7 mm Remington cartridges
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7 mm Remington cartrigdes are all rifle
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s of 7 mm (.284 in) diameter developed and sold by Remington
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These cartridges include:
Rifle
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...
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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...
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Bullet
A bullet is a projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or air gun. Bullets do not normally contain explosives, but damage the intended target by impact and penetration...
s of 7 mm (.284 in) diameter developed and sold by Remington
Remington Arms
Remington Arms Company, Inc. was founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York, as E. Remington and Sons. It is the oldest company in the United States which still makes its original product, and is the oldest continuously operating manufacturer in North America. It is the only U.S....
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These cartridges include:
- .280 Remington.280 RemingtonThe .280 Remington, also known as the 7 mm Express Remington, was introduced in 1957 for the Remington model 740, 760, 721 and 725 rifles. The .280 is based on the .30-06 Springfield necked down to accept 7 mm bullets, with the neck moved forward .050in...
(7 mm Remington Express) - 7 mm BR (Bench Rest)
- 7 mm Remington Magnum7 mm Remington MagnumThe 7mm Remington Magnum rifle cartridge was introduced as a commercially available round in 1962, along with the new Remington Model 700 bolt action rifle. It is a member of the belted magnum family that is directly derived from the venerable .375 H&H Magnum...
- 7 mm Remington Ultra Magnum7 mm Remington Ultra MagnumThe 7mm Remington Ultra Magnum or 7mm RUM is a 7mm rifle cartridge introduced by Remington Arms in 2001.-Overview:The 7mm RUM was created using the .404 Jeffery case which was also used to develop the .375 RUM .300 RUM, and .338 RUM...
(RUM) - 7 mm SAUM7 mm SAUMRemington introduced the 7mm Short Action Ultra Magnum cartridge in 2002 to compete with the 7 mm Winchester Short Magnum cartridge. It was designed specifically for the Remington Model Seven rifle....
(Short Action Ultra Magnum) - 7 mm-08 Remington7 mm-08 RemingtonThe 7mm-08 Remington is a rifle cartridge that is almost a direct copy of a wildcat cartridge developed around 1958 known as the 7mm/308. As these names would suggest, it is the .308 Winchester case necked down to accept 7 mm bullets with a small increase in case length...