.307 Winchester
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The .307 Winchester cartridge was introduced by Winchester in 1982 to meet the demand of .300 Savage performance in a lever-action rifle equipped with a tubular magazine. It is nearly dimensionally identical to the more common .308 Winchester cartridge, the only differences being a rimmed base and thicker case walls.
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.307 Winchester | ||||||||
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Type | Rifle | |||||||
Place of origin | United States | |||||||
Production history | ||||||||
Designed | 1982 | |||||||
Manufacturer | Winchester | |||||||
Produced | 1982–present | |||||||
Specifications | ||||||||
Parent case | .308 Winchester | |||||||
Case type | Rimmed, bottleneck | |||||||
Bullet diameter | .308 in (7.8 mm) | |||||||
Neck diameter | .344 in (8.7 mm) | |||||||
Shoulder diameter | .454 in (11.5 mm) | |||||||
Base diameter | .471 in (12.0 mm) | |||||||
Rim diameter | .506 in (12.9 mm) | |||||||
Rim thickness | .063 in (1.6 mm) | |||||||
Case length | 2.015 in (51.2 mm) | |||||||
Overall length | 2.560 in (65.0 mm) | |||||||
Maximum CUP | 52,000[1] CUP | |||||||
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