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What is the fastest cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="lynn" data-source="post: 8007" data-attributes="member: 1479"><p>Here is the description of the 30-378 Weatherby as seen in the Nosler Number 4 reloading manual.</p><p>During the 1950's the U.S. Army contracted Roy Weatherby to see how fast projectiles could be accelerated from a shoulder fired weapon.Weatherby necked down his .378 Magnum case to .30 caliber,seated handmade bullets weighing around 60 grains atop extremely heavy charges of powder and exceeded 5000 fps.In the hands of other experimenters,the .30-378 Weatherby Magnum later reached 6000 fps.</p><p>This is on page 371 and is written by Layne Simpson.</p><p>Lynn</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lynn, post: 8007, member: 1479"] Here is the description of the 30-378 Weatherby as seen in the Nosler Number 4 reloading manual. During the 1950's the U.S. Army contracted Roy Weatherby to see how fast projectiles could be accelerated from a shoulder fired weapon.Weatherby necked down his .378 Magnum case to .30 caliber,seated handmade bullets weighing around 60 grains atop extremely heavy charges of powder and exceeded 5000 fps.In the hands of other experimenters,the .30-378 Weatherby Magnum later reached 6000 fps. This is on page 371 and is written by Layne Simpson. Lynn [/QUOTE]
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