necked rifle cartridge. [2] The cartridge was developed in response to a US Army military contract in 1959. While still unreleased to the public, the cartridge went on to set world records for accuracy including the first ten 10X in 1,000 yards (910 m) benchrest shootin
The .375 H&H Magnum is one of the most versatile cartridges and is referred to by Jack O’Connor as the "Queen of the Medium Bores". [14] The cartridge is very popular in Africa where it is considered one of the best all-round rifle cartridges. It is capable of taking any big species including all the Big Five game animals. [15]
The .444 Marlin (10.9×57mmR) is a rifle cartridge designed in 1964 by Marlin Firearms and Remington Arms.It was designed to fill the gap left when the older .45-70 cartridge was not available in new lever-action rifles; at the time it was the largest lever-action cartridge available. [1]
Thanks to the large number of rifles based on the .30-06 family of cartridges, having a .338-06 made usually only requires a simple barrel change by a competent gun smith. Since the 1960's a relatively obsure cartridge only known to handloaders and "Wildcatters", eventually A-Square adopted the caliber as the .338-06 A-Square in approximately 1998.
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