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The .500 S&W Magnum The .500 S&W Magnum is a .50 caliber semi-rimmed revolver cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in partnership with the Smith & Wesson "X-Gun" engineering team for use in the Smith & Wesson Model 500 X-frame revolver and introduced in February 2003 at the SHOT Show. The .500 Smith...

The .44-40 Winchester The .44-40 Winchester, also known as .44 Winchester, .44 WCF (Winchester Center Fire), and .44 Largo (in Spanish-speaking countries) was introduced in 1873 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. It was the first metallic centerfire cartridge manufactured by Winchester...

Something told me Hans would give a thumbs up on this 1!

The .38 Smith & Wesson Special The .38 Smith & Wesson Special, also commonly known as .38 S&W Special, .38 Special, .38 Spl, .38 Spc, (pronounced "thirty-eight special"), or 9x29mmR is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & Wesson. It is most commonly used in revolvers, although...

The .45-70 rifle cartridge The .45-70 rifle cartridge, also known as .45-70 Government, was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873, which is known to collectors as the "Trapdoor Springfield." The new cartridge was a replacement for the stop-gap...

The .300 Remington Ultra Magnum The .300 Remington Ultra Magnum, also known as the .300 Ultra Mag, 7.62×72mm or .300 RUM is a 7.62 mm (.308 inch) rifle cartridge introduced by Remington Arms in 1999. The .300 Remington Ultra Magnum is one of the largest commercially available .30 caliber...

Another good choice for cartridge of the week, thanks.

The .357 Magnum The .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum, .357 S&W Magnum, .357 Magnum, or 9×33mmR as it is known in unofficial metric designation, is a smokeless powder cartridge with a .357-inch bullet diameter. It was created by Elmer Keith, Phillip B. Sharpe, and Douglas B. Wesson of firearm...

The .22 Hornet The .22 Hornet or 5.6×35mmR is a varminting, small-game hunting, survival and competition centerfire rifle cartridge commercially introduced in 1930. It is considerably more powerful than the rimfire .22 WMR and the .17 HMR, achieving higher velocity with a bullet twice the...

The .41 Remington Magnum The .41 Remington Magnum, .41 Magnum, or 10.4×33mmR as it is known in unofficial metric designation, is a center fire firearms cartridge primarily developed for use in large-frame revolvers, introduced in 1964 by the Remington Arms Company, intended for hunting and law...

The .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...

Another good cartridge of the week.

The .454 Casull 4 Casull is a firearm cartridge, developed as a wildcat cartridge in 1958 by Dick Casull, Duane Marsh and Jack Fullmer. It was first announced in November 1959 by Guns & Ammo magazine. The basic design was a lengthened and structurally improved .45 Colt case. The .454 Casull...

UPDATE: After getting two additional magazines (both OEM) I did more testing by hand cycling. I tested Magtech, Federal, Blazer and Federal HST. In all 3 magazines the only ammo with feed problems was the Magtech. I inspected the rounds and I believe I’ve identified the problem. The cone of...

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.40 has been slipping in popularity with PD’s for the past 5-10 years, and really accelerated when the FBI switched. What they were finding out is that modern 9mm loads has the pretty much the same expansion and penetration as .40 loads, that “hydrostatic shock” isn’t really a thing, and—this...

I’m a fan of the cartridge/week thread too. And this one was a good one ! In reading about it - a lot of which I’d heard in various forms in the other past - it reminded of a minor perplexity of mine: in recent years, the .40 SW seems to have lost some traction/attraction... Any particular...

Talyn, I really like your cartridge of the week thread, lots of good stuff, thanks for posting them.

The .40 S&W The .40 S&W is a rimless pistol cartridge developed jointly by major American firearms manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Winchester. The .40 S&W was developed from the ground up as a law enforcement cartridge designed to duplicate performance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's...