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28-30-120 STEVENS

The 28-30-120 was designed by Charles H. Herrick for the Stevens Company around 1900 in answer to a demand for a cartridge a little more powerful than the .25-caliber cartridges, but not quite as large as the .32-40, so that it could be used satisfactorily for deer,...

277 WOLVERINE

The 277 was developed by Mad Dog Shooting Systems and is based on the 5.56 NATO case necked up to 6.8mm. Any existing AR platform can be used with just a barrel change. The 277 Wolverine is basically a hybrid cartridge between the 5.56 NATO, 6.8mm SPC, 300 Blackout...

9mm DEVISME

Louis-François Devisme was known for his exceptional quality firearms during the 19th century, which are highly sought after, even today. He received numerous awards over a thirty-year period, from his first award for firearms design and manufacture at the 1834 Paris...

277 SIG FURY

For a time now the US Army has been searching for a Next Generation Squad Weapon System and during 2018 it supplied the specifications of what type of system they were looking for and invited the firearms industry to come up with the designs for a Squad Infantry Rifle...

11mm SWEDISH ORDNANCE m/71

When the Swedish Army upgraded from pinfire to center-fire, their existing Lefaucheaux revolvers were converted and adopted as the Lefaucheux – Francotte Cavalry model 1871. The m/71 revolver was invented by August Hagstrom (1817-1901) and was only used by Sweden and...

44 BUZENET

- From a reply by Dr. P. Regenstreif to a question regarding the Buzenet - from an old (April 1992) ECRA newsletter – During the late 1960’s the French firearm regulations were relaxed somewhat making the old 11mm Mle. 1873 French Regulation Revolver a collectible...

44 BULL DOG

The 44 Bull Dog was developed around 1880 and was based on a shortened version of the US 44 Webley or equivalent British 442 RIC revolver. It was a cheaper, less powerful design to be carried in a pocket type revolver and was only made in the USA and Canada....

460 ROWLAND

The .460 Rowland is a proprietary cartridge that was designed and developed by Johnny Ray Rowland, host of "The Shooting Show." It is an attempt to achieve true .44 Magnum level velocities when fired from a number of popular semi-automatic pistols. Cases are by...

9mm DEVEL

During the mid 1970’s, the idea of a full powered, compact pistol for concealed carry did not exist, one had to carry a small, and invariably inferior caliber handgun. Paris Theodore from the ASP Corporation was the first do modifiy S&W Model 39’s to a compact...

270 NEWTON

   The 270 Newton caliber is most probably not one of Charles Newtons inventions. It would seem that it came along much later than the original 30, 35, 40 and famous 256 (6.5-06) Newton calibers. This case is by Speer, but apparently Western also made it....

11mm MAUSER

I have not been able to find any information on this cartridge. Erlmeier, Brandt just gives a description of a cartridge for a Mauser Revolver of unknown construction that was in all probability a short-lived experimental design (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 162C)....

44 AUTO MAG

Harry Sanford who was the president of the Auto Mag Corporation started the design of the 44 Auto Mag, or 44 AMP in 1958. It was based on the 308 Win case cut to 1.298in and loaded with a .429 cal bullet to a muzzle velocity of just over 1,400 fps and was originally...

460 JURRAS

One of a series of cartridges designed by the Late Lee Jurras, one of the greats in handgun hunting. He was very interested in the exploits of the old hunters with their Howdah pistols and in the early 1970’s brought out his own versions chambered in 6 different...