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The .357 SIG (designated as the 357 Sig by the SAAMI [2] and 357 SIG by the C.I.P. [1] or 9×22 mm in official metric notation) is a bottlenecked rimless centrefire handgun cartridge developed by the Swiss-German firearms manufacturer SIG Sauer, in cooperation with ammunition manufacturer Federal Premium. The cartridge is used by a number of ...
SIG Pro. SIG Sauer P226. SIG Sauer P239. SIG Sauer P250. SIG Sauer P320. Smith & Wesson M&P. Smith & Wesson SW. Springfield Armory XD. Steyr M.
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The .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum, .357 S&W Magnum, .357 Magnum, or 9×33mmR (as it is known in unofficial metric designation) is a smokeless powder cartridge with a 0.357 in (9.07 mm) bullet diameter. It was created by Elmer Keith , Phillip B. Sharpe, [ 2 ] and Douglas B. Wesson [ 2 ] [ 3 ] of firearm manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Winchester .
It is essentially a .45 ACP case, necked down to .357, resulting in a cartridge similar in form to the earlier 7.65×21mm Parabellum and 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridges. It was created to be a low recoil target cartridge that would function reliably with multiple bullet types, FMJ to cast lead wadcutters without the feeding problems that straight walled pistol rounds sometimes exhibit. [2]
Wildcat cartridge. .243 Winchester Ackley Improved (left) and .243 Winchester (right) A wildcat cartridge, often shortened to wildcat, is a custom-made cartridge for which ammunition and/or firearms are not mass-produced. These cartridges are often created as experimental variants to optimize a certain ballistic performance characteristic (such ...
Cast bullet. An open single-cavity bullet mold and a closed two-cavity mold. A cast bullet is made by allowing molten metal to solidify in a mold. Most cast bullets are made of lead alloyed with tin and antimony; but zinc alloys have been used when lead is scarce, and may be used again in response to concerns about lead toxicity.
Sights. Fixed and illuminated night sights. The Springfield Armory XD is a series of semi-automatic pistols produced by Springfield Armory, Inc., in the United States along with follow-on variants: XD-M, XD-S, and XD-E. [1] Polymer -framed and predominantly striker-fired, the series is manufactured by HS Produkt in Karlovac, Croatia.