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6.8 SPC
Designed for an AR platform, this short “.270” is a deer/varmint double threat.
Legend has it that a military unit approached Remington for help in developing a new cartridge that would allow heavier bullets to be fired from an M16-style weapon. The answer turned out to be the 6.8 Remington SPC. This cartridge, which first appeared in civilian clothes in about 2004, allowed the M16 to be converted by simply replacing the top end. The acronym “SPC,” incidentally, stands for “Special Purpose Carbine.” It supplies more punch and reach than the ...
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6.8 SPC Legend has it that a military unit approached Remington for help in developing a new cartridge that would allow ... Read More
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.257 Roberts The .257 Roberts was developed by and named for experimenter Ned Roberts in the 1920s, who necked down the 7x57 ... Read More
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.308 Winchester This month we are concentrating on loads for the .308 Winchester using only premium, high-performance bullets. ... Read More
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.375 H&H Magnum The .375 H&H is one cartridge where handloaders have a huge advantage over those who shoot only factory ... Read More
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Browning X-bolt
The closure of Winchester's New Haven factory in 2006 made everyone in the shooting industry wince. Now what would happen to Browning, also owned by industrial ... Read More
- October 2006 Savage Model 340 Q: I am looking for information on two old Savage rifles. The first is a Model 4C (.22 LR clip-feed ... Read More
- Whose Watchdog? Former NSSF President Bob Delfay's unbridled endorsement of the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities ... Read More
- Too Young To Hunt? With the first intimations of fall in the air, hunting season has begun once again across much of the country. The ... Read More
- Identification & Values, January 2008 Colt New Frontier Buntline Q: About 37 years ago I bought a Colt New Frontier Buntline .22. At that time it had two ... Read More
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Browse All.243 Varmint Loads
When Winchester introduced the .243 Winchester in 1955, the company made a winning decision to market it primarily as a deer and antelope caliber. Model 70 ... Read More
The 7.7 Arisaka
In 1939 Japan adopted a new bolt-action rifle, the Model 99 Arisaka in 7.7mm caliber. The Japanese already had a 6.5mm bolt action of an older design. With ... Read More
- The 6mm Remington In the mid-1950s, rival arms-makers Remington and Winchester decided the shooting public was ready for a new light-duty hunting cartridge of somewhat smaller ... Read More
- .257 Roberts The .257 Roberts was developed by and named for experimenter Ned Roberts in the 1920s, who necked down the 7x57 Mauser case down to .25 caliber, and changed ... Read More
- The .350 Remington Magnum In 1965 Remington introduced the Model 600 bolt-action carbine, a radical design unlike anything else on the American sporting market. Introduced along with ... Read More
- The .276 Pedersen The time around the turn of the 20th century was the heyday for machine-gun designers. Some designs were tested and a few adopted, but most never got off the ... Read More
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