Cartridges
350 REMINGTON MAGNUM
350 RIGBY MAGNUM
The famous London gunmaking firm of John Rigby & Co introduced this proprietary cartridge in 1908. This was at a time when "medium bore" calibres were utilised all over the world for soft-skinned game as well as for occasional use on dangerous game in open...
350/7mm RIGBY 2 ¾”
This is another experimental match type cartridge by Rigby by necking down the 350 Nitro case.
351 WINCHESTER SELF LOADING
This was a French loading during WW1
354 ROSS
Developed by the Ross Rifle Co. The exact date is not known, but it appeared in the 1910-11 Eley Catalogue. Made by Necking up of the 280 Ross case, but was a short lived project. The bottom cartridge is a replica made for collectors by OPM in South...
356 WINCHESTER
The 356 Winchester was introduced in 1982 for their Model 94 XTR lever action rifle and is basically a rimmed version of the 358 Winchester that Winchester launched in 1955. It never gained any loyal following and Winchester ceased production of the M94 XTR altogether...
358 APOLLO MAGNUM
Old wildcat dating from the mid 60’s and is based on the 300 Win Mag necked up to .358 cal. and is also known as the 358/300 Win Mag. From the Firearms Forum it states that the .358 Apollo is stamped 358/300 HARP with the rifles made by Harrison Taylor Harp from...
358 BARNES SUPREME
This is the same as the rest of the Barnes Supreme series with a full length magnum case, minimum taper and a sharper shoulder.
358 BARNES-JOHNSON EXPRESS
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358 BELLM
Based on the 444 Marlin case, the 358 Bellm was developed by Don Shearer, Littleton, CO. and mainly for use in T/C Contenders.
358 ENTERKIN MAGNUM
One of two cartridge designs (the other being the 375 Enterkin) and was the brainchild of the late Col. Lawrence Gene Enterkin during the late 1960’s who used to own the Powder Horn gun shop in Cusetta GA. The 358 Enterkin is based on the 300 Weatherby case necked up...
358 HAWK
The 358 Hawk is one of a series of 11 cartridges designed by Bob Fulton and Fred Zeglin during the late 80’s. The .358 is based on the 30-06 case necked up to .358 in.
358 HOOSIER
This is effectively a shortened 358 Winchester in order to comply with Indiana hunting regulation that limit the length of the cartridge to 1.800"
358 JDJ
The 358 JDJ was designed by JD Jones of SSK Industries and is based on the 444 Marlin case.
358 NORMA MAGNUM
This cartridge was developed by Nils Kvale of Norma early in the 1950s, but. 35 years before that however the nearly identical .35 Newton already arrived on the scene. Unfortunately factory rifles were only made for this round by Husqvarna of Sweden and Schultz &...
358 SCOVILL
under construction
358 SHOOTING TIMES ALASKAN
The 358 STA dates from 1992 and was designed by gun writer Layne Simpson and is based on the 8mm Remington Magnum necked up to .358cal. but less body taper than the 8mm Rem Mag cartridge as well as a sharper 35° shoulder.
358 WINCHESTER
Two years before the adoption of the 7.62 NATO in 1954 Winchester had already applied for and received the rights to market the new round commercially as the 308 Winchester which turned out to be one of Winchester’s success stories, Shortly afterwards in 1953 they...
358 YUKON
The 358 Yukon is based on the 300 Remington Ultra Magnum case shortened to 2.56" and was designed to function in standard length bolt actions.
36 CRISPIN
under construction
360 2 ¾” COILED BLACK POWDER EXPRESS
Longest of the .360 straight case loads and was developed around the 1870's.
360 1 ½” PURDEY (COILED BRASS)
360 1 ½” PURDEY PAPER CASE
360 2 ¼” COILED BLACK POWDER EXPRESS
The bottom 2 specimens are interesting. They are GALLERY LOADS with deep seated lead balls. The bottom one is a cardboard covered rolled brass case. The text on the case states. "ELEY BROS LONDON ·360 GAGE
360 2 ¼” DRAWN BLACK POWDER EXPRESS
Listed by Fleming with bullet weights ranging from 155gr. to 215gr. This was the black powder load and is interchangeable with the Nitro for Black Powder load.
360 2 ¼” FRASER NITRO EXPRESS
This is the normal 360 2 ¼" NITRO EXPRESS, but loaded with Fraser bullet ...
