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.260_Remington_528736 | Explain what '.260 Remington' covers in the 'Origin and history' section. | on the reamer used to cut the chamber. Furthermore, depending on whether one chose to form the case from .243 Winchester or .308 Winchester influenced the neck thickness and therefore the dimensions of the cartridge. A cartridge formed for a specific rifle may or may not successfully chamber or worse may reach dangerou... | [
".260 Remington — Sporting usage\n\nof which went on to win the NRA HP Championship in 2010. The .260 Remington has become popular with metallic silhouette shooters. The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunt... |
.260_Remington_528750 | Based on the article about '.260 Remington', describe the 'Rifles and ammunition' section. | Remington. Currently they offer the Hunter Series 11 FCNS, Weather Warrior Series 16 FCSS, and the Target Series Model 12Long Range Precision rifle. Savage also chambers the cartridge in more specialized rifles such as the Model 10 Predator Hunter Max 1, Model 11 Lightweight Hunter and the Model 11 Long Range Hunter. L... | [
".260 Remington — Sporting usage\n\nof which went on to win the NRA HP Championship in 2010. The .260 Remington has become popular with metallic silhouette shooters. The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunt... |
.260_Remington_528733 | Reconstruct the content from the article about '.260 Remington'. | The .260 Remington (also known as 6.5-08 A-Square) cartridge was introduced by Remington in 1997. Many wildcat cartridges based on the .308 Winchester case had existed for years before Remington standardized this round. Because 6.5 mm (.264") bullets have relatively high ballistic coefficients, the .260 Remington has s... | [
".260 Remington — Sporting usage\n\nof which went on to win the NRA HP Championship in 2010. The .260 Remington has become popular with metallic silhouette shooters. The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunt... |
.260_Remington_528739 | Summarize the 'SAAMI specifications' part of '.260 Remington'. | [[Image:260Remington.png|450px|alt=260 Remington Schematic|.260 Remington schematic complying with SAAMI specifications]] ; .260 Remington SAAMI compliant schematic. All dimensions in inches [millimeters]. SAAMI recommends a barrel with a 6 groove contour and a twist rate of one revolution every 9 in with each groove ... | [
".260 Remington — Sporting usage\n\nof which went on to win the NRA HP Championship in 2010. The .260 Remington has become popular with metallic silhouette shooters. The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunt... |
.260_Remington_528744 | Reconstruct the content about 'Performance' from the article on '.260 Remington'. | with a 120 gr bullet at 2890 ft/s and the 140 gr bullet at 2750 ft/s. In contrast, Norma of Sweden loads the 6.5×55mm with a 120 gr bullet at 2822 ft/s and the 140 gr bullet at 2690 ft/s. While it is possible to load the 160 gr bullet which is popular in Northern Europe, for the .260 Remington, due to the comparatively... | [
".260 Remington — Sporting usage\n\nof which went on to win the NRA HP Championship in 2010. The .260 Remington has become popular with metallic silhouette shooters. The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunt... |
.260_Remington_528738 | What information does the article about '.260 Remington' provide on 'Design and specifications'? | The .260 Remington uses the .308 Winchester case as its parent cartridge which is simply necked down to accept a .264 caliber bullet with no further changes made to the case. As the cartridge follows a modern design, it has little taper which allowed its parent cartridge to feed reliably through auto-loading rifles suc... | [
".260 Remington — Sporting usage\n\nof which went on to win the NRA HP Championship in 2010. The .260 Remington has become popular with metallic silhouette shooters. The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunt... |
.260_Remington_528748 | Describe the 'Sporting usage' section of the article about '.260 Remington'. | and coyotes. Bullets chosen for these species should be designed to open rapidly unless harvesting of the pelt is the objective. FMJ or other non-expanding bullets can be used if the latter is the case. The .260 Remington, loaded with very low drag bullets such as the 138 gr Lapua, 140 gr Berger, or 142 gr Sierra, can ... | [
".260 Remington — Sporting usage\n\nof which went on to win the NRA HP Championship in 2010. The .260 Remington has become popular with metallic silhouette shooters. The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunt... |
.260_Remington_528740 | From the article on '.260 Remington', restate the 'C.I.P. specifications' content. | .260 Remington maximum C.I.P. cartridge dimensions. All sizes in millimeters (mm) plus Imperial (inches). Americans would define the shoulder angle at alpha/2 = 20 degrees. The common rifling twist rate for this cartridge is 229 mm (1 in 9 in), 6 grooves, Ø lands = 6.50 mm, Ø grooves = 6.71 mm, land width = 2.42 mm and... | [
".260 Remington — Sporting usage\n\nof which went on to win the NRA HP Championship in 2010. The .260 Remington has become popular with metallic silhouette shooters. The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunt... |
.260_Remington_528742 | Describe the 'Performance' section of the article about '.260 Remington'. | in sectional density to a 220 gr .308 caliber (7.62 mm) bullet. As sectional density plays a large factor in penetration, the .264 caliber (6.5 mm), though a diminutive caliber from a North American point of view, has had excellent results in the field. Walter D.M. Bell, who was known to have shot over a thousand eleph... | [
".260 Remington — Sporting usage\n\nof which went on to win the NRA HP Championship in 2010. The .260 Remington has become popular with metallic silhouette shooters. The 2014 NRA National Championship equipment survey lists the .260 Remington as most popular caliber for both the high power rifle and high power hunt... |
.264_Winchester_Magnum_528353 | Reconstruct the content from the article about '.264 Winchester Magnum'. | The .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s with the .338 Winchester Magnum ... | [
".264 Winchester Magnum\n\nThe .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s w... |
.264_Winchester_Magnum_528362 | Based on the article about '.264 Winchester Magnum', describe the 'Background' section. | more sportsmen opting for the bigger Remington 7 mm round because it was seen as more effective on a wider variety of big game; rather than a compromise round that could be used for varmints, worked well on whitetail and mule deer, but was borderline for the largest North American big game when the need arose. In Europ... | [
".264 Winchester Magnum\n\nThe .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s w... |
