.33-40 Pope
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The .33-40 Pope is a wildcat
cartridge
designed around 1900 by Harry Pope, a noted rifleman. The cartridge is a necked up .32-40 Ballard
. It was Pope's favorite wildcat, and was often used with great success by him.
Wildcat cartridge
A wildcat cartridge, or wildcat, is a custom cartridge for which ammunition and firearms are not mass produced. These cartridges are often created in order to optimize a certain performance characteristic of an existing commercial cartridge.Developing and using wildcat cartridges does not...
cartridge
Cartridge (firearms)
A cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm. The primer is a small charge of impact-sensitive chemical that may be located at the center of the case head or at its rim . Electrically...
designed around 1900 by Harry Pope, a noted rifleman. The cartridge is a necked up .32-40 Ballard
.32-40 Ballard
The .32-40 Ballard is an American rifle cartridge.Introduced in 1884, the .32-40 was developed as a black powder match-grade round for the Ballard single-shot Union Hill No. 8 and 9 target rifles...
. It was Pope's favorite wildcat, and was often used with great success by him.