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Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
#7070891
02/08/18 06:46 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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Is there any end in sight?
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7070895
02/08/18 06:48 PM
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Choctaw
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Is there any end in sight? The 6.5 Creedmore sucks. Wait, what were you asking?
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7070900
02/08/18 06:49 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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I prefer the 6.5x55 or 7-08
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7070907
02/08/18 06:55 PM
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GLC
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Probably not, got to remember we have new hunters and shooters joining every day that have little or no experience or information on firearms/hand loading skills/calibers. Got to cut them some slack. But if an old fart like me starts one,
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: GLC]
#7070914
02/08/18 07:02 PM
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J.G.
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Probably not, got to remember we have new hunters and shooters joining every day that have little or no experience or information on firearms/hand loading skills/calibers. Got to cut them some slack. This exactly. No different than the PMs I get. I've answered the same questions more times than I can remember. But the person asking has never seen the answer before, so I give them the answer. It's just the way it is.
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7070915
02/08/18 07:03 PM
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Choctaw
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I prefer the 6.5x55 or 7-08 If you don't like what I like then you're wrong. You should know that by now. Isn't the 7-08 for people who are afraid of recoil, bunnies and unicorns?
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7070924
02/08/18 07:11 PM
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TX_LT230FH
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Let's see. This is a hunting forum. This is the "Rifles, Shotguns & Handguns" sub-forum. At least 2 of the three sub-forum title words are known to use cartridges. So, probably not.
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Choctaw]
#7070953
02/08/18 07:42 PM
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Dien
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Is there any end in sight? The 6.5 Creedmore sucks. Wait, what were you asking? Dunno about the Creedmore but the Creedmoor on the other hand...
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Dien]
#7070977
02/08/18 07:59 PM
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Choctaw
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Is there any end in sight? The 6.5 Creedmore sucks. Wait, what were you asking? Dunno about the Creedmore but the Creedmoor on the other hand... Doh!
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Choctaw]
#7070982
02/08/18 08:02 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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I prefer the 6.5x55 or 7-08 If you don't like what I like then you're wrong. You should know that by now. Isn't the 7-08 for people who are afraid of recoil, bunnies and unicorns? I thought it and a Tikka T3 were the be-all, end-all rifle?
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: J.G.]
#7070984
02/08/18 08:03 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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Probably not, got to remember we have new hunters and shooters joining every day that have little or no experience or information on firearms/hand loading skills/calibers. Got to cut them some slack. This exactly. No different than the PMs I get. I've answered the same questions more times than I can remember. But the person asking has never seen the answer before, so I give them the answer. It's just the way it is. It’s not like we have a search feature or anything.
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7070993
02/08/18 08:12 PM
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VAFish
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Yes we will stop, when one of two things happens.
1. Affordable energy beam weapons are available
2. The Democrats take away all or guns.
"If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children." -- Confucius
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7071013
02/08/18 08:28 PM
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TiggerV
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NO!!!!
I don't think any cartridge that has come out in the last 20 (30?, 40?) years is doing anything that has not or cannot be replicated by another cartridge that is already out there. New cartridges are developed now days for the single purpose of selling new guns.
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7071022
02/08/18 08:35 PM
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No we won't. We tweak guns and loads, always looking for an edge in our shooting that for the most part we don't need. But it's what we do and why we come here.
Smokey Bear---Lone Star State.
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7071058
02/08/18 09:13 PM
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garyrapp55
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You started a thread about cartridges asking when we will stop talking about them? Your an instigator
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: VAFish]
#7071067
02/08/18 09:20 PM
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bronco71
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Yes we will stop, when one of two things happens.
1. Affordable energy beam weapons are available
2. The Democrats take away all or guns. but then a 6.5 Creedmoor beam would be the best
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7071073
02/08/18 09:24 PM
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bronco71
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Won't end with all of the new cartridges being developed. Just wait till the 6.25 Creedmoor Improved Valkyrie comes out!
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7071137
02/08/18 10:12 PM
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redchevy
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It’s not like we have a search feature or anything.
