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WOLF Performance Ammunition is a trademark associated with Sporting Supplies International (SSI), a corporation founded in the United States in 2005. Most of their ammunition is primarily being manufactured by the Tula Cartridge Plant in Tula , Tula District , Russia , from 2005 to 2009.
The .223 Remington (designated 223 Remington by SAAMI [4] and 223 Rem. by the C.I.P. [5], pronounced "two-twenty three") is a rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire intermediate cartridge. It was developed in 1957 by Remington Arms and Fairchild Industries for the U.S. Continental Army Command of the United States Army as part of a project to create ...
Comparison of .223 Remington (left) and external propellant caseless 4.73×33mm Heckler & Koch G11 ammunition (right). Caseless ammunition ( CL ), [ 1 ] or caseless cartridge , is a configuration of weapon-cartridge that eliminates the cartridge case that typically holds the primer , propellant and projectile together as a unit.
7.62×25mm Tokarev 86-grain lead core, bi-metal copper-steel full metal jacket bullet, polymer coated steel case, non-corrosive, berdan primed [5]; 9×18mm Makarov 94 grain lead core, bi-metal copper-steel full metal jacket bullet, polymer coated steel case, non-corrosive, berdan primed [6]
The .223 WSSM was introduced in 2003 by the Browning Arms Company, Winchester Ammunition, and Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The .223 designation is a reference to the popular .223 Remington. It is currently the fastest production .22 caliber round in the world with muzzle velocities as high as 4,600 feet per second (1,402 meters per second).
The AR-15 standard cartridge is a .223 caliber, frequently using bullets in the 55 to 77 gr weight range. The 300 BLK can be found in factory-loaded ammunition from 100 to 220 gr. Although, the solid .308 bullets that are lighter than 150 gr do not have optimum ballistic coefficients (hollow-point bullets can have an optimum profile at a ...
Size comparison between .222 (left), .223 (center) and .222 Magnum (right) The .222 Remington was eventually eclipsed in benchrest competition by the 6mm PPC . When the US military was looking for a new smallbore rifle cartridge, Remington started with the .222 Remington, and stretched it to increase powder capacity by about 20% in 1958 to make ...
The .17-223 / 4.4x45mm is a centerfire wildcat rifle cartridge. It is based on the .223 Remington , but the neck is re-sized to accept a .17 caliber bullet. See also