7x61mm Sharpe & Hart

Infobox Firearm Cartridge
name=7x61 Sharpe & Hart Magnum


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type=Rifle
designer=Philip Sharpe and Richard Hart
design_date=50s
manufacturer=Norma
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parent=
case_type=rimless, belted
bullet=284
neck=
shoulder=
base=
rim_dia=.532
rim_thick=.040
case_length=2.394
length=3.27
case_capacity=
rifling=
primer=
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filling_weight=
detonation=
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is_SI_ballistics=
bw1=160
btype1=
vel1=3100
en1=3410
bw2=139
btype2=Hornady SST BT
vel2=2800
en2=0
bw3=175
btype3=Hornady Spire Point Interlock
vel3=2900
en3=3267
test_barrel_length=
balsrc=Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading

The 7x61mm Sharpe & Hart Magnum belted cartridge (7mm S&H Super) was developed by Philip B. Sharpe and Richard Hart in the 1950s and based on the .300 H&H Magnum case.In 1953 Sharpe travelled to Scandinavia and the outcome of this trip was that
Schultz & Larsen of Denmark chambered the cartridge in their bolt action rifles while Norma started to manufacture commercial ammunition according to the disigners specifications. But today the cartridge is a handloader's perspective. However they have a variety of bullets to choose from, and Hornady lists load data for the cartridge.

Usage & Ballistics

While the 7x61 S&H Magnum is a good cartridge, it was overshadowed in the United States by the pre-existing 7mm Weatherby Magnum. Never a popular cartridge in the U.S., when the 7 mm Remington Magnum cartridge was introduced it spelled the demise of the 7x61 S&H.

References

*http://www.chuckhawks.com/7x61_SH_Mag.htm