What was once feared on the battlefield during several wars is now used for hunting purposes across the world. The 303 British and the Lee Enfield rifles that they were fired in are the subject of this article. The cartridge itself has a rimmed, bottleneck case that dates all the way back to 1888. At […]
rifle ballistics
7.62X39 Ballistic Charts and Cartridge Guide
Originally designed in 1943 by Soviets and then used heavily as a service rifle cartridge around the globe, the 7.62X39 is one of the most popular rifle cartridges in existence. It owes its performance in sales to the popularity of the rifles that shoot it. This short, 30 caliber cartridge has chamberings in rifles such […]
240 WBY Mag Ballistics and Cartridge Guide
240 Weatherby Magnum: The 240 Weatherby Magnum was introduced in 1968 as the twelfth Weatherby cartridge in their belted long range rifle cartridge line-up. The 240 Weatherby cartridge case is unique in its design and is best described as a .30-06 cartridge case necked down to .243″ caliber and a belt added to the case. […]
280 Remington Ballistics Chart and Cartridge Guide
The 280 Remington rifle cartridge is based on the more popular 30-06 Springfield cartridge case necked down to accept .284″ diameter bullets and is very similar to an earlier wildcat cartridge the 7mm-06. Remington began producing the 280 Remington in 1957. They changed the name of the cartridge to the 7mm Express Remington in 1979, and later changed it […]
308 Winchester Ballistics, Pros, Cons, Uses, and History
308 Winchester History The very popular 308 Winchester centerfire rifle cartridge was introduced to the public as a civilian sporting cartridge by Winchester in September, 1952. Winchester’s Model 70 bolt action and Model 88 lever action rifles were then chambered for the commercial 308 Winchester cartridge. Two years later, in 1954, the 308 Winchester would be slightly modified for […]
25-06 Remington Ballistics
The 25-06 Remington rifle cartridge originally was a wildcat cartridge first introduced by A.O.Niedner in 1920 based on the 30-06 Springfield cartridge case necked down to accept .257″ diameter bullets. It was adopted by Remington and introduced to the shooting public in a Remington model 700 bolt action rifle in 1969. The 25-06 Remington is a true dual purpose […]
257 Weatherby Magnum Ballistics
257 Weatherby Magnum: The 257 Weatherby Magnum was introduced to the public in the mid 1940’s by Roy Weatherby as one of his original cartridges and his personal favorite as well. The 257 Weatherby Magnum cartridge case itself is the 300 H&H magnum case that has been necked down to 25 caliber. It was blown […]
45-70 Ballistics Chart With Hornady FTX, Remington (Comparison)
45-70 Government This is a two part article. The top is a history on the .45-70 and ballistics chart, the second deals with Black powder .45-70 Government Rifles. The 45-70 dates back to as early as 1865 but it wasn’t standardized until 1873 when a U.S. Government contract was issued for several thousand Springfield rifles […]
Rifle Ballistics Chart
Center fire Rifle Ballistics: The below rifle cartridge ballistics table will give true caliber and diameter of rifle cartridge bullet weight measured in grains, bullet ballistic coefficient, bullet velocity measured in feet per second, bullet energy measured in foot pounds and bullet trajectory measured in inches for the more popular and new introduced centerfire rifle […]
7mm WSM Ballistics
The 7mm Winchester Short Magnum is a newer 28 caliber centerfire rifle cartridge developed in partnership with Browning Arms Company and Winchester ammunition This rifle cartridge made its debut and was introduced to the shooting public in 2001. The 7mm short magnum cartridge is chambered in Winchester’s Model 70 bolt action rifle and is based on the 404 Jeffery cartridge case. […]
