- Winchester Magnum
Winchester Magnum refers to a "family" of cartridges developed by the
Winchester Repeating Arms Company , one of the oldest firearms manufacturers in the United States, in the late 1950's and early 1960's, all based on the same basic cartridge case. The basic case was a "short" magnum, meaning it would work through a standard (i.e.;.30-06 ) length rifle action rather than requiring the longer, magnum (i.e. .375 Holland and Holland) actions.Dimensions
The dimensions of the basic case are:
Originally known as a "short" magnum as compared to the
.375 H&H Magnum , this is now considered the "long" magnum since the development of the family ofWinchester Short Magnum s.Cartridge list
The cartridges in this family are, in the order of development:
*.458 Winchester Magnum (1956): .458 in. (11.658 mm) bullet
*.338 Winchester Magnum (1958): .338 in. ( 8.610 mm) bullet
*.264 Winchester Magnum (1959): .264 in. ( 6.500 mm) bullet
*.300 Winchester Magnum (1963): .308 in. ( 7.620 mm) bulletWith the exception of the .264, all of these cartridges are still widely used. The .458 has become the #1 cartridge for dangerous game in
Africa , as well as a very popular round withAlaska n/Canadianbear guides. The .338 is widely used for game ranging fromelk and African plains game to dangerous game such as grizzly/brown bears and Africanlions . The .300 is one of the most popular cartridges in the world, used for everything fromdeer to brown bears.fact|date=August 2007ee also
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Winchester Super Short Magnum
*List of rifle cartridges External links
* [http://www.winchesterguns.com/ Winchester Guns]
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