Cartridges
6.5mm BULBERRY
Developed by Fred Smith of Bulberry Barrel Works, Hurricane, UT. It is based on a slightly shortened 30-30 Win case necked down and given some Ackley treatment
6.5mm FATBOY
6.5mm SHOOTING TIMES WESTERNER
6.5mm SUPER LONG RANGE
6.6 X 8.5 SUB CAL. ALBINI M.1887 (1902)
Société Anonyme des carpsuleries d'Anderlecht, Belgium Shown at 200%
6.7 X 54R TESCHING (6.5×53.5R)
6.71 BLACKBIRD
Another of the Lazzeroni range without its own headstamp. This one uses the Firehawk case.
6.71 PHANTOM
6.8 X 28R SCHULHOF SHORT
This cartridge is based on the 7.65x28R (8mm Schulhof : T44) necked down which is described as a "P" type in the c1900 RWS/Utendoerffer catalog. Most commonly this was used in the Austrian Schulhoff Target pistol which was originally designed in 1884. (Erlmeier,...
6.8 X 33R SCHULHOF TARGET RIFLE
6.8 X 37R TESCHING
6.8 X 57 CHINESE MAUSER (GR#808)
6.8mm REMINGTON SPC
The following from the Wilson Combat website: "The 6.8 Special Purpose Cartridge (6.8x43mm) was initially developed by MSG Steve Holland and Chris Murray, a United States Army Marksmanship Unit gunsmith to offer superior downrange lethality over the 5.56 NATO/.223...
6.9 X 65R PRITZ
See also the 9.5x60R/375 Pritz. Relatively unknown European Gunmaker. You can check out the website HERE. (Dixon Ref. A92)
60 CARBINE
This is a double scale of the .30 M1 Carbine round. During World War 2, double scale models were made of various small arms for demonstration purposes to troops. This is a plastic version, but some calibers were also constructed of wood. See Datig Vol.3 p.171....
60 JINGAL
Also known as Gingall (China) or Janjal (Hindi) these guns were intended as fortress defensive weapons. Employed by the Chinese and Indian armies of the 19th Century, they initially appeared as muzzle loaders and later as bolt action arms firing fixed metallic...
600 NITRO EXPRESS
This was a Jeffery & Co. development in 1903 as a smokeless alternative to the 4 and 8 Bore Black Powder rifles for use in Africa. The first two specimens were made by BELL, with the last one by Bertrams Australia as a commemorative for Deutsche Waffen Journal ...
600 OVERKILL
The 600 Overkill was designed by Robert Garnick of Las Vegas, Nevada. The case is his own original design; it was not re-worked from a 600 Nitro Express or any other case.
600 RIMLESS NITRO
GERALD QUINTEL
600 SZECSEI SUPER EXPRESS
Based on a modified 50cal. case and designed by Hungarian gunsmith, Joseph Szecsei for a bolt action DOUBLE RIFLE.
600/500 ELEY
During the middle part of the Great War (1914 – 1918) the British required a weapon/cartridge system to combat two threat areas, namely aircraft machine guns and guns capable of taking on the Zeppelins and secondly – maybe more urgent – to combat the...
606 MAMMOTH
620 MAGNUM
- info to follow -
620 VAN HORN EXPRESS
625 MAUSER MAGNUM
Based on a 1958 diagram by Steven Ickes shown in the ICCA bulletin no 347 of 1989. It is based on a .50 Browning case. It was produced for the cartridge collectors market as a reproduction by OPM in South Africa.
666 TEUFEL
6mm – 06
6mm – 222
222 Remington necked to 6mm with no other changes
6mm – 243
Based on a shortened 243 Winchester case
6mm – 250
Can almost be classified as one of the "first" attempts by American wildcatters with the 6mm. This is the standard 250 Savage case necked down to 6mm with no other changes. Various versions of 6mm experiments exist based on the 250 Savage case, as well as the 243...
6mm – 250 IMPROVED 30°
Based on the 250 Savage necked to 6mm. Comes in different shoulder angles
6mm – 250 IMPROVED 40°
6mm – 284 WINCHESTER
6mm – 303 IMPROVED
6mm ACKLEY IMPROVED
6mm ATLAS
Based on the 7mm Rem Mag necked down to 6mm
6mm BALL INTERNATIONAL MATCH AMU
The 6mm Ball International Match Cartridge was a Remington development in July 1960 and was based on the 250 Savage case necked to 6mm. At the same time the Advanced Marksmanship Unit (AMU) at Fort Benning developed a similar cartridge but with the neck moved slightly...
6mm BEGGS
Wildcat by Gene Beggs of Odessa, TX on a modified 220 Russian case
6mm CHEAP SHOT
Based on the 222 Remington Magnum case necked up to 6mm
6mm CHEETAH Mk.1
Wildcat based on the Remington Bench Rest case
6mm COMPETITION MATCH
Match cartridge based on the 243 Win case with a 30° shoulder
6mm CREEDMOOR
Relatively new, this is the 6.5 Creedmoor necked down to 6mm
6mm DASHER
The 6mm Dasher is an old wildcat caliber dating from 1999. During 2017, it was brought out by Norma as properly manufactured brass on the behest of American F Class shooter Shiraz Balolia, who has commissioned Norma to manufacture fully-formed 6mm Dasher brass, but it...
6mm EXPERIMENTAL BALL CARTRIDGE AMU
This loading is similar to the 6mm Ball International Match but was reportedly loaded in 1979 – 1980 by the Advanced Marksmanship Unit (AMU) for testing by the US Secret Service. This is the same cartridge as Fig. 824 in HWS 3 p.552
6mm GARIN
New line of 5 cartridges based on the 30 M1 case. From the website: The Garin SureStrike System is a complete line of five highly efficient and accurate cartridges designed for varmint, small game and target pursuits. Differing only by specific neck diameter and...
6mm GIPSON
6mm HAGAR
The 6mm HAGAR was derived from the 30 Remington and it has the same case head diameter as the 6.8 SPC, also a 30 Remington derivative. The cartridge was developed by John Harrison, a prominent match rifle shooter and Sid Goodling, a well-respected bench-rest gunsmith...
6mm INTERNATIONAL (DONALDSON VERSION)
Harvey Donaldson of Fultonville NY is regarded as one of the fathers of modern bench rest shooting. This is one of several versions based on the 250 Savage case. The Donaldson version has a ¼" shortened case with the shoulder pushed back.
6mm INTERNATIONAL (WALKER VERSION)
American wildcatters began fiddling with the 6mm's after WW2. This is one of several versions that exist of these experiments and were popular with Bench Rest shooters. Based on the 250 Savage necked down, but differs from the Donaldson version as it retains the...