270 – 378 WEATHERBY
Yet another attempt at a 1000 yd. match cartridge.
38-50 BALLARD EVERLASTING 2″
This was a target load that was used in the Ballard No. 4 and Pacific No. 5 rifles. Original loads were paper-patched.
270 – 284 WINCHESTER
Another version of the 284 Win case being necked down, this time to .270 cal.
264 WINCHESTER MAGNUM
243 WINCHESTER
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264 WINCHESTER PROTOTYPE
This is the prototype for the 264 Win Mag, but without the belt
38-45 STEVENS EVERLASTING
This is the later case with small brass primer. The first case type was the Hart’s patent two-piece case with iron anvil and large primer. By Providence Machine & Tool Co.
38-45 BULLARD
James J. Bullard made single shot rifles at Springfield, Mass. from 1880 to around 1890. His rifles were in two sizes with the 32-40 and the 38-45 made for the small frame rifles. The 38-45 was listed in the 1885 Winchester catalogue but disappeared by 1914.
243 ROCKCHUCKER
257 Roberts necked down to 6mm/.243 cal (which is basically what the 6mm Remington is), however the 243 RC predates the 6mm Remington and the only difference is on the shoulder angle. Most shooters prefer the 6mm Remington because of the availability of...
38-40 REMINGTON – HEPBURN
Target cartridge for the Remington No.1 and Hepburn rifles and were loaded with both paper patched and plain lead bullets.
264 SALISBURY
38-40 WINCHESTER
Introduced by Winchester in 1879 as a higher velocity necked down version of the 44 – 40 Winchester for the Model 1973 rifle. It was also offered by various manufacturers in revolvers. USA ...
243 RCBS
"Improved" version (shoulder angle increased from 20° to 26.7°) of the 243 Winchester and about halfway between the ordinary 243 Win and the 243 Ackley
243 CATBIRD
The .243 Catbird was designed as an ultra-long range 6mm varmint round. It is based on the .270 Winchester case necked down to .243 and blown out with a 35 degree shoulder.
38-30 EXTRA LONG – BALLARD 1.63″
This is a centre fire version of an earlier rimfire round
264 PMS
38 WESSON
Case designed by Frank Wesson for his single shot rifles during the late 1880’s. The Wesson cartridges were not interchangeable with other cartridges for single shot rifles by any other manufacturer. Cartridges were manufactured for him by the US Cartridge Co., UMC as...
243 ACKLEY IMPROVED
240 WEATHERBY MAGNUM
38 REMINGTON AUTO EXPERIMENTAL
- info to follow -
264 LBC
Les Baer Custom for an AR platform
264 HAWK
378 WEATHERBY MAGNUM
Roy Weatherby created the .375 Weatherby Magnum in 1944 but not long afterward decided that it was still underpowered. He set out to create an ultra-powered .375 cal. and used the 416 Rigby case as parent design, but with a belt added and combined with the double...
240 TOMAHAWK
378 GNR
Designed by Reeder Custom Guns, in Flagstaff, AZ. This is one of their most popular cartridges with ballistics close to the 375 Holland & Holland and runs just barely under the 375 H&H. It has been used successfully in Africa on elephant and Cape buffalo. It...
378 BEECHER EXPRESS
Still looking for info on this
240 NMC (NATIONAL MATCH COURSE)
Match cartridge based on the 243 Winchester case with improved 30° shoulder
377 BLACK MAMBA
This is the necked down version of the 417 Black Mamba. Cases were made by RCC Brass. Still looking for additional info.
376 STEYR
The 376 Steyr was introduced at the SHOT show in 1999 as a joint development between Hornady and Steyr originally for use in the Steyr Scout rifle. It is based on the 9.3x64 Brenneke case that was shortened to fit a standard length action. ...
375-338 WINCHESTER MAGNUM
The specimen above was made in South Africa by OPM. It has a shorter neck than the Quality Cartridge version Also known as the 375/338 Chatfield-Taylor or the 375/338 Belted Newton. It was developed by RF Chatfield-Taylor...
240 HEAVY EXPRESS SHORT ACTION MAGNUM
- info to follow -
375-284 WINCHESTER
One of a series of cartridges that are based on the 284 Winchester case, this one necked up to .375 cal.
263 EXPRESS
375–08 JAGUAR
From info posted on shootersforum.com on 17/03/2004, this round was developed by Jim Dougherty of San Pablo, CA. He called it the 375-08 Jaguar. No further info available on who made these cases.
240 HAWK
The HAWK line of cartridges were developed around 1988 by Bob Fulton. The 240 Hawk is basically a 6mm-280 Remington Improved
375-06 JDJ
One of a series of cartridges by JD Jones based on the 30-06 case
260 REMINGTON
The .260 was introduced in 1997 by Remington and has achieved a modest following. It is not nearly as successful as the 6,5 Creedmoor, despite being on par and in all probability a better cartridge. The reason maybe for not achieving a bigger following was the fact...
375 WINCHESTER SHORT MAG
This is the 300 Winchester Short Mag necked up to 375
240 GIBBS
375 WINCHESTER
The .375 Winchester was introduced in 1978 in the Winchester Model 94 XTR Big Bore carbine as a modernized version of the old 38-55 Winchester. Against the hopes of Winchester, the 375 was not a success and was discontinued during the mid 90’s.
24 NOSLER
The 24 Nosler was designed by Mike Lake, who is the Senior Manager of Engineering and R&D at Nosler. He was also responsible for the development of the 26 Nosler (2013), 28 Nosler (2015), 30 Nosler (2016), and the 33 Nosler (2017), all of which are based on the...
260 HEAVY EXPRESS SHORT ACTION MAGNUM
375 WHISPER
According to the SSK website, a “Whisper®” cartridge must be capable of sub-sonic extreme accuracy with very heavy bullets for its caliber. The 375 Whisper is based on the 7mm Bench Rest case together with the 338 and 416 caliber to convert 308 case head size actions...
375 WHELEN IMPROVED
This is the improved version of the 375 Whelen that was developed in 1951 by L.R. "Bob" Wallack and named in honor of Colonel Townsend Whelen. The shoulder angle on the original Whelen retained the 17º 30’ shoulder angle whereas the improved version has a 40° shoulder...
236 REMINGTON
375 WEATHERBY MAGNUM
Designed by Roy Weatherby as an early ‘improved’ version of the 375 H&H, it was obsolete for a long time before being re-introduced by Weatherby in 2001.
260 AAR
The 260 AAR, or All Around Rifle was originally designed by P.O. Ackley and is essentially a 257 Roberts Ackley Improved that was necked to 6.5mm.
375 WATERS EXPRESS
Developed by Ken Waters around 1968 and was based on the 44 Marlin case necked down.
228 WEATHERBY MAGNUM
The 228 Weatherby was never commercially manufactured and information about this cartridge is scarce. On the Weatherby.dk forum it is stated that the 228 was Roy Weatherby’s second development after the 220 Rocket and it was based on a shortened and necked 275 H&H...
375 VIERSCO MAGNUM
The 375 Viersco Magnum was developed by Dave Viers from Black Diamond Rifles as well as for the super long range "Hard Target Interdiction" rifles by Desert Tech from West Valley City, Utah. Specimen below loaded with the 414gr. GS Custom solid.