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O'Connor was well known among shooters and hunters as a proponent of various cartridges such as the .30-06 Springfield, 7x57mm Mauser , and for his extensive knowledge of hunting and shooting, but especially for the .270 Winchester with which he collected all sorts of North American big game including the giant moose.
The .270 Winchester, conceived solely as a big game hunting cartridge, became very popular, in part, due to the widespread praises of gun writer Jack O'Connor who used the cartridge for 40 years and touted its merits in the pages of Outdoor Life [6] [7] as well as other renowned gun writers of the time such as late Col. Townsend Whelen.
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the same load as the highest muzzle velocity, since the bullet weights can differ between loads).
There are also many more factory loads available for the .270 Winchester over the .280 Remington at a lower price point due to the .270's much greater popularity. [ 2 ] Renowned for being a strong advocate of the .270 Winchester, gun writer Jack O'Connor 's last rifle was a Ruger M77 restocked by Alvin Biesen but this time chambered in .280 ...
.45 Long Colt: 6 Spain: 1980–1989 Beaumont–Adams revolver: Robert Adams of London.479 inch.338 inch.442 Webley: 5 United Kingdom: 1862-1880 Beretta Laramie: Fabbrica d' Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A..45 Long Colt.38 Special: 6 Italy: Beretta Stampede: Fabbrica d' Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A..45 Long Colt.357 Magnum.38 Special: 6 Italy: Bodeo ...
The .45 Auto Rim, also known as 11.5x23mmR, is a rimmed cartridge specifically designed to be fired in revolvers originally chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge.. The Peters Cartridge Company developed the cartridge in 1920 for use in the M1917 revolver, large numbers of which had become available as surplus following the end of World War I. [3]
.45 ACP United States: 2010s Obregón pistol: National Army of Mexico.45 ACP Mexico: Mid-1930s P10, P12, P14, LDA: Para-Ordnance AKA Para USA 9×19mm Parabellum.38 ACP.40 S&W.45 ACP Canada: 1985 Pardini GT45: Pardini Arms: 9×19mm Parabellum 9×21mm.40 S&W.45 ACP Italy: Revol Arms DL45 Revol Arms .45 ACP United States: 2017 RIA 1911: Armscor ...
An additional Smith & Wesson .45 ACP revolver is the Model 325 Thunder Ranch, which has a 4-inch barrel and a accessory rail for mounting lights and lasers. The Model 625 in .45 ACP was the revolver used by Jerry Miculek when he set the world record for the fastest six shots, a reload, and another six shots in 2.99 seconds.