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  • FrommerStop

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    After thinking about it, I do think that this is a cartridge worth reviving. There still are some of these rifles out there. With new hotter loadings it would be good in an AR. The original loadings were not quite up to the .35 Remington. Load them higher pressure and you would likely equal the .35 rem at least. They were used in just one winchester rifle that was
    The Winchester Model 1907 is a blowback-operated, semi-automatic rifle produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company beginning in 1906 with production ending in 1958
    I have always thought of it as a king sized 30 US Carbine like round on steroids.
    Maximum pressure
    37,000 to 39,000 PSI
    Ballistic performance
    Bullet mass/type
    Velocity
    Energy
    180 gr (12 g)
    1,870 ft/s (570 m/s)
    1,400 ft⋅lbf (1,900 J)
    Test barrel length: 20
    Source(s): Whelen, Townsend. The American Rifle. Century Co. 1918. p. 266
     

    capt.joe

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    I have been seriously slacking. Just pulled 2 months on a tug offshore. I need to get a side charging upper ordered. I'm leaning towards a bear creek. Thanks for reminding me!
     

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