360 2 ¼” NITRO EXPRESS
360 2 ¼” NITRO FOR BLACK POWDER
Listed by Fleming mainly with a 190gr. loading in MBLRN (Metal Base Lead Round Nose) or MBLRNCT (Copper Tip) except for one 200gr. load by Kynoch. Difficult to discern between this and the 360 2 ¼" DRAWN BLACK POWDER EXPRESS
360 2- 7/16″ BLACK POWDER EXPRESS
360 2″ DRAWN BLACK POWDER EXPRESS
360 IMPERIAL MAGNUM
The Imperial Magnums .300, .311, .338, .360 and 7mm were introduced circa 1991 by the Imperial Magnum Corporation, Osayoos, British Columbia, Canada after buying the IMPERIAL trademark from Canadian Industries Limited and later IVI (Industries Valcartier Inc.) when...
360 №.2 NITRO EXPRESS 3″
Designed by Eley by necking down the 450 3¼" Nitro Express. Proof Load C = Cordite
360 №.3 GIBBS (1 29/32″)
Developed by George Gibbs for use in single shot Farquharson action rifles, although doubles are known to exist. It is effectively a scaled down version of the 461 No. 2 Gibbs and might have been developed as a boys' rifle load. ...
360 №.3 WESTLEY RICHARDS
Listed in the 1884 Kynoch catalogue and used in single shot target rifles as well a doubles. It has a higher shoulder than the 360 №.3 Gibbs.
360 №.5 (RIFLE) 1.05″
Another of the Rook/Rabbit rifles, but was also available in handguns
360 PARBORG
The .360 Parborg is a wildcat that was created by Mr. Per Parborg, an avid African hunter from Oslo Norway. The cartridge was developed in 1990 based on his own design, with reamers made by Clymer in the USA for him. The cartridge was originally based on the .375...
360 WESTLEY RICHARDS RIMLESS NITRO EXPRESS
This appears to be a rimless version of the 400/360 WESTLEY RICHARDS NITRO EXPRESS. It was listed in the 1912 Westley Richards catalogue and designed to be used in a bolt action magazine rifle. The headstamp is right on the edge, so it seems that existing case were...
360/300 FRASER .95″
From around the early 1890's by Daniel Fraser, an Edinburgh gunsmith. Not very popular and faded from the scene relatively early. Based on the 360 No. 5 Rook necked down
366 DGW
The 366 DGW was conceived by David G Walker and is based on the 416 Rigby case necked to .366” (9.3mm) and was developed around 2000 by Judson Bailey from The Workshop in St. Albans, ME. It was developed as a hard hitting medium caliber rifle that will still shoot as...
366 IH MAGNUM
The 366 IH Magnum was developed by Swedish hunter Ingemar Hörnkvist around 2005. It was probably based on the 358 Norma Magnum case and cases originally ordered from Norma and engraved by Hörnkvist himself. It is very similar to the 9.3 Venter from South Africa....
366 TEKRIM
The 366 TKM was introduced in Russia around 2015 as a shotgun round. Gun rules in Russia are very restrictive with shotguns the easiest type of firearm to own. The 366 TKM is made up from 7.62x39 cases cut to 37,5mm and loaded with 9.3mm (.366in) bullets...
369 PURDEY
Proprietary load by Purdey based on the 450 3¼" shortened to 2.7" and necked down to .375". Ballistics are about the same as the 375 H&H Flanged.
37 XC TUBB
The 37 XC (eXtra Capacity) was developed by David Tubb and is the standard 33 XC necked up to .375. The cases at this stage are not properly headstamped and uses the 33 XC case.
370 SAKO MAGNUM
This is another joint development between Sako and Federal that started with the introduction of the 338 Federal. The 370 Sako is the American version of the 9.3x66 SAKO that is a relatively popular cartridge in Europe. It is balistically between the 338 Win Mag and...
375 3K MAGNUM
Another design similar to the 375 Viersco Magnum for long to ultra-long range shooting to push a 375 bullet above 3,000 fps.
375 – 404 SAEED
This cartridge dates from around 2007 and is based on the 404 Jeffery case necked to .375. It was developed by Saeed al-Maktoum of Dubai.
375 2½” FLANGED NITRO EXPRESS
Very popular cartridge dating from the beginning of the 20th century and survived until the mid to late 1940's
375 2½” FRASER NITRO EXPRESS
This is the standard 375 FLANGED NITRO EXPRESS (2 ½") but loaded with the Fraser oblique ratchet bullet as a proprietary loading.
375 A–SQUARE MAGNUM
The 375 A-Square is based on a 378 Weatherby case slightly shortened and the shoulder moved slightly forward and with a 35° shoulder as opposed to the double radius of the 378 WBY. It was developed around 1975 by the A-Square Company and attempted to duplicate 378...