.264_Winchester_Magnum_528358 | Explain what '.264 Winchester Magnum' covers in the 'Reception' section. | compatible bullets due in large part to the popularity of the 7mm caliber while the .264 was something of an oddity and a rather new caliber in North America. Ballistically it is almost identical to the 6.5×68mm (also known incorrectly as the 6.5×68 RWS, 6.5×68 Schüler or the 6.5×68 Express Vom Hofe) and the 6.5×63 Mes... | [
".264 Winchester Magnum\n\nThe .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s w... |
.264_Winchester_Magnum_528361 | Based on the article about '.264 Winchester Magnum', describe the 'Background' section. | cited. More likely is the fact that hunters had more confidence in the game-getting ability of heavier 7 mm (.284") 150 to 175 grain spitzer-shaped projectiles on big game, as compared to 140 grains being the upper end of pointed .264 bullets. Conversely, Winchester marketed the .264 as a long range, combination varmin... | [
".264 Winchester Magnum\n\nThe .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s w... |
.264_Winchester_Magnum_528356 | What information does the article about '.264 Winchester Magnum' provide on 'Performance'? | The .264 Winchester Magnum gained a reputation as a very flat shooting cartridge. When introduced, it was first chambered in the Winchester Model 70 Westerner rifle, which was intended for longer range shooting more common in the Western United States. At present Remington, Winchester, HSM, and DoubleTap Ammunition pro... | [
".264 Winchester Magnum\n\nThe .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s w... |
.264_Winchester_Magnum_528354 | Based on the article about '.264 Winchester Magnum', describe the 'Design & specifications' section. | Winchester had been manufacturing the shortened Holland & Holland cases under a contract for Weatherby for use in their .257 Weatherby Magnum, .270 Weatherby Magnum and 7mm Weatherby Magnum cartridges. The Weatherby cases had been based on Winchester's .30 Super cartridge. This new series of shortened Holland & Holland... | [
".264 Winchester Magnum\n\nThe .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s w... |
.264_Winchester_Magnum_528355 | Describe the 'Design & specifications' section of the article about '.264 Winchester Magnum'. | H&H case would not have resulted in a great performance improvement due to the powders available at that time. It was similar to the reasoning behind the shortened cases used by Weatherby as DuPont's IMR 4350 was the slowest burning powder available then. The .264 Winchester Magnum is a cartridge which was standardized... | [
".264 Winchester Magnum\n\nThe .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s w... |
.264_Winchester_Magnum_528359 | Describe the 'Background' section of the article about '.264 Winchester Magnum'. | The .264 Win. Mag., like many magnum rounds, can wear out barrel throats more rapidly than lower pressure and lower velocity non-magnum cartridges, especially when fired rapidly, which heats up the steel and hastens throat erosion. Throat erosion is greater in higher chamber pressure overbore cartridges. This was parti... | [
".264 Winchester Magnum\n\nThe .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s w... |
.264_Winchester_Magnum_528357 | Reconstruct the content about 'Reception' from the article on '.264 Winchester Magnum'. | The .264 Winchester Magnum main competition comes from the various 7mm cartridges such as the 7mm Remington Magnum, 7mm Weatherby Magnum, the .270 Winchester Short Magnum, .270 Weatherby Magnum, 6.5mm Remington Magnum and the .257 Weatherby Magnum cartridges in North America and the cartridges such as the 6.5×68mm in E... | [
".264 Winchester Magnum\n\nThe .264 Winchester Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. Except for the .244 H&H Magnum and .257 Weatherby Magnum, it is the smallest caliber factory cartridge derived from the 2.85 in Holland & Holland belted magnum case. It was introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s w... |
.270_Winchester_31656270 | Summarize the 'History' part of '.270 Winchester'. | II period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Winchester, conceived solely as a big game h... | [
".270 Winchester — History\n\nII period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277\" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Wincheste... |
.270_Winchester_31656274 | Explain what '.270 Winchester' covers in the 'Sporting use' section. | The .270 Winchester is a suitable cartridge for hunting deer-sized game at open ranges making it suitable for plains game and mountain hunting. Standard ballistics tests show that the .270 is highly appropriate for hunting screeching boars and pigs. It may be chambered in standard length actions and though the optimum ... | [
".270 Winchester — History\n\nII period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277\" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Wincheste... |
.270_Winchester_31656271 | From the article on '.270 Winchester', restate the 'History' content. | drive a 130 grain (8.4 gram) bullet at approximately 3140 ft/s, later reduced to 3060 ft/s, demonstrating a high performance at the time of its introduction while being marketed as a suitable cartridge for big game shooting in the 300 to 500 yd range. Two additional bullet weights were soon introduced: a 100 grain (6.5... | [
".270 Winchester — History\n\nII period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277\" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Wincheste... |
.270_Winchester_31656276 | From the article on '.270 Winchester', restate the 'Loads' content. | recommendations for shooting different game are as follows: However, bullet construction shall be more important than bullet weight in order to shoot the heavier game. Recent introductions of low-drag bullets suited to the .270 Winchester such as the Nosler Accubond Long-Range, Hornady ELD-X and Matrix long-range bulle... | [
".270 Winchester — History\n\nII period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277\" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Wincheste... |
.270_Winchester_31656273 | From the article on '.270 Winchester', restate the 'History' content. | a modification of the 270 WSM firing a heavier and larger bullet with a higher ballistic coefficient. Nevertheless, none of these new cartridges matches the popularity of the old 270 Win and offer little advantage for practical hunting purposes. Other of the main reasons why the .270 Win is still one of the most popula... | [
".270 Winchester — History\n\nII period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277\" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Wincheste... |
.270_Winchester_31656269 | What does the article about '.270 Winchester' say regarding 'History'? | Introduced in 1925 along with the Winchester Model 54 bolt action rifle under the name "270 WCF" (270 Winchester Centerfire), THE .270 Winchester was not an immediate success due to the popularity of them back then, relatively recent introduction of the .30-06 Springfield, chambered for the M1903 Springfield bolt actio... | [