Very true, but the search feature on every board I am and have been a member of is severely lacking. Even when you know what you are looking for is there and exists some can be nearly impossible to find.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7071144
02/08/18 10:17 PM
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SapperTitan
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You just started a thread about cartridges asking if there will ever be an end to threads about cartridges lmao
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7071166
02/08/18 10:40 PM
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Sneaky
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7071206
02/08/18 11:04 PM
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hetman
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here you go take your pick and discuss:
Rimfire
.17 Hornady Mach 2 .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire .17 Winchester Super Magnum 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum .22 BB Cap .22 Extra Long .22 Long .22 Long Rifle .22 Short .22 Remington Automatic .22 Winchester Automatic .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire .22 Winchester Rimfire .25 Stevens .32 rimfire .38 rimfire 10.4×38mm Swiss Rimfire .44 Henry
Common centerfire Inches Smaller than .30 caliber
.17 Hornet .17 Remington .17 Remington Fireball .204 Ruger .22 Accelerator .22 Hornet .22 CHeetah .218 Bee .219 Zipper .220 Russian .220 Swift .221 Remington Fireball .22 Nosler .22-250 Remington .222 Remington .222 Remington Magnum .223 Remington .223 Winchester Super Short Magnum .224 Valkyrie .224 Weatherby Magnum .225 Winchester .240 Weatherby Magnum .243 Winchester .243 Winchester Super Short Magnum .244 H&H Magnum .244 Remington .25 Remington .25 Winchester Super Short Magnum .250 Savage .25-06 Remington .25-20 Winchester .25-35 Winchester .25-45 Sharps .250-3000 Savage .257 Roberts .257 Weatherby Magnum .26 Nosler .260 Remington .264 Winchester Magnum .270 Weatherby Magnum .270 Winchester .270 Winchester Short Magnum .275 Rigby .28 Nosler .280 Ross .280 Halger Magnum .280 Remington .284 Winchester .30 caliber – .39 caliber[edit] .30 Carbine .30 Nosler .30 Remington .30 Remington AR .30 TC .30-30 Winchester .30-40 Krag .30-06 Springfield .30-03 .300 AAC Blackout .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum .300 Ruger Compact Magnum .30 Newton .30 R Blaser .300 Savage .300 Weatherby Magnum .300 Winchester Magnum .300 Winchester Short Magnum .300 Remington Ultra Magnum .300 H&H Magnum .30-378 Weatherby Magnum .300 H&H Flanged .303 British .303 Savage .307 Winchester .308 Marlin Express .308 Norma Magnum .308 Winchester .308×1.5" Barnes .310 Cadet .32 Remington .32 Winchester Self-Loading .32 Winchester Special .32-30 Remington .32-20 Winchester .32-40 Ballard .32-40 Winchester .325 Winchester Short Magnum .333 Jeffery .338 Edge .338 Federal .338 Lapua Magnum .33 Nosler .338 Marlin express .338 Norma Magnum .338 Remington Ultra Magnum .338 Ruger Compact Magnum .338 Winchester Magnum .338-06 A-Square .338-378 Weatherby Magnum .340 Weatherby Magnum .348 Winchester .35 Remington .35 Whelen .35 Winchester .35 Winchester Self-Loading .350 Remington Magnum .351 Winchester Self-Loading .356 Winchester .358 Hoosier .358 Norma Magnum .358 Winchester .375 H&H Magnum .375 Remington Ultra Magnum .375 Ruger .375 Weatherby Magnum .375 Whelen .375 Winchester .375 CheyTac .376 Steyr .378 Weatherby Magnum .38-40 Winchester .38-55 Winchester .38-56 WCF .38-90 Winchester Express .38-44 UMC .40 caliber – .49 caliber[edit] .400 Whelen .40-454 JDJ .44-40 Winchester .45-90 Sharps .400 H&H Magnum .450/400 