Talk:.300 Winchester Magnum

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Contents 1 Link to the WA2000 under See also 2 Suggested Addition 3 Photo of cartridge 4 Military use 5 WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

[edit] Link to the WA2000 under See also

The lone link to the WA 2000 page under "See also" seemed rather inappropriate. If you're going to add links to firearms that use this cartridge, please make a seperate section for it (such as "Firearms chambered in 300 Win Mag") and have something else in addition to the obscure WA 2000, please. Crimson30 06:29, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Agree, it's pointless to have such a list to begin with, because the cartridge is not that obscure. --Deon Steyn 09:06, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggested Addition

The .300WinMag is sometimes refered to as a "take it up the ass magnum cartridge" due to the brass "belt" around the bottom of the casing for added rigidity against the tremendous pressures in the casing at ignition. This is worth noting in the description.

To my knowledge, this was one of the first (if not the first) cartridge to use this in mass production. The validity of something like that needs to be determined, but if it is in fact the first commercially produced belted catridge, that is worth noting, too.209.114.201.30 14:03, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo of cartridge

I just got a .300 WinMag rifle yesturday, and since that image of the .308 the two .300s got deleted today, I will take a photo of the ammunition and post it in this article. Why was that photo deleted? Unknown copyright? Bobbfwed 20:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military use

Various militaries definitely use the .300 Win Mag. Take a look at Sniper rifle, plus a quick google search shows lots of discussion. Arthurrh 22:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Alright. —Thernlund ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 22:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't know how reliable this one is, but it's interesting. "A-191 Cartridge Development" Press release. Also look at "The TRGT Data book with .300 Winchester Magnum data" and "FBO DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 17, 2004 FBO #1117 SOURCES SOUGHT" for Cartridge, 300 Winchester Magnum, DODIC A191 Arthurrh 00:56, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. Referencingand appropriate inline citation guidelines not met. --dashiellx (talk) 11:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)