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Primer (firearms) In firearms and artillery, the primer ( / ˈpraɪmər /) is the chemical and/or device responsible for initiating the propellant combustion that will propel the projectiles out of the gun barrel . In early black powder guns such as muzzleloaders, the primer was essentially the same chemical as the main propellant (albeit ...
2,510 ft/s (770 m/s) 2,588 ft⋅lbf (3,509 J) Test barrel length: 24 in (26 in for Lapua) [ 1] The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar, but not identical, to the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.
Centerfire ammunition. Two rounds of .357 Magnum, a centerfire cartridge; notice the circular primer in the center. A centre-fire (or centrefire) is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms, where the primer is located at the center of the base of its casing (i.e. "case head"). Unlike rimfire cartridges, the centerfire primer is typically ...
The .325 Winchester Short Magnum, commonly known as the 325 WSM, is an 8mm caliber rebated rim bottlenecked centerfire short magnum medium bore cartridge. The cartridge was introduced by Winchester Ammunition in 2005. [ 1][ 2] Introduced at the 2005 Shot Show in Las Vegas, NV, it is the largest member of the Winchester Short Magnum family of ...
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. From left to right: ... .38-70 Winchester.38-72 Winchester.380 Long.40 caliber – .49 caliber
3,458 ft⋅lbf (4,688 J) Test barrel length: 24 in (610 mm) Source (s): Reloading data at Accurate Powder. .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum (also known as 300 RSAUM, 300 RSUM or 300 Rem SAUM) is a .30 caliber short magnum cartridge that is a shortened version of the Remington 300 Ultra Mag, both of which derive from the .404 Jeffery case.
The .401 Winchester Self-Loading cartridge. The .401 SL is of similar size to the later .41 Remington Magnum; but the longer self-loading rifle cartridge produced a muzzle energy of 2,000 foot-pounds force (2,700 J) with a 200-grain (13 g) bullet, [ 4] while the magnum revolver is credited with a muzzle energy of 790 foot-pounds force (1,070 J ...
1,166 ft⋅lbf (1,581 J) Test barrel length: 26". Source (s): LoadData.com, [ 1] Rifle Magazine [ 2] The .38-56 Winchester Center Fire or .38-56 Winchester cartridge was introduced in 1887 by Winchester for the Winchester Model 1886, [ 3] and was also used in the Marlin Model of 1895 .