Caliber: | .243 WSSM |
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Propellant: | ADI AR 2208, ADI AR 2209, Accurate 2700, Accurate 3100, Accurate 4064, Accurate 4350, Alliant Reloder-15, Alliant Reloder-16, Alliant Reloder-17, Alliant Reloder-19, Alliant Reloder-22, Alliant Reloder-23, Alliant Reloder-26, Alliant Reloder- TS 15.5, Hodgdon CFE223, Hodgdon H380, Hodgdon H414, Hodgdon H4350, Hodgdon Hybrid 100V, Hodgdon LVR, Hodgdon VARGET, IMR 3031, IMR 4064, IMR 4166 Enduron, IMR 4350, IMR 4451 Enduron, IMR 4831, IMR 4895, Lovex S062, Lovex S065, Lovex S070, Lovex S071, Norma 203B, Norma 204, Norma MRP, Norma URP, Ramshot Hunter, Ramshot Magnum, ReloadSwiss RS 50, ReloadSwiss RS 52, ReloadSwiss RS 60, ReloadSwiss RS 62, ReloadSwiss RS 70, Rottweil R 902, Rottweil R 903, Rottweil R 904, Rottweil R 907, SNPE Vectan SP 11, Shooters World Long Rifle, Shooters World Precision, Somchem S355, Somchem S361, Somchem S365, Somchem S385, Vihtavuori N135, Vihtavuori N140, Vihtavuori N150, Vihtavuori N160, Vihtavuori N165, Vihtavuori N550, Vihtavuori N555, Winchester 6.5 StaBall, Winchester 760 |
Bullet Weight: | 100 gr | 6.5 g |
Bullet Diameter: | 0.243 '' | 6.17 mm |
Primer Size: | Large Rifle (LR) |
Bullet Length: | 1.00 '' | 25.4 mm |
Case Length (l3): | 1.66 '' | 42.2 mm |
Cartridge Length / OAL: | 2.32 '' | 59.0 mm |
Seated Depth: | 0.34 '' | 8.6 mm |
Case Capacity: | 53.9 Grains of Water | 3.5 cm3 |
Winchester
Oliver Fisher Winchester was an innovative and driven man who saw the future of firearms and built an industrial empire around the lever-action rifle. Born in Boston in 1810, Winchester’s initial foray into business was as a maker of men’s shirts. Seeing the economic potential of the fast-growing firearms industry, Winchester began to assemble investors and secure venture capital, and in 1857 bought a controlling interest in the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company from two inventive gentlemen named Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson.
Winchester continued to refine firearm designs with inventors Benjamin Tyler Henry and Nelson King, and on May 22,1866 the Winchester Repeating Arms Company was born. For the next 14 years Winchester aggressively sought new markets, created new products and explored new opportunities for his lever-action rifles. With the opening of the American West to settlement and the ongoing military conflicts in Europe and the Near East, the demand for Winchester firearms and ammunition remained strong. In ill health for some time, Oliver F. Winchester died December 11, 1880 at age 70 in New Haven, Connecticut. He had groomed his son, William Wirt Winchester as his successor, but the younger Winchester died of tuberculosis in March of the following year before he could assume control of Winchester Repeating Arms.