".270 Winchester — History\n\nII period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277\" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Wincheste... |
.270_Winchester_31656275 | What does the article about '.270 Winchester' say regarding 'Loads'? | 90 - 110 gr bullets: varmint and small deer ; 130 gr bullets: deer size game including mule deer, white tail, sheep, mountain goats, antelope ; 140 - 160 gr bullets: deer, elk, moose, caribu, and some larger animals. Cartridges are commonly available from 100 to 160 gr sizes with 130 and 150 gr loads being by far the m... | [
".270 Winchester — History\n\nII period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277\" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Wincheste... |
.270_Winchester_31656272 | What information does the article about '.270 Winchester' provide on 'History'? | other commercial 6.8mm cartridge available for sporting purposes was the .270 Weatherby Magnum, which offered a flatter trajectory based on the larger powder capacity allowed by the belted magnum case, howerver due to the higher price and offer limit, it never reached the popularity of the .270 Winchester. Nowadays a n... | [
".270 Winchester — History\n\nII period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277\" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Wincheste... |
.270_Winchester_31656268 | Reconstruct the content from the article about '.270 Winchester'. | The .270 Winchester is a rifle cartridge developed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1923 and unveiled in 1925 as a chambering for their bolt-action Model 54. The cartridge is the same length as the .280 Remington, both of which are longer than the .30-06 Springfield. The .270, .280, and .30-06 were all derived f... | [
".270 Winchester — History\n\nII period, ranking it among the most popular and widely used big game hunting cartridges worldwide especially with the widespread popularity of rifle scopes. Shooters started noticing that the .277\" caliber cartridge was capable of shooting flatter than the popular. The .270 Wincheste... |
.275_H&H_Magnum_20586142 | Reconstruct the content about 'History' from the article on '.275 H&H Magnum'. | Aside from the belted case, the .275 H&H was very similar to the .276 Enfield cartridge of the Pattern 1913 Enfield rifle then under development by the British military to replace the Lee–Enfield. Cordite loadings gave both cartridges a reputation for unpleasant muzzle flash and short barrel life. Western Cartridge Com... | [
".275 H&H Magnum — History\n\nAside from the belted case, the .275 H&H was very similar to the .276 Enfield cartridge of the Pattern 1913 Enfield rifle then under development by the British military to replace the Lee–Enfield. Cordite loadings gave both cartridges a reputation for unpleasant muzzle flash and sh... |
.275_H&H_Magnum_20586143 | Summarize the 'Subsequent developments' part of '.275 H&H Magnum'. | Following World War II, independent gunsmiths in the United States began exploring the ballistic possibilities of military surplus IMR 4831 powder salvaged from Oerlikon 20mm cannon cartridges and marketed by Hodgdon Powder Company. The long range ballistics of wildcat cartridges resulted in commercial availability of ... | [
".275 H&H Magnum — History\n\nAside from the belted case, the .275 H&H was very similar to the .276 Enfield cartridge of the Pattern 1913 Enfield rifle then under development by the British military to replace the Lee–Enfield. Cordite loadings gave both cartridges a reputation for unpleasant muzzle flash and sh... |
.275_H&H_Magnum_20586141 | What information does the article about '.275 H&H Magnum' provide? | The .275 Holland & Holland Magnum is a semi-obsolete rifle cartridge similar to the 7mm Remington Magnum. Essentially the .275 Holland & Holland Magnum is a necked down shortened variant of the .375 Holland & Holland Magnum. It was introduced by the British company Holland & Holland with the .375 Holland & Holland Magn... | [
".275 H&H Magnum — History\n\nAside from the belted case, the .275 H&H was very similar to the .276 Enfield cartridge of the Pattern 1913 Enfield rifle then under development by the British military to replace the Lee–Enfield. Cordite loadings gave both cartridges a reputation for unpleasant muzzle flash and sh... |
.276_Enfield_2722037 | What does the article about '.276 Enfield' say regarding 'History'? | During the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily outranging the .303 British Mar... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722047 | Summarize the '1913 troop trials' part of '.276 Enfield'. | amended so that not more than fifteen rounds were fired without the rifle being allowed to cool off. By mid 1913, it became clear that until a suitable propellant with a more moderate combustion temperature had been developed the new cartridge and rifle could not be passed for service. Work continued into 1914 on both ... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722049 | Reconstruct the content about 'Subsequent developments' from the article on '.276 Enfield'. | The Pattern 1913 Enfield (P'13) rifle design was modified as the Pattern 14 Rifle (P'14) chambered for the .303 British cartridge. Production was initially assigned to Vickers, but tooling was shortly passed to United States manufacturers so Vickers could focus on machine gun production. Remington Arms and Winchester m... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722044 | What does the article about '.276 Enfield' say regarding '1913 troop trials'? | school at Hythe, to one squadron in each of three cavalry regiments, and to one company in each of eight infantry battalions. One of the cavalry squadrons was stationed in South Africa and one of the infantry companies was stationed in Egypt. The remainder of the units were in the United Kingdom. Cartridges were packag... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722041 | Based on the article about '.276 Enfield', describe the 'Government driven efforts to improve performance' section. | for the .303 Mk VII round. The combination of a slimmer more aerodynamic projectile - reverse engineering the trajectory from the previous paragraph indicates a ballistic coefficient (G1 BC) of approximately 0.55 - with a higher sectional density propelled at a higher muzzle velocity and designed to travel at faster ve... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722039 | Summarize the 'Government driven efforts to improve performance' part of '.276 Enfield'. | as the likely final choice with various .276 spitzer bullets of 165 gr, 175 gr and 188 gr lengths. The Small Arms Committee decided all were generally acceptable, but preferred the 165 gr projectile design as the trajectory was flatter to 800 yd than the 175 gr projectile. They recommended that one thousand rifles shou... