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43: 284:– originally chambered for small-frame Colt revolvers and the Marlin model 1892 rifle, this cartridge uses a heeled bullet with a case the same diameter as the major diameter of the bullet. It shares dimensions with the .32 rimfire cartridge of the same length. It is not to be confused with the .32 Colt's New Police cartridge. 290:
is also known as .32 Colt's New Police when chambered in Colt revolvers. The original loading for this cartridge used a round nose, or flattened round nose (in the case of the .32 Colt's N.P.) and was chambered widely in revolvers made in the US and Europe through World War II. This cartridge is used
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The 7.62 mm designation refers to the internal diameter of the barrel at the lands (the raised helical ridges in rifled gun barrels). The actual bullet caliber is often 7.82 mm (0.308 in), although Soviet weapons commonly use a 7.91 mm (0.311 in) bullet, as do older British
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in several modern target pistols (not revolvers) with flush-seated wadcutters. The short version of this cartridge (.32 S&W) was chambered in many break-top revolvers at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries in the US and Europe.
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is the only revolver cartridge in this caliber in wide use today, mostly in small-frame revolvers. This is an extended version of the much earlier .32 S&W Long, which is an extended version of the .32
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rifle in 1891. The modern versions of the cartridges are now in wide use in numerous world armies as sniper rifles (particularly the
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is a new cartridge developed jointly by Ruger and Federal. This cartridge is an extended version of the .32 H&R Magnum.
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measures. It is most commonly used in hunting cartridges. The measurement equals 0.30 inches or three
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family) and machine guns (numerous types, many developed from AK family, such as the
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is used by many hunting and sniper rifles, sometimes called the 7.62×67mm.
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The most common and historical rifle cartridges in this caliber are:
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Many pistol cartridges are in this caliber; the most common are:
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bolt-action rifles, primarily in Belgium, Turkey, and Argentina.
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rifles, is known as 7.7×56mmR in metric measurement.
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