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Postby nframe on Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:57 pm

Just for fun here is a bit of an oddity. The empty case on the right is a 308 for comparison.
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Re: guess what this cartridge is.

Postby hoel6466 on Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:48 pm

.276 Pederson?
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Re: guess what this cartridge is.

Postby nframe on Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:35 pm

Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner. hoel6466.
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Re: guess what this cartridge is.

Postby DanM on Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:42 am

Wasn't the .276 Pederson the original cartridge that the M1 Garand was designed for?
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Re: guess what this cartridge is.

Postby hoel6466 on Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:51 am

IIRC, the Garand and the Pederson rifle were both chambered in .276 Pederson. In the end the 30-06 round won out because the Pederson was "underpowered" and 30 cal was a common round.
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Re: guess what this cartridge is.

Postby nframe on Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:36 pm

whackypedia has a decent article on this.hoel6466 summed it up ok.
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