Rifle cartridge
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A rifle cartridge is a firearm cartridge primarily designed and intended for use in a rifle/carbine, or machine gun.
Types
Full-powered
A full-powered cartridge is a rifle cartridge used interchangeably between
general purpose machine guns, designated marksman rifles, and sniper rifles
.
Magnum
A
.300 RUM, 7mm Remington Magnum, .300 Weatherby Magnum, .460 Weatherby Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum, .338 Lapua Magnum or .338 Norma Magnum. Today they are primarily used in civilian market for big-game hunting, or as a military ammunition for some long-range sniper rifles
.
Intermediate
An intermediate cartridge is a military cartridge that is less powerful than typical full-power cartridges such as the
infantrymen
in modern combat conditions.
The introduction of intermediate cartridges allowed for the development of the
series rifles.See also
- List of rifle cartridges
- Fully powered cartridge
- Ammunition
- Wildcat cartridge
- Handgun cartridge
- Shotgun shell
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-57356-557-8.
- ^ Chris Baker (September 23, 2014). "Semi-Auto Rifles for Self-Defense: Shooting on Easy Mode".