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722036 | Describe the content of the article about '.276 Enfield'. | The .276 Enfield (7×60mm) was an experimental rebated rim bottlenecked centerfire military rifle cartridge developed in conjunction with the Pattern 1913 Enfield (P'13) rifle. Development was discontinued by the onset of World War I. | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722042 | Describe the '1913 troop trials' section of the article about '.276 Enfield'. | Royal Laboratory (headstamped R^L) ; Kings Norton Metal Company (headstamped KN, some with date 13) ; Greenwood & Batley (headstamped GB or G&B) ; Kynoch (headstamped K) ; Winchester (headstamped WRA Co. 8-16) Several developmental versions of ammunition were prepared beginning in 1910, before approximately 1,000 Patte... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722043 | Reconstruct the content about '1913 troop trials' from the article on '.276 Enfield'. | than earlier RL1800 iterations to increase powder capacity and an annular groove around the primer to prevent "caps out". The primer caps were made of copper containing 0.6 gr of priming composition. The great majority of troop trial ammunition was manufactured by the Royal Laboratory with the headstamp simply "R^L", b... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722051 | Summarize the 'Propellant development' part of '.276 Enfield'. | The lack of a suitable (cooler-burning) propellant led to the design in 1914 of Improved Military Rifle (IMR) tubular nitrocellulose smokeless powder # 15 as a replacement for cordite for the .276 Enfield cartridge. In 1919, IMR # 151⁄2 added 2% tin to IMR # 15 to reduce metal fouling from cupronickel-jacketed bullets.... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722046 | From the article on '.276 Enfield', restate the '1913 troop trials' content. | pressure used in C.I.P. regulated countries and SAAMI maximum average pressure (MAP) to the .30-06 Springfield cartridge rated at 50,000 CUP. The troop trial results reported the cartridge produced heavy metal fouling in the bore, heavy recoil, very loud report, undesirable muzzle flash, overheated rifle barrels, and d... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Enfield_2722038 | Explain what '.276 Enfield' covers in the 'Government driven efforts to improve performance' section. | The .276 Enfield was designed with the intent of being more powerful than the .303 British cartridge used in the Lee–Enfield rifles and to be at least similar in size and performance to other large, powerful early 20th century military rifle cartridges, like the .280 Ross, 7.92×57mm Mauser, .30-06 Springfield and 7.5×5... | [
".276 Enfield — History\n\nDuring the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), British authorities were obliged to re-evaluate rifle and ammunition design and tactics after facing Boer sharpshooters and snipers armed with Mauser Model 1895 rifles firing 7×57mm Mauser rounds with withering effectiveness, easily ... |
.276_Pedersen_22244895 | Describe the content of the article about '.276 Pedersen'. | Developed in 1923 in the United States, it was intended to replace the .30-06 Springfield in new semi-automatic rifles and machine guns. When first recommended for adoption, M1 Garand rifles were chambered for the .276 Pedersen, which held ten rounds in its unique en-bloc clips. The .276 Pedersen was a shorter, lighter... | [
".276 Pedersen — Summary\n\nDeveloped in 1923 in the United States, it was intended to replace the .30-06 Springfield in new semi-automatic rifles and machine guns. When first recommended for adoption, M1 Garand rifles were chambered for the .276 Pedersen, which held ten rounds in its unique en-bloc clips. The .276... |
.276_Pedersen_22244899 | What information does the article about '.276 Pedersen' provide on 'History and technical notes'? | successful 7.92mm Kurz and various studies on the matter. The U.S. stuck with .30 caliber mostly out of a desire to have a common cartridge between rifle and machine gun combined with the perceived necessity for effectiveness out to 2,000 yards. Development of a shorter .30 round specifically for use in an autoloading ... | [
".276 Pedersen — Summary\n\nDeveloped in 1923 in the United States, it was intended to replace the .30-06 Springfield in new semi-automatic rifles and machine guns. When first recommended for adoption, M1 Garand rifles were chambered for the .276 Pedersen, which held ten rounds in its unique en-bloc clips. The .276... |
.276_Pedersen_22244896 | From the article on '.276 Pedersen', restate the 'History and technical notes' content. | Pedersen's round fired a 0.284-inch (7mm) bullet. Comparable to the contemporary Italian 6.5×52mm (0.268 in) Carcano or the Japanese 6.5mm (0.264 in) Arisaka, it produced velocities of around 2,400 feet per second (730 m/s) with 140 or 150 grain (9.1 or 9.7 g) projectiles. The case was two inches (51 mm) long with sign... | [
".276 Pedersen — Summary\n\nDeveloped in 1923 in the United States, it was intended to replace the .30-06 Springfield in new semi-automatic rifles and machine guns. When first recommended for adoption, M1 Garand rifles were chambered for the .276 Pedersen, which held ten rounds in its unique en-bloc clips. The .276... |
.276_Pedersen_22244897 | Describe the 'History and technical notes' section of the article about '.276 Pedersen'. | a solution to a significant problem. The U.S. Army wanted a general issue autoloading rifle that would fire the .30-06 cartridge, but such a rifle was prohibitively large with existing designs such as the Browning Automatic Rifle and French Chauchat. A weapon of the same weight as the M1903 needed to fire a smaller car... | [
".276 Pedersen — Summary\n\nDeveloped in 1923 in the United States, it was intended to replace the .30-06 Springfield in new semi-automatic rifles and machine guns. When first recommended for adoption, M1 Garand rifles were chambered for the .276 Pedersen, which held ten rounds in its unique en-bloc clips. The .276... |
.276_Pedersen_22244898 | What does the article about '.276 Pedersen' say regarding 'History and technical notes'? | be chambered in the .276 Pedersen, but the logistics of changing all of the infantry's guns (including machine guns) to a new round was judged cost-prohibitive, so the Garand was chambered in .30-06, removing the need for the new cartridge.[[File:Comparison of 6.5 Carcano, .276 Pedersen, 6.5 Grendel, 7.62x39mm, 7.62x45... | [
".276 Pedersen — Summary\n\nDeveloped in 1923 in the United States, it was intended to replace the .30-06 Springfield in new semi-automatic rifles and machine guns. When first recommended for adoption, M1 Garand rifles were chambered for the .276 Pedersen, which held ten rounds in its unique en-bloc clips. The .276... |
.277_FURY_13364344 | Reconstruct the content about 'Background' from the article on '.277 FURY'. | The cartridge was designed by SIG Sauer for the United States Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (NGSW). The cartridge was announced for non-military usage along with the SIG Sauer CROSS—a bolt-action, magazine-fed rifle—in December 2019. In 2020, it was accepted by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacture... | [
