Cartridges
500 JIRI VOLOCH
Replica cartridge and based on a shortened 50-70 case
500 HEAVY EXPRESS MAGNUM
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500 CYRUS
The 500 Cyrus was developed by wildcatter Michael Cyrus of Cross Outdoors, Prichard, WV. The idea was to provide a big-bore rifle with a shortened action of less than 3 inches that would be capapble of giving 470 Nitro type stopping power, as well as to take advantage...
300 AMERICAN
The 300 American is dimensionally like the .30 Remington AR that was introduced by Remington and others in 2008. It has the slight rebated rim to fit the AR bolt face. It is not known if the name would have been confusing as there already existed a 30 American, which...
300 ACKLEY MAGNUM IMPROVED 40°
Based on the 300 Weatherby Magnum
300 ACKLEY MAGNUM 30°
One of a series of 300 Ackley cartridges with different neck angles
500 AUTO MAX
The 500 Auto Max was developed by Big Horn Armory in Cody, WY as a rimless version of the 500 S&W Magnum and was designed for an AR-500 platform. Big Horn...
30-80 WINCHESTER EXPERIMENTAL
Picture of the box from IAA Forum
30-40 WESSON
30-40 KRAG IMPROVED
The 30-40 Krag Improved was developed with the object of attaining approximately 308 Win/30-06 level velocities in small actions like the Marlin Model 97D rifle and T/C Contender.
30-378 WOLFE
The .30-.378 Wolfe was designed and developed by Howard Wolfe for long range bench rest shooting, but with the case length shortened to 2.6in.
30-378 WEATHERBY MAGNUM
30-378 ULTRA
I am still looking for information about this cartridge. The case is still unformed and looks like a 378 Weatherby case. This might be the same as the 30-378 Weatherby.
30-375 MAGNUM
30-338 WINCHESTER MAGNUM
30-284 WINCHESTER
This is one of various versions of the 284 Win case that was necked up to .30 cal.
30-30 WINCHESTER
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30-30 WESSON
30-221 REMINGTON
This is one of several versions of a .30cal that was fitted into a 221 Remington Fireball case. It is basically a different version of the 300 Whisper that was invented by JD Jones of SSK industries for an AR-15 type platform. The headstamps shown are by Quality...
30-06 JDJ
30-06 CCC
Originally designed by Ralph Waldo Miller in the early 1940’s. His radical design had a single radius transition from shoulder to neck. The first cartridges of his design bore the name of M.V.F. (Miller Venturied Freebore). Later on, he teamed up with E....
30-06 ACKLEY IMPROVED
30 WARE WOLF
HBR (Hunter Bench Rest) class cartridge named for gunsmith Stan Ware, it is basically a 308 Winchester case shortened .165", retaining the 20-degree shoulder angle but with the neck shortened .025" resulting in a C/L of 1.830". It is very similar in appearance to the...
30 T/C
500 A-SQUARE
The A-Square series of cartridges was designed in 1974 by Col. Arthur Alphin after a hunting incident with Cape buffalo using the .458 Winchester Magnum. He first designed the .500 A-Square to provide maximum stopping power. In order to gain more powder capacity and...
500 AMERICAN HUNTING RIFLE
500 ACCURATE RELOADING
The 500 Accurate Reloading was developed by Jeff 'Jeffeosso' Smith of http://accuratereloading.com/. This is a shortened and improved .416 Rigby, necked to .510"
50 US CARBINE
50 THUMPER
The 50 Thumper was the first of a new line of cartridges by Subsonic Hunter in Winter Park, Florida designed for hog hunting.
50 TALBOT
Developed by Skip Talbot and based on a .50 Spotter case. It is not mentioned if this was the cartridge that Skip used to set a new World record at 1,000 yards with a 2,600” grouping. ...
50 TACTICAL
The 50 TAC was developed in response to customer requests for a version of the 500 Cyrus that would accept .510” diameter bullets usually intended for the 50 BMG
50 RAZORBACK
The 50 Razorback was developed by Delta Company Arms and is based on the 300 Remington Ultra Mag case that was cut back to 2.375 inches and loaded with a .510 cal. bullet.
50 PEACEKEEPER
50 McMURDO
Many 50-caliber competitors consider the case volume of the original BMG cartridge to be more than adequate for 1000 yard shooting and they seek improvements in the form of more precision rather than added velocity. Taking a page from the small caliber...
50 FISHER
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50 FISHER SUPER SHORT
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50 CRISPIN LONG CARBINE
Developed by Silas Crispin, a U.S. Army Ordnance officer in the period 1865 to early 1870's. You can find more info HERE
50 B&M 2¼”
Based on the Remington Ultra Mag case cut to 2¼"
50 B&M SUPER SHORT 1.97″
This is the shortened version of the standard 50 B&M. You will find more info HERE
50 ALLAN TACTICAL
The 50 Allan Tactical was developed by Kirby Allen from Allen Precision Shooting in Fort Shaw, Montana. It is based on the 408 Cheyenne Tactical case.
50 ALASKAN
The .50 Alaskan dates back to the 1950′s when Harold Johnson,a gunsmith in Cooper Landing, Alaska, necked up and straightened out the .348 Winchester case to .50 caliber.
50 -140 WINCHESTER EXPRESS (3 ¼”)
This was an experimental cartridge from Winchester and was never marketed. Most specimens are board dummies.
50 -140 SHARPS (3 ¼”)
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30 SMITH
30 REMINGTON MAGNUM
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30 REMINGTON AUTO RIFLE
30 REMINGTON
When Remington fell on hard times and went into receivership in 1886, Winchester, together with the firm of Hartley & Graham, at that stage the largest firearm dealer in the US teamed up to purchase the company, which they did in 1888. Winchester had launched...
30 NOSLER
This is a companion cartridge to the 26 and 28 Nosler and is aimed at giving magnum type performance on a standard length action on a rimless case.
