Cartridges

This cartridge was produced by Gevelot SA for the SOCIETE SUR-ARMES of Bordeaux who were importers and distributers of surplus military arms. This cartridge was intended for target use in modified Ex-WW2 30 US M1 Carbines and it was probably also used for hunting....

Developed by Dr. Eckhardt Stief, this is a rimmed version of the 30-06 with the case shortened by 0.2mm     

A French wildcat, developed by by Alain Cartry for use in modified .30-06 Springfield rifles that allowed it's use in France for sporting purposes. He disassembled the Springfield, reduced the screw pitch 2,5 mm so that it would chamber a shorter version of the .30-06...

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The 300 Styria Magnum was introduced in 2005 by Ing. Michael W. Mayerl from the Styria Arms company in Austria. The parent case is the 8x68S that was shortened to 2.559" necked down to 308 caliber withou changeing the shoulder angle.     

The 300 Norma Magnum was developed by Norma and is originally based on the 416 Rigby case. The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) also use the Barrett Mk22 in 300 Norma Mag. (Dixon Ref: SC70). 

The .300 Aija K is a propertary cartridge, that was developed by Finnish hunter/shooter Mika Kestilä for his wife Aija. It is based on the .308 Winchester case, shortened by one millimeter.   

   This is a 2mm shorter case version of the 30 M1US Carbine (see images) and was produced by RWS sometime before 1970. It is not shown in any known post WW2 RWS catalog. The name implies that it was probably produced for the French market being created to...

   This might possibly be the 7.6x66 Maximum (W98) as described in Dixon. DIMENSIONS: BULLET DIAMETER: 7.70mm CASE LENGTH:  65.90mm NECK LENGTH:  9.20mm SHOULDER LENGTH: 53.40mm BASE DIAMETER:  13.90mm RIM DIAMETER:  13.90mm – THE RIM IS...

 Dummy version This cartridge is a scaled down version of the 11mm Gras. It was intended for a Carbine designed by Bronne (although one is not known to exist) and most likely intended for use in the BATTALIONS-SCOLAIRES. Although produced by both Gevelot (with no...

This cartridge was probably introduced by Utendoerffer and was the most popular of the "Z" Tesching cases. Originally used in Tesching rifles, possibly used in Target Revolver also. This case is very similar to the 7.5mm Walking Stick cases which also exist in several...

   This is the "7.35x40R P" shown in Stahl catalogs in the Pistol/Revolver section. The measurements are different from the 7.5 X 40R 'Z' TESCHING (T30) The bullet diameter is 7.27mm whereas the 7.5x40R 'Z' has a bullet diameter of 7.67mm 

     DWM 9.3x74R case The following from Brad Dixon, European Sporting Cartridges: "Second Prototype: Evidently the first drawing of the 7x75R for Gehmann was dated 13 Dec 1958 and this conforms to the shape of the current commercial 7x75R but at...

The 7 X 73 Vom Hofe was developed in 1931 by Ernst Vom Hofe and Richard Schienmann and was the first of the Vom Hofe range. It was one of the few belted cartridges utilised by European manufacturers at that time. Relatively recent production by Horneber Germany

Part of a number of experiments based on the 404 Jeffery case and introduced by Gehmann in 1955 – 1956 and originally loaded by IWK (DWM). It is also very similar to the 26 Nosler. (Dixon Ref. W29)        Modern production by Horneber...

New development by Italian gunsmith Andrea Mottes and is based on a necked down 300 Win Mag. It was named after his wife Rosè,.Made by Italian rifle manufacturer Agordina Armi. (Dixon Ref. MIS 11)                 ...

This is the rimmed version of the popular 7x64 Brenneke and was launched about the same time as the rimless version. Proved to be almost as popular as the 7x64 and still manufactured today. (Dixon Ref W6)   Decathlon brand. Early version by S&B   ...

This cartridge is based on the 360 Express case type which is  about 1mm smaller in diameter than the M88 based 7x65R Brenneke (W6). This therefore is effectively an 7mm version of the 8x65R Vierordt/Nimrod (EXP21). This is likely to be a forerunner of the...

A96 from Dixon, this was the predecessor of the 7x64 Brenneke (W5)

Experimental cartridge by Brenneke during the period 1937-1940 that ultimately lead to the development of the 7x66 Vom Hofe cartridge. This specimen was based on the 9.3x64 Brenneke case necked down to 7mm. This trial appears unsuccessful and no commercial production...

Very popular sporting cartridge introduced by Brenneke between 1910 and 1917 although there is some dispute around the actual date of introduction. It is still loaded by various companies all over the world. (Dixon Ref W5).    Labor für Ballistik (Ballistics...

RWS N was the earlier load during the early 1920's The small "R" on the second headstamp is the DWM date code for 1929.

  This IWK manufactured cartridge was probably reworked some time soon after the Second World War. The original headstamp on this military brass case was turned off, leaving a shallow groove. The new headstamp was struck within this groove. Other ammunition...

This is one of the designs which were developed by Werner Reb on the same principle as the TCU cartridges to deliver a very accurate light weight cartridge, yet because of the straight case and steep shoulder, provides ballistics comparable to the 6.5x54 MS, and is an...

     Based on the 6.5x51SR Japanese Ariska case (MIS4) necked up to 7mm. Used mainly surplus Kynoch military brass.

The 7x38R La No1 is the first in the Scandinavian "La" series being the only small-bore cartridge in either the "La" or "LV" series. This has a much longer neck, slightly narrower rim and sharper shoulder than the "R.P." type. (Dixon Ref. SC 13.)

Listed by RWS/Utendoerffer in their 1900 catalogue and Stahl in their 1905 catalogue, although the differences in the shoulder were varied between the two versions (Dixon Ref. T2)     

     This cartridge has been somewhat of a mystery. It is listed in the ECRA Database as 07 036 CBC 010   7 x 35,5 R Utendoerffer Unknown CASE LENGTH:  = 35.35mm CASE MOUTH:    = 6.85mm...

This was a SAKO development, developed between 1942 and 1946. A 2011 article by Juha-Pekka Ripatti on the http://yeswehunt.eu website states: " The history of this cartridge goes way back into the year 1942 and to the World War II. For obvious reasons Sako produced at...

Listed in the Roth catalogues between 1888 - 1910 as a target rifle. (Dixon Ref. A58)