".277 FURY — Background\n\nThe cartridge was designed by SIG Sauer for the United States Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (NGSW). The cartridge was announced for non-military usage along with the SIG Sauer CROSS—a bolt-action, magazine-fed rifle—in December 2019. In 2020, it was accepted by the Sporting ... |
.277_FURY_13364343 | Reconstruct the content from the article about '.277 FURY'. | The .277 FURY or 6.8×51mm, (designated as the .277 SIG FURY by the SAAMI ) is a centerfire rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge announced by SIG Sauer in late 2019. It utilizes a hybrid three-piece cartridge case that has a steel case head, brass body and a locking washer that mechanically connects the two to support a... | [
".277 FURY — Background\n\nThe cartridge was designed by SIG Sauer for the United States Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (NGSW). The cartridge was announced for non-military usage along with the SIG Sauer CROSS—a bolt-action, magazine-fed rifle—in December 2019. In 2020, it was accepted by the Sporting ... |
.277_FURY_13364345 | Describe the 'Specifications' section of the article about '.277 FURY'. | The cartridge uses a case that is the same length and diameter as the .308 Winchester. Each cartridge case consists of a stainless steel base coupled to a brass body via a locking washer. Stainless steel has a significant higher yield strength than brass, allowing the engineers to use higher Maximum Average Pressure (M... | [
".277 FURY — Background\n\nThe cartridge was designed by SIG Sauer for the United States Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (NGSW). The cartridge was announced for non-military usage along with the SIG Sauer CROSS—a bolt-action, magazine-fed rifle—in December 2019. In 2020, it was accepted by the Sporting ... |
.277_FURY_13364346 | Describe the 'Performance' section of the article about '.277 FURY'. | SIG Sauer claims that the cartridge has performance superior to the 6.5mm Creedmoor, exhibiting 6 to 9 ft less bullet drop at 1000 yd, while delivering 20–25% greater energy. | [
".277 FURY — Background\n\nThe cartridge was designed by SIG Sauer for the United States Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (NGSW). The cartridge was announced for non-military usage along with the SIG Sauer CROSS—a bolt-action, magazine-fed rifle—in December 2019. In 2020, it was accepted by the Sporting ... |
.277_Wolverine_3924293 | Based on the article about '.277 Wolverine', describe the 'Applications' section. | The .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornady, Nosler, Barnes, Remington, Winchest... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924306 | What information does the article about '.277 Wolverine' provide on 'Comparisons'? | shorter barrel, and are more accurate when using a relatively fast rifling twist, such as a ratio near 1:8 (one rotation in 8-inches). Because the 277 Wolverine's bullet diameter is smaller than the 300 BLK, the bullets ogive curve in its profile is located closer to its tip, which results in the 277 WLV case-shoulder ... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924300 | What information does the article about '.277 Wolverine' provide on 'Comparisons'? | .257 caliber bullets (6.5mm), and popular bullet weights are between 75gr to 117gr. This cartridge also uses the abundant 5.56 case as its parent, for affordable re-loading. There is no benefit to loading this cartridge to subsonic velocities, so all loadings would be directed at improving impact when using light-weigh... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924286 | Summarize the following section from the article on '.277 Wolverine'. | The .277 Wolverine (6.8×39mm) is a wildcat cartridge. It is a multi-purpose mid-power cartridge with increased ballistic performance over the AR-15's traditional .223 Remington (5.56×45mm NATO) cartridge requiring only a new barrel to upgrade/convert any 5.56-based firearm to .277 Wolverine. | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924302 | What information does the article about '.277 Wolverine' provide on 'Comparisons'? | the .308 caliber. When designing bullets, they can be made longer and heavier without detracting from their aerodynamic efficiency. However, when shortening a bullet to create an option with a lower weight, there is a limit that should not be exceeded when you desire a good ballistic coefficient in order to maintain th... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924301 | What information does the article about '.277 Wolverine' provide on 'Comparisons'? | when using only high-velocity bullets with a good ballistic coefficient shape (for longer range and higher delivered energy at any given distance), there was still a performance gap between the 25-45 Sharps and the 300 Blackout bullet options. A popular 7mm hunting caliber bullet is actually .283 in diameter (7.2mm), b... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924304 | What does the article about '.277 Wolverine' say regarding 'Comparisons'? | supersonic-to-subsonic transition speed (roughly 1,100 FPS at sea level, slightly lower at higher altitudes), its can lose stability. A bullet at 125gr in the 277 Wolverine caliber will stay supersonic at greater ranges than the 300 BLK, when comparing the same bullet weight and construction. If you desire to use the .... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924299 | Describe the 'Comparisons' section of the article about '.277 Wolverine'. | AR-15 standard cartridge is a .223 caliber, frequently using bullets in the 55gr to 77gr weight range. The 300 BLK can be found in factory-loaded ammunition from 100gr to 220gr. Although, the solid .308 bullets that are lighter and shorter than 150gr do not have an optimum ballistic coefficient (Hollow-point bullets ca... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924297 | Based on the article about '.277 Wolverine', describe the 'Comparisons' section. | .308 caliber, the gunpowder charge of the 300 BLK case has a modest capacity. This limited the cartridge to fairly slow speeds when using the heaviest bullets. Firing an M4 carbine in a confined indoor space is very loud. Soldiers in combat rarely use hearing protection, so they are able to hear spontaneous commands du... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924303 | Describe the 'Comparisons' section of the article about '.277 Wolverine'. | ideal shape was scaled down to a solid bullet weight that is less than approximately 150gr (a hollow-point configuration would slightly alter this ratio). Loaded ammunition in the 300 BLK caliber can be purchased as light as 100gr, with the 125gr class of bullets proving to be popular when shooting at higher velocities... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924288 | Describe the 'Design' section of the article about '.277 Wolverine'. | to .277 Wolverine. In order to load heavier (therefore longer) bullets to magazine length without the problems of seating the bullet's ogive into the case mouth, the Wolverine case is shortened to approximately 39 mm from its 45 mm parent brass. The case is resized and formed in a single-step operation to create new 23... