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Based on Hodgdon reloading data typical velocities should range from approximately 4,000 ft/s (1,200 m/s) with a 58-grain (3.8 g) bullet to approximately 3,000 ft/s (910 m/s) with a 100-grain (6.5 g) bullet. [1] The percentage gain in performance over the older .243 Winchester is around 10% or less.
0.243 [10] 0.405 [5] 56.72mm Same cartridge as .244 Remington and interchangeable. Rifles marked .244 Remington may not stabilize heaviest 6mm Remington bullets. [3] 6mm BR Norma: 1996 [14] Sweden 3 [15] [16] R 6x39.6mm 2789 [15] 0.243 0.517 [15] 39.6mm Norma's redesigned of the Remington 6mm BR in order to utilize VLD bullets. 6mm XC: 2000 US ...
Winchester Super Short Magnum, or WSSM is a line of rebated bottlenecked centerfire short magnum cartridges introduced by the U.S. Repeating Arms Company (Winchester Inc). [1] It is a further development of the Winchester Short Magnum concept utilizing smaller bullets, but of a still higher velocity.
A common approach to product safety involved offering ammunition safe for use in the oldest or weakest firearm chambered for that cartridge. Owners of stronger firearms found and experimented with Hodgdon's previously unknown powders to achieve ballistics superior to available factory ammunition for older cartridges like the 7.92×57mm Mauser. [7]
The .243 Winchester (6×52mm) is a popular sporting rifle cartridge. Developed as a versatile short action cartridge to hunt both medium game and small game alike, it "took whitetail hunting by storm" [2] when introduced in 1955, and remains one of the most popular whitetail deer cartridges.
Hodgdon licensed the Winchester brand in January 2006, assuming all packaging and support responsibilities. [1] Prior to this Winchester brand powders were manufactured by the Olin Corporation. W231 is commonly used in metallic cartridge reloading and handloading. It is used primarily for pistol cartridges.
However, the lightweight .243 WSSM 55gr Ballistic Silvertip now outpaces Weatherby's offerings according to some. [5] Loading data from Western Powders puts the .240 Wby. Mag. at over 4,000 ft/s (1,200 m/s) with a 62 grain Barnes bullet.
Source(s): Nosler Load Data, [1] Hodgedon Reloading Data Center [2] The .338 Federal is a rifle cartridge based on the .308 Winchester case necked up to .33 caliber . It was created by Federal Cartridge and Sako in 2006 and intended as a big-game cartridge with reasonable recoil for lightweight rifles.