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The American .280 Remington cartridge is probably the closest ballistic twin of the 7×64mm. When compared to the 7×64mm, the .280 Remington has a slightly lower maximum allowed chamber pressure and as an American 7 mm cartridge has a slightly smaller groove diameter. European 7 mm cartridges all have 7.24 mm (0.285 in) grooves Ø diameter. [6]
The twist rate for the 7x64 is 1 in 8.66 inch against 1 in 10 inch for the 280 Remington. Nearly every European rifle producer offers the 7x64 as a standard caliber. The .280 Remington does, however, have a larger than expected number of European users in imported self-loading rifles such as those by Remington.
A magnum cartridge is a firearm cartridge with a larger case size than, or derived from, a similar cartridge of the same projectile caliber and case shoulder shape. [ clarification needed ] The term derives from the .357 Magnum , the original revolver cartridge with this designation.
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
An advantage of the 9.3×64mm Brenneke cartridge is that it can be chambered in standard sized bolt-action rifles. German big-game hunters often use the 9.3×64mm Brenneke for hunting plains game and Big Five game in Africa, whereas British and American hunters choose the .375 H&H Magnum or similar cartridges. As the 9.3×64mm Brenneke is a ...
7×64mm rifle cartridge. In 1917 Brenneke necked down his 8x64mm S design of 1912 to 7 mm calibre and introduced it as 7×64mm and achieved a major commercial success. The 7×64mm offered 10 to 12% extra muzzle velocity over the 7×57mm producing a flatter trajectory and greater long range performance.
9.3×64mm Brenneke.30 Newton.224 Weatherby Magnum.240 Apex.240 Weatherby Magnum.257 Weatherby Magnum.270 Weatherby Magnum.280 Ross.300 Lapua Magnum.300 Norma Magnum.300 Weatherby Magnum; 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum.300 Winchester Magnum.300 Winchester Short Magnum.308 Norma Magnum.325 Winchester Short Magnum.338 Lapua Magnum.338 Norma Magnum
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the 7.00 to 7.99 millimetres (0.2756 to 0.3146 in) caliber range. Length refers to the cartridge case length. OAL refers to the overall length of the cartridge. All measurements are in mm (in).