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924290 | Explain what '.277 Wolverine' covers in the 'Development' section. | and inexpensive 5.56×45mm brass (shortened and resized). Extensive reloading data (including chronographed velocity, accuracy, and ballistic gel testing) is available. Ready-to-load brass and/or loaded ammunition is available commercially from several sources including: JB's Firearms, LLC and OutdoorShooterSupply. Relo... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924295 | What information does the article about '.277 Wolverine' provide on 'Comparisons'? | enthusiasts, I decided to move forward with a new cartridge design that would hopefully combine the attributes of both, and dismiss the deficiencies." The cartridge that the 277 Wolverine is most often compared to is the 300 AAC Blackout, with each having its strengths and limitations. Although the 300 BLK has recently... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924307 | What does the article about '.277 Wolverine' say regarding 'Comparisons'? | bullets (24.5gr of water in an unloaded case for the 300 BLK, 27.6gr for the 277 WLV) When using the AR-15 family of rifles, all three of these alternative calibers use the same bolt carrier group (BCG) and upper receiver as the standard 5.56 x 45 rifle. The 300 BLK requires the forward-most alignment ribs inside the N... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924291 | What information does the article about '.277 Wolverine' provide on 'Performance'? | The .277 Wolverine has shown near-comparable performance to the 6.8 SPC with 110 gr (7.13 g) bullets, achieving similar muzzle velocities of 2,500 fps (762 m/s) vs. 2,700 fps (823 m/s). The smaller case of the .277 Wolverine (compared to the 6.8 SPC) is more efficient and has less recoil due to its smaller propellant l... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924296 | What does the article about '.277 Wolverine' say regarding 'Comparisons'? | door (and other obstacles) with reduced bullet fragmentation would be enhanced by using a much heavier bullet, compared to the standard NATO combat 5.56 x 45 cartridge at 55gr-63gr. Since high velocity would not be needed, the rifle in this application could have a much shorter barrel, which improves maneuverability in... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924289 | Summarize the 'Development' part of '.277 Wolverine'. | Initially developed, tested, and marketed as a proprietary cartridge, MDWS publicly released the detailed chamber and headspace gage specifications/drawings for the .277 Wolverine in June 2015. At least four commercial manufacturers have produced .277 Wolverine barrels, mostly for AR-15 conversions – although MDWS also... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924292 | Summarize the 'Performance' part of '.277 Wolverine'. | (5.5-5.8 g) from a .277 Wolverine round provide over 1,500 ft·lbs (2,034 J) of energy (both measured at the muzzle of a 16-inch barrel). There are always trade-offs between cartridge size, bullet diameter and weight, muzzle velocity, and energy on-target (at any given range). The .277 Wolverine will never replace large... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924305 | Describe the 'Comparisons' section of the article about '.277 Wolverine'. | has a greater variety of better options, with each having an excellent ballistic coefficient (for hand-loading, .277 bullets are available as heavy as 200gr). Although the 277 WLV and the 300 BLK can both fire a selection of heavy or light bullets, the barrel rifling twist-ratio is fixed, and should be chosen to optimi... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.277_Wolverine_3924287 | Based on the article about '.277 Wolverine', describe the 'Design' section. | For fundamentally the same reasons that a .277 inch (7.04 mm) diameter bullet was selected for the 6.8mm Remington SPC (i.e., ideal mass-to-diameter-to-length for mid-weight bullets constrained to loading in an AR-15/M16 STANAG magazine), 6.8mm became the caliber for a new AR-15 wildcat. Like the .300 AAC Blackout and ... | [
".277 Wolverine — Applications\n\nThe .277 Wolverine provides similar ballistic performance to the 6.8 SPC for accuracy, hunting (varmints to medium-game), target shooting, and home/personal defense. 277/6.8mm bullets are widely available from all major reloading component manufacturers (e.g., Speer, Sierra, Hornad... |
.280_British_11591503 | Explain what '.280 British' covers in the 'Selection of the .280' section. | of the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium and Canada proved very interested, and the Be... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591504 | Explain what '.280 British' covers in the 'Selection of the .280' section. | changes to the round. The first was a small change to the rim diameter of the .280 to the size of the .30-06 Springfield to produce the .280/30 cartridge, which was produced in large numbers and is the basis of the dimensions listed to the right. The .280/30 cartridge weighed 20.3 g, making it a rather heavy cartridge ... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591511 | What information does the article about '.280 British' provide on 'After .280'? | M4 version of the M16 family called the 6.8mm Remington SPC — with similar ballistic properties to the .280 British cartridge — which was intended to provide better ballistics than the 5.56×45mm NATO. In the late 1960s, a version of the .280 British was created using a 6.25 mm bullet in a necked-down .280 British case.... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591507 | What information does the article about '.280 British' provide on 'Selection of 7.62 NATO'? | Between 1947 and 1952 the British and Canadians made clear to the United States they were aware of their secret work, stating that it was against the open, collaborative nature of the agreement, making their disapproval clear. Matters took a turn for the worse when Rene Studler went on record, stating that, any non-Ame... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591513 | Based on the article about '.280 British', describe the 'Specifications' section. | AP (130 gr) ; API (130 gr): black ; Ball (130 - 140 gr): plain (unmarked), green, pink, yellow, brown ; Observation (130 gr) (6 gr WP): red ; Tracer (130 gr): white Radway Green ; Fabrique Nationale ; Kynoch Types of bullets and colours of tips: Note: Most cartridges have been observed with a purple annulus. Several ex... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591512 | Based on the article about '.280 British', describe the 'After .280' section. | was the preferred solution. The 100 gr bullet had a muzzle velocity of 2,680 ft/s and 2,160 J of muzzle energy. While the 7.62×51mm NATO required 700 J of force on impact to penetrate helmets and heavy body armor, the 6.25 mm required only 580 J of impact force to deliver the same penetration effects out to 600 m. It r... