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Components of a modern bottleneck rifle cartridge. Top-to-bottom: Copper-jacketed bullet, smokeless powder granules, rimless brass case, Boxer primer.. Handloading, or reloading, is the practice of making firearm cartridges by manually assembling the individual components (metallic/polymer case, primer, propellant and projectile), rather than purchasing mass-assembled, factory-loaded ...
The .400/360 Nitro Express cartridges gradually declined in popularity with the increased popularity of the magnum-lengthed Gewehr 98 bolt-action rifles, being supplanted by such cartridges as the .350 Rigby and the .375 H&H Magnum, whilst in European rifles, the 9×70mm Mauser was superseded by the 9.3×74mmR.
The .700 Nitro Express (17.8×89mmR), also known as .700 H&H, is a big-game rifle cartridge.The cartridge is typically charged with around 250 grains of powder, in addition to a two-grain igniter charge (to reduce the tendency of the cartridge to hang fire from such large powder charges). [3]
The American ammunition manufacturer Hornady got the 300 Precision Rifle Cartridge [15] SAAMI-standardized in 2018. [16] [17] In 2019 it got C.I.P.-standardized as the 300 PRC. [18] The .375 Ruger cartridge has functioned as the parent case for the .300 Precision Rifle Cartridge (300 PRC), [19] which is essentially a necked-down version of the ...
The .450/400 Nitro Express is a Nitro Express rifle cartridge that is produced in three case lengths: 2 3 ⁄ 8-inches, 3 inches and 3 1 ⁄ 4-inches, [2] and is intended for use in single shot and double rifles. The 3-inch and 3 1 ⁄ 4-inch versions are considered classic Nitro Express cartridges.
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A study Archived 2007-08-20 at the Wayback Machine done that shows a statistically significant correlation between CUP and PSI for rifle cartridges. Speer Reloading Manual Number 11, Omark Industries, 1987 [ISBN unspecified]
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