The 220 swift was introduced to the public by Winchester in the summer of 1935 and was the end result of Winchester trying to build a super speed 22 caliber centerfire. Its cartridge case was the adaptation of two well known cartridge cases, in Winchester’s own words “we used a special Lee case with a […]
Remington Core-Lokt 243 Winchester Ammunition Ballistics
Remington 243 Winchester Ammunition: Remington, .243 Winchester Premier Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded ammunition features a bullet in a class of its own. Developed and designed by Remington’s industry-leading R&D; staff. Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded offers hunters the unique combination of excellent accuracy, superb weight retention and expansion with overall superior terminal results. The bonded bullet retains up […]
Reloading Components: Bullet Manufacturers
Bullet Manufacturers: Barnes: Barnes is best known for its legendary components, everything from the lead-core original bullets, to the legendary all-copper X bullet. This company was purchased by Remington Outdoors in 2009. Berger: Berger bullets are high quality precision bullets, engineered and precisely made with very tight tolerances for match grade accuracy. Hawk, Inc.: Hawk […]
7mm Remington Magnum Reloading
Cartridge: The 7mm Remington Magnum centerfire rifle cartridge is a .28″ caliber, belted, bottleneck centerfire rifle cartridge case design that is reloadable with various combinations of primer, powder and .284″ diameter bullets by handloaders. 7mm Remington Magnum Reloading And Cartridge Specifications: 7mm Remington Magnum Cartridge: Bullet Diameter – .284″. Primer Diameter – .210″. Primer Type – Large […]
243 Winchester Reloading Specifications
Cartridge: The 243 Winchester centerfire rifle cartridge is a .24″ caliber, rimless, bottleneck centerfire rifle cartridge case design that is reloadable with various combinations of primer, powder and .243″ diameter bullets by handloaders. 243 Winchester Reloading Specifications: 243 Winchester Cartridge: Bullet Diameter – .243″. Primer Diameter – .210″. Primer Type – Large Rifle. Case Neck Diameter – […]
Shotgun Drop Factor
Shot shell Drop / Trajectory: Perhaps one of the things that will cross a shotgun hunter’s mind once in awhile is how much does shot drop over a given distance and does this trajectory matter. It goes without saying that the pellets are losing energy as they travel downrange to their intended target. The controversy […]