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591508 | What does the article about '.280 British' say regarding 'Selection of 7.62 NATO'? | change of government meant that the 7 mm, EM-2 and Taden gun projects were abandoned soon afterwards by Winston Churchill, who returned as the prime minister and desired commonality between the NATO countries. Small amounts of .280 British ammunition were later produced during the 1960s for various small arms trials. A... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591501 | What information does the article about '.280 British' provide on 'Impetus'? | be fired in fully automatic fire. This led British small arms designers to begin development of their own intermediate round. The goal of the British designers was to create a cartridge that would replace all small arms in .303 calibre including the Bren, the No.4 Rifle and the Vickers medium machine gun with a cartrid... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591506 | What information does the article about '.280 British' provide on 'Selection of 7.62 NATO'? | Britain, Canada and the United States, founding members of NATO, had all signed an agreement that member states would develop and deploy common small arms and cartridges, developed through competitive trials in co-operation together. Britain and Canada had been open about their developments, and the Americans claimed t... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591500 | What does the article about '.280 British' say regarding 'Impetus'? | During World War II the standard British rifle and machine gun round was the venerable .303 British. Efforts to replace the .303 with a more modern round predated even World War I, but a series of events kept it in service in spite of its rimmed design causing a number of alleged problems. During the war the Allies enc... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591502 | Explain what '.280 British' covers in the 'Selection of the .280' section. | After extensive tests by the "Ideal Cartridge Panel" in 1945, the British decided upon two 7 mm cartridges – the .270 and the .276. Both designations reflected the measurement of the distance between the rifling lands in the cartridges' respective barrels; the .276 bullet's actual diameter was .284 in. In order to focu... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591499 | Summarize the following section from the article on '.280 British'. | The .280 British was an experimental rimless bottlenecked intermediate rifle cartridge. It was later designated 7 mm MK1Z, and has also been known as 7 mm NATO, .280/30, .280 Enfield, .280 NATO, 7 mm FN Short, and 7×43mm. Like most armed forces in the immediate post-World War II era, the British Army began experimentin... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591509 | Summarize the 'After .280' part of '.280 British'. | The .280 British concept would later prove to have been far ahead of its time, as the U.S. itself adopted an intermediate cartridge — 5.56×45mm NATO — by the end of the following decade. Soon after America's large-scale involvement in Vietnam commenced in 1965 the 5.56×45mm NATO ArmaLite AR-15 rifle, later standardised... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591510 | Describe the 'After .280' section of the article about '.280 British'. | cartridges on the battlefield (the other notable one being the 7.62×39mm AK-47 round). The adoption of the 7.62×51mm NATO round and the adaptation of the intermediate cartridge CETME (later developed into the Heckler & Koch G3) and FN FAL designs to fire it, produced rifles that were relatively longer and heavier and h... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591514 | Based on the article about '.280 British', describe the 'Performance' section. | The following comparisons are excerpts from a manual published by the "Small Arms Group Armament Design Establishment" from the Ministry of Supply: | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591516 | Explain what '.280 British' covers in the 'Variants' section. | T65 (7.62×51mm NATO) to 7 mm. Case length 2 in, overall length 2.8 in, similar 140 gr bullet fired at 2800 ft/s. ; 7 mm "Second Optimum" (7×49 mm): Designed by FN. Also known as the 7 mm "Medium" and the 7 mm "Liviano". FN would later sell FAL rifles chambered in this calibre along with a sizeable amount of ammunition ... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_British_11591505 | Describe the 'Selection of the .280' section of the article about '.280 British'. | with the bullet seated less deeply so more powder could be put in the case, another was a T65 cartridge case necked down to 7 mm. The different cartridges that the British and Belgians eventually came up with fired 140 gr bullets at around 2700 to 2800 ft/s, but with a much greater blast and recoil than the .280/30, wh... | [
".280 British — Selection of the .280\n\nof the .303, and shooters reported that it was much more comfortable to fire with the reduced recoil and reduced blast. It seemed that the British designers had accomplished their goals, and proceeded to introduce the cartridge to their NATO allies. Counterparts in Belgium ... |
.280_Remington_32889174 | From the article on '.280 Remington', restate the '.280 vs .30-06' content. | The .280 Remington is capable of developing energy nearly equal to the .30-06 Springfield, but with lighter bullets having a better ballistic coefficient. The .30-06 produces more energy than the .280 with bullets heavier than 180 grains, though .284" 175-grain bullets have a high sectional density of .310, compared to... | [
".280 Remington — .280 vs .30-06\n\nThe .280 Remington is capable of developing energy nearly equal to the .30-06 Springfield, but with lighter bullets having a better ballistic coefficient. The .30-06 produces more energy than the .280 with bullets heavier than 180 grains, though .284\" 175-grain bullets have a hi... |
.280_Remington_32889170 | What information does the article about '.280 Remington' provide? | The .280 Remington, also known as the 7mm-06 Remington and 7mm Express Remington, was introduced in 1957 for the Remington model 740, 760, 721, and 725 rifles. | [
".280 Remington — .280 vs .30-06\n\nThe .280 Remington is capable of developing energy nearly equal to the .30-06 Springfield, but with lighter bullets having a better ballistic coefficient. The .30-06 produces more energy than the .280 with bullets heavier than 180 grains, though .284\" 175-grain bullets have a hi... |
.280_Remington_32889172 | What does the article about '.280 Remington' say regarding 'Specifications'? | The .280 is based on the .30-06 necked down to accept 7 mm (.284 in) bullets, with the neck moved forward .050 in (1.27mm). The neck was deliberately moved forward to prevent chambering in a .270 Winchester rifle, as firing a .280 round in a .270 rifle could cause the projectile to get stuck in the barrel or rupture th... | [
