223 Winchester Super Short Magnum: The 223 Winchester Super Sort Magnum is a centerfire rifle cartridge developed in partnership with Browning Arms Company and Winchester ammunition. It made its debut and was formally introduced to the shooting public in 2003. The new .224″ short magnum cartridge was first chambered in Winchester’s Model 70 bolt action […]
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257 Roberts Ballistics and Cartridge Guide
The 257 Roberts is one of those quarter bore cartridges that has a very small following, but should be more popular. Sadly, most hunters have never even heard of it before. The 25 caliber cartridges like this one and 25-06 Remington are very versatile cartridges that are great for any animal from varmint up to […]
6.5 PRC Ballistics and Cartridge Guide
The 6.5 PRC is the most recent in a long line of 6.5mm cartridges. Famed for long distance accuracy, many shooters have settled on one or another version of the venerable 6.5mm for hunting and long distance shooting. Let’s take a deeper look. 6.5mm History: The 6.5mm rifle cartridge, in general, is really nothing new. […]
357 Magnum Ballistics Charts (Handgun and Rifle)
357 Magnum Cartridge: The 357 Magnum cartridge was designed in 1934 and then introduced to the public in 1935 by Smith & Wesson. The 357 Magnum is an effective self-defense cartridge for those who carry a revolver and it started out back then as a very popular round. S&W originally had a hard time keeping […]
7mm-08 Ballistics and Other Info
7mm-08 Remington: The 7mm-08 Remington originated as a wildcat centerfire rifle cartridge that was standardized by Remington in 1980 and offering it as a chambering in their Model 700 bolt action rifles. The cartridge came about from a .308 Winchester case that was necked down to a accept a bullet diameter of .284″, and was […]
17 Hornet Ballistics Chart, History, ETC
The 17 Hornet is an interesting cartridge in that it has two different stories to tell. On one hand, the first 17 Hornet was developed by famed cartridge developer P.O. Ackley all the way back in the 1950s. Ackley took a 22 Hornet and necked it down to accept a 17 caliber projectile. The Ackley […]
327 Federal Magnum Ballistics
The 327 Federal Magnum is a relative newcomer to the revolver and lever action world. Federal Ammunition developed the cartridge off of the 32 H&R Magnum parent case in 2007 and began production on it in 2008. The 327 is a rimmed, straight walled cartridge that was originally meant to give concealed carriers an extra […]
6.5X55 Swedish Mauser Ballistics
6.5x55mm Swedish Mauser: The 6.5X55mm Swedish Mauser was developed in 1893 by a joint Swedish/Norwegian commission and officially adopted by those countries as the military cartridge. Soon thereafter it became a popular sporting cartridge and was used for target shooting, including Olympic free rifle competition. It was virtually unknown in the United States until the […]
357 SIG VS 357 Magnum
I see in gun groups and forums that there is confusion surrounding 357 Mag and 357 SIG. Some folks have bought one or the other, needing the one they DIDN’T buy, and were confused when they got it home. Other folks just want to know the differences between these two cartridges or find out which […]
223 Remington Ballistics (Chart, History, Uses)
The 223 Remington is a centerfire rifle cartridge that is a .22″ caliber, rimless, bottleneck cartridge case design that can be reloaded. Rifles chambered in this round have a barrel bore land to land diameter of .219″ and a bore groove to groove diameter of .224″. The 223 Remington was introduced to the public as […]