Nitro Express .400 Jeffery Nitro Express .401 Winchester Self-Loading .404 Jeffery .405 Winchester .408 CheyTac .416 Barrett .416 Remington Magnum .416 Rigby .416 Ruger .416 Weatherby Magnum .444 Marlin 45 Raptor .450 Bushmaster .450 Marlin .45-70 Government .577/450 Martini–Henry .450 Black Powder Express .450 Nitro Express .450 No 2 Nitro Express .454 Casull .500/450 Nitro Express .450 Rigby .458×2" American .458 Express .458 Lott .458 Sabi .458 SOCOM .458 Winchester Magnum .460 Weatherby Magnum .460 Steyr .465 H&H Magnum .500/465 Nitro Express .470 Nitro Express .475 Nitro Express .475 No 2 Nitro Express .476 Nitro Express .50 caliber and larger[edit] .50 Alaskan .50 Beowulf .50 Mishnev .50 BMG .50 Peacekeeper .50-70 Government .50-90 Sharps .500 S&W Magnum .50-110 Winchester .50-140 Sharps .50-95 Express .500 Jeffery .500 A-Square .500 Nitro Express .505 Gibbs .510 DTC Europ .510 Whisper .550 Magnum .550 Express .550 Flanged .55 Boys .575 Miller&Greiss .577 Nitro Express .577 Snider .577 Tyrannosaur .585 Nyati .600 Nitro Express .600 Overkill .600 Poor Man's Nitro .666 Teufel .700 Nitro Express .70-150 Winchester .950 JDJ
Metric Smaller than 6mm
4.6×30mm 4.85×49mm 4.92×34mm 5.45×39mm 5.56×30mm MINSAS 5.56×45mm NATO 5.6×33mm 5.6×50mm Magnum 5.6×50mmR Magnum 5.6×52mmR (.22 Savage Hi-Power) 5.6×57mm 5.6×57mmR 5.6×61mm VHSE 5.6×61mmR VHSE MMJ 5.7mm 5.7×28mm 5.8×42mm DBP87 6mm–7mm[edit] 6×35mm 6mm Lee Navy 6mmAR 6mm BR Remington 6mm Musgrave 6mm TCU 6mm PPC 6mm-284 6×45mm 6×47mm 6mm Remington 6mm-250 6.5mm TCU 6.5 Creedmoor 6.5mm Grendel 6.5mm Remington Magnum 6.5-06 A-Square 6.5mm/06 6.5-284 Norma 6mm/30-30 Improved 6.5×42mm Multi-Purpose Cartridge 6.5×47mm Lapua 6.5×50mm Arisaka 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano 6.5×52mmR 6.5×53mmR 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer 6.5×55mm SE 6.5×55AI 6.5×57mm Mauser 6.5×68mm 6.8mm Remington SPC 7mm–8mm[edit] 7mm BR Remington 7mm Remington Magnum 7mm Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum 7mm Remington Ultra Magnum 7mm Shooting Times Westerner 7mm Weatherby Magnum 7mm Winchester Short Magnum 7mm-06 Mashburn 7mm-06 7mm-08 Remington 7mm-300 Weatherby Magnum 7-30 Waters 7.2 SLEC 7.21 Firebird 7.21 Firehawk 7.21 Tomahawk 7.44mm Danrif 7×33mm Sako 7×54mm Finnish 7×54mm Fournier 7×57mm Mauser 7×61mm Sharpe & Hart 7×64mm Brenneke 7×65mmR Brenneke 7×66mm Super Express vom Hofe 7×72 Rimmed 7×75mm R Super Express vom Hofe 7.35×51mm Carcano 7.5×55mm Swiss 7.5×57mm MAS 7.62 mm caliber 7.62×25mm Tokarev 7.62×38mmR 7.62×35mm 7.62×39mm 7.62×40 Wilson Tactical 7.62×45mm vz. 52 7.62×51mm NATO 7.62×53mm Rimmed 7.62×54mmR 7.63×25mm Mauser 7.65×22mm Parabellum 7.65×53mm Argentine 7.65×53mmR 7.63×54mm Greek Mannlicher–Schoenauer 7.7×58mm Arisaka 7.8 SLEC 7.82 Patriot 7.82 Warbird 7.92×33mm Kurz 7.92×36mm EPK 7.92×57mm Mauser 8mm–9mm[edit] 8 mm-06 8mm Lebel 8mm Remington Magnum 8×35mm 8×50mmR Mannlicher 8mm Siam 8×56mm Mannlicher–Schoenauer 8×56mmR 8×57mm IR 8×57mm IRS 8×57mm IS 8×58mm RD 8×60mm S 8×63mm 8×64mm S 8×68mm S 9mm and larger[edit] 9×39mm 9x17mm .380 9x18mm Makarov 9×19mm Luger/Parabellum/NATO 9×53mm 9×56mm Mannlicher–Schoenauer 9×57mm Mauser 9.3×57mm 9.3×62mm 9.3×64mm Brenneke 9.3×65mmR Brenneke 9.3×65mm Collath 9.3×66mm Sako 9.3×72mmD 9.3×74mmR 9.5×57mm Mannlicher–Schoenauer 10.75×57mm 10.75×68mm 10.75×73mm 11×60mm Mauser 12.7×54mm 12.7×108mm 13×64mmB 13.2×92mm Tank und Flieger 14.5×114mm 14.5mm JDJ 15.2mm Steyr 20 mm caliber 20×110mm USN 23×115mm 23×152mm 25×137mm 30×165mm 30×173mm
Uncommon, obscure, proprietary