".280 Remington — .280 vs .30-06\n\nThe .280 Remington is capable of developing energy nearly equal to the .30-06 Springfield, but with lighter bullets having a better ballistic coefficient. The .30-06 produces more energy than the .280 with bullets heavier than 180 grains, though .284\" 175-grain bullets have a hi... |
.280_Remington_32889171 | Reconstruct the content about 'History' from the article on '.280 Remington'. | Having been released 32 years after the .270 Winchester, it had somewhat unspectacular sales. Remington renamed the cartridge in late 1978 to 7mm-06 Remington. but just before the end of the year they renamed it again, calling it the 7 mm Express in an attempt to increase sales. This resulted in people confusing it wit... | [
".280 Remington — .280 vs .30-06\n\nThe .280 Remington is capable of developing energy nearly equal to the .30-06 Springfield, but with lighter bullets having a better ballistic coefficient. The .30-06 produces more energy than the .280 with bullets heavier than 180 grains, though .284\" 175-grain bullets have a hi... |
.280_Remington_32889176 | Explain what '.280 Remington' covers in the '.280 Ackley Improved' section. | One of P.O. Ackley's earliest wildcats was the 7mm-06 Improved, which was made by necking down the .30-06 Springfield case and fire-forming it to have less body taper and a 40-degree shoulder angle. Soon after the .280 Remington came out, Fred Huntington reformed its case to an improved configuration with minimum body ... | [
".280 Remington — .280 vs .30-06\n\nThe .280 Remington is capable of developing energy nearly equal to the .30-06 Springfield, but with lighter bullets having a better ballistic coefficient. The .30-06 produces more energy than the .280 with bullets heavier than 180 grains, though .284\" 175-grain bullets have a hi... |
.280_Remington_32889175 | Describe the '.280 vs .30-06' section of the article about '.280 Remington'. | same size as the .280 Remington but has slightly more power, because of having a slightly higher maximum allowed chamber pressure. The .280 Remington does, however, have a larger than expected number of European users in imported self-loading rifles such as those by Remington. The .30-06 is substantially more popular a... | [
".280 Remington — .280 vs .30-06\n\nThe .280 Remington is capable of developing energy nearly equal to the .30-06 Springfield, but with lighter bullets having a better ballistic coefficient. The .30-06 produces more energy than the .280 with bullets heavier than 180 grains, though .284\" 175-grain bullets have a hi... |
.280_Remington_32889173 | What does the article about '.280 Remington' say regarding '.280 Remington vs .270 Winchester'? | The .280 Remington is capable of generating slightly higher velocities in heavier bullet weights (150 grains and above) than the .270 Winchester due to a marginally greater case capacity. However, the ballistic coefficient of equal-weight bullets favors .270 caliber bullets over 7mm (.284) bullets of similar design. In... | [
".280 Remington — .280 vs .30-06\n\nThe .280 Remington is capable of developing energy nearly equal to the .30-06 Springfield, but with lighter bullets having a better ballistic coefficient. The .30-06 produces more energy than the .280 with bullets heavier than 180 grains, though .284\" 175-grain bullets have a hi... |
.280_Ross_15513901 | Based on the article about '.280 Ross', describe the 'Performance' section. | Firing a 140 gr bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2900 ft/s, the new cartridge qualified for the contemporary designation "magnum". It was used as a military sniper's cartridge, in addition to achieving some celebrity as an African plains game cartridge in the years immediately following the First World War. However the l... | [
".280 Ross — Performance\n\nFiring a 140 gr bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2900 ft/s, the new cartridge qualified for the contemporary designation \"magnum\". It was used as a military sniper's cartridge, in addition to achieving some celebrity as an African plains game cartridge in the years immediately following ... |
.280_Ross_15513902 | Reconstruct the content about 'Performance' from the article on '.280 Ross'. | modern .270 Winchester or .280 Remington. Compared to other cartridges of the period such as the 6.5x54mm Mannlicher, 7x57 Mauser and the .303 British, all with the slower loadings of the time, it was notably superior. Ballistically, the .280 Ross cartridge's performance was broadly comparable to that of the more moder... | [
".280 Ross — Performance\n\nFiring a 140 gr bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2900 ft/s, the new cartridge qualified for the contemporary designation \"magnum\". It was used as a military sniper's cartridge, in addition to achieving some celebrity as an African plains game cartridge in the years immediately following ... |
.280_Ross_15513900 | From the article on '.280 Ross', restate the 'History' content. | The .280 Ross was the first practical cartridge to reach the edge of 3000 ft/s muzzle velocity. Sir Charles Ross did many attempts while in the process of creating the "perfect cartridge", one of them leading to the creation of the .28-1906 in November 1906. Ross also tried to convince the British War Department to ado... | [
".280 Ross — Performance\n\nFiring a 140 gr bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2900 ft/s, the new cartridge qualified for the contemporary designation \"magnum\". It was used as a military sniper's cartridge, in addition to achieving some celebrity as an African plains game cartridge in the years immediately following ... |
.280_Ross_15513899 | Describe the content of the article about '.280 Ross'. | The .280 Ross, also known as the .280 Nitro, .280 Rimless Nitro Express Ross (CIP) and .280 Rimless cartridge, is an approximately 7mm bullet diameter rifle round developed in Canada by F.W. Jones as a consultant to Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet, and his Ross Rifle Company of Quebec, Canada for use as a Canadian milit... | [
".280 Ross — Performance\n\nFiring a 140 gr bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2900 ft/s, the new cartridge qualified for the contemporary designation \"magnum\". It was used as a military sniper's cartridge, in addition to achieving some celebrity as an African plains game cartridge in the years immediately following ... |
.280_Ross_15513903 | Summarize the 'Performance' part of '.280 Ross'. | rifle that it was normally chambered in. Handloaders continue to load successfully for it, by removing the belt from 7mm Remington Magnum or .300 Holland & Holland before resizing or by using swaged and necked-down .300 Remington Ultra Magnum cases. Proper head stamped brass is also available from Roberson Cartridge Co... | [
".280 Ross — Performance\n\nFiring a 140 gr bullet at a muzzle velocity of 2900 ft/s, the new cartridge qualified for the contemporary designation \"magnum\". It was used as a military sniper's cartridge, in addition to achieving some celebrity as an African plains game cartridge in the years immediately following ... |
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