.348 Winchester

Infobox Firearm Cartridge
name= .348 Winchester


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origin= USA
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case type=rimmed bottleneck
bullet=.348
neck=.3785
shoulder=.485
base=.553
rim_dia=.610
rim_thick=.070
case_length=2.825
length=3.60
rifling= 1 in 16
primer= Large rifle
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bw1=150
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vel1=2890
en1=2780
bw2=200
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vel2=2530
en2=2840
bw3=250
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vel3=2350
en3=3060
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balsrc=The .348 Winchester is an American rifle cartridge.

Introduced in 1936, and developed for the Winchester 71 lever rifle, the .348 was one of the most powerful rimmed rounds ever used in a lever rifle. [Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. "Cartridges of the World" (Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972), p.52.] It is excellent for almost any North American big game in woods or brush, but not especially suited to long range, as a result of the need to use flat-nose slugs due to the Model 71's tubular magazine. [Barnes, p.52.] (Factory-loaded, midrange trajectory at 200 yards {180 m} is 2.9 in {7.4 cm} for the 150 grain bullet, 3.6 in {9.1 cm} for the convert|200|gr|g|sing=on round, and 4.4 in {11.2 cm} for the convert|250|gr|g|sing=on slug.) [Barnes, p.52.] The 200 and convert|250|gr|g|sing=on loadings are preferred for anything past 100 yd (90 m). [Barnes, p.52.]

In 1962, Winchester dropped the factory 150 gr & 250 gr, retaining only the 200 gr. No other rifle ever was ever offered in .348, and it has been supplanted by the .358 Winchester (in the Model 88). [Barnes, p.52.] (The Model 71 was discontinued in 1958.) [Barnes, p.52.]

ee also

*List of cartridges by caliber
*List of rifle cartridges
*Winchester Model 71
*9mm caliber

References

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*Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. "Cartridges of the World". Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972.