.09-300 Sesame Seed .14 Walker Hornet .14/221 .14-222 .17 Ackley Bee .17 CCM .17 Hornet .17 Mach IV .17 PMC/Aguila .17 PPC .17-06 .17-222 .17 Tactical .17-223 .17-225 Winchester .17/23 SMc .17-357 RG .19 Badger .19 Calhoon Hornet .19-223 .20 BR .20 Ferguson Ace 20 Magna 20 PPC .20 Tactical .20 Practical .20 VarTarg .20-06 .218 Mashburn Bee .219 Donaldson Wasp .22 BR Remington .22 Cheetah .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer .22 K Hornet .22 Newton .220 Rook .22 PPC .22 Savage High Power .22 Spitfire .22 Super Jet .22 Waldog .22 WCF .22×6.8 .22-06 .22-15-60 Stevens .22-243 Middlestead .22-284 Winchester .22/30 (T65 Duplex) .22/30-30 Improved .303/22 .220 Weatherby Rocket .222 Rimmed .224 Donaldson Ace .240 Apex .242 Rimless Nitro Express .243 LBC .246 Purdey .25 Ackley Krag .25 Gibbs .25 Krag .25 Remington .25-21 Stevens .25-25 Stevens .25-45 Sharps .25×6.8 .297/250 Rook .255 Jeffery Rook .256 Gibbs Magnum .256 Newton .256 Winchester Magnum .264 LBC-AR .25/303 .270 Titus Savage .275 No 2 Magnum .275 H&H Magnum .280 British .276 Enfield .276 Pedersen .277 Wolverine .280 Flanged .280 Jeffery .280 Ross .American 30 .30 BR .30 USA .30 LBC .30 Walker .30-01 .30-03 .300 Sherwood .300 Rook .309 jdj .30-06 JDJ .309 Bull .300 Dakota .300 ICL Grizzly .300 Lapua Magnum .300 Remington American Magnum .300 Whisper .300-221 .303-06 .303 Magnum .318 Westley Richards .330 Dakota .333 Jeffery Flanged .333 OKH .338-06 A-Square .338 Hawk/Scoville .338 Whisper .338 Voschol .338×57 O'Connor .34 BSA .35 Samba (Also .35 WSM) .345 Winchester .350 Rigby .350 Rigby No 2 .400/350 Nitro Express .351 WSL .357/.44 B & D (Bain and Davis) .360 No 2 Nitro Express .360 No 5 Rook .400/360 Nitro Express .369 Nitro Express .375 Flanged Nitro Express .375 Dakota .375 Whisper .380 Long .40-65 Winchester .40-70 Sharps .40-82 WCF .400 Purdey .400 Whelen .450/400 Black Powder Express .416 Taylor .416 Whisper .425 Westley Richards .44 Henry .44 –WSP .45-90 Sharps .45-110 Sharps .45-120 Sharps .450 Watts Magnum .500/450 Magnum Black Powder Express .500/450 No 1 Black Powder Express Modern 450 (2.598" 404 Case) Modern 460 (2.850" 404 Case) .458 SOCOM .458 × 2" American .461 Gibbs .475 OKH .475 Ackley .50 Beowulf .50 Razor Back .50 Fat Mac .500 Phantom .500 Black Powder Express .577/500 No 2 Black Powder Express .577/500 Nitro Express .550 Magnum .577 Black Powder Express .600/577 REWA .700 AHR .700 WTF
Metric
4.5mm mkr 4.85mm SAA 5mm Craig 5mm/35 SMc 6-06 6-284 6mmAR 6mm BRX 6mm Dasher 6mm XC 6×45mm 6×60mm 6×47mm Swiss Match 6.5-06 6.5mm Grendel 6.5mm CSS 6.5 JDJ 6.5mm PPCX 6.5mm BPC 6.5mm BR 6.5×40mm 6.5×47mm Lapua 6.5×57mm 6.5 Jonson 6.5 Wby Mag 6.5/.243 WSSM 7mm Dakota 7mm Gradle Express 7mm Shooting Times Easterner (7mm STE) 7mm STE 7mm STW 7mm International Rimmed 7mm TCU A.K.A. (25 Ugalde) 7mm IHMSA 7mm Gibbs 7×41mm Marszyt 7.35×51mm 7×43mm 7×44mm Danrif 7×54mm Fournier 7.5×38mm 7.5×45mm 7.62 Jonson 7.62×35mm Lahti 7.62 Thumper 7.62×54mmR 7.65×35mm 7.82mm Lazzeroni Patriot 7.82mm Lazzeroni Warbird 8mm-06 Ackley Improved 9×35mm Lahti 9 mm American 10.4×38mm Vetterli (".41 Swiss") 10.4×47mm Italian Vetterli
Bore/gauge
.410 bore 28 Gauge — .550 in (14.0 mm) 20 Gauge — .615 in (15.6 mm) 16 Gauge — .663 in (16.8 mm) 12 Gauge — .729 in (18.5 mm) 10 bore — .775 in (19.7 mm) 8 bore — .835 in (21.2 mm) 6 bore — .919 in (23.3 mm) 4 bore — 1.052 in (26.7 mm) 2 bore — 1.326 in (33.7 mm)
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Re: Will we ever quit discussing cartridges?
[Re: Tactical Cowboy]
#7071284
02/09/18 12:03 AM
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Sneaky
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This is why I hope we never stop. I had no idea there was a 10mm rimfire. You see, that’s fascinating.
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