.297/230 Morris

Pistol and rifle cartridges April 2018 April 2018 .297/230 Morris Short 270px United Kingdom Rifle & pistol Rimmed, bottleneck .225 .240 .274 .294 .347 .58 .89 Kynoch # 69 37 Lead 875 62 Cartridges of the World. .297/230 Morris Long 270px Rifle Rimmed, bottleneck .225 .240 .274 .295 .345 .80 1.1 Kynoch # 69 37 Lead 1200 118 Cartridges of the World. The .297/230 Morris Short and .297/230 Morris Long are two obsolete centerfire firearm cartridges developed as sub-caliber training rounds for the British Martini–Henry rifle. Design The .297/230 Morris Short and .297/230 Morris Long are both rimmed bottlenecked centrefire miniature rifle and pistol cartridges. .297/230 Morris Short The .297/230 Morris Short fired a 37 gr g on lead projectile driven by 3.25 gr g on of black powder at 875 ft/s m/s on. .297/230 Morris Long The .297/230 Morris Long fired a 37 gr lead projectile driven by 5.5 gr g on of black powder at 1200 ft/s m/s on. thumb|center|300px History The .297/230 Morris cartridges were produced for use in the Morris Aiming Tube, a commercial sub-calibre barrel inserted into the barrel of a large bore rifle or pistol for training or short range target practice. The Morris Aiming Tube worked well enough for it to be adopted for service in August 1883 by both the British Army and the Royal Navy for use in the Martini-Henry rifle. The Morris Aiming Tube was later adapted for use in the .303 British Martini-Metford rifle, the Lee–Metford rifle in 1891 and the Webley Revolver, with both the .297/230 Morris Short and the .297/230 Morris Long being fired through the tubes. In the Lee-Metford rifle, the Morris Tube and the .297/230 cartridge were not particularly accurate and were replaced after 1908 by a new .22 in mm on tube firing the rimfire .22 Long Rifle cartridge which was more accurate, quieter and much cheaper. Birmingham Small Arms Company produced Martini actioned rook rifles chambered in these cartridges, and some European single shot pistols and rifles were also chambered in them. The cartridges were still manufactured by Eley Brothers and Kynoch as late as 1962. In the 1890s Holland & Holland developed the .297/250 Rook cartridge by blowing out the neck of the .297/230 Morris Long cartridge to .250 in mm on. thumb|center|450px|.297-230 Morris short specification chart. See also List of rifle cartridges 5 mm rifle cartridges Rook rifle References Frank C. Barnes, Cartridges of the World, 15th ed, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2016, 978-1-4402-4642-5. Tony Edwards, ".23 inch Aiming Tube", sites.google.com/site/britmilammo, retrieved 4 April 2018. Historic arms resource centre, "The aiming tubes - Morris .297/.230 centrefire calibre and .22 rimfire", rifleman.org.uk, retrieved 5 April 2018. Imperial War Museums, "5.7 X 20R; .297/.230 Morris Long", iwm.org.uk, retrieved 4 April 2018. Imperial War Museums, "5.7 X 15R; .297/.230 Short & .230 Morris Short", iwm.org.uk, retrieved 4 April 2018. Imperial War Museums, "6.35 x 20.5R: Kynoch; .297/.250 Rook Rifle", iwm.org.uk, retrieved 22 April 2017. John Walters, Rifles of the World, Krause Publications, Iola, 2006, 978-0-89689-241-5. External links The Morris Aiming Tubes Ammo-One, ".297/230 Morris Short", ammo-one.com, retrieved 4 April 2018. Cartridgecollector, "297/230 Morris Long", cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 4 April 2018. Cartridgecollector, "297/230 Morris Short", cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 4 April 2018. The Spanish Association of Cartridge Collectors, ".297-.230 Morris Long", municion.org https://web.archive.org/web/20180405090605/http://www.municion.org/230Lancaster/MorrisLong.htm 5 April 2018 , retrieved 4 April 2018. The Spanish Association of Cartridge Collectors, ".297-.230 Morris Short Mk I", municion.org https://web.archive.org/web/20180405090507/http://www.municion.org/230Lancaster/MorrisShort.htm 5 April 2018 , retrieved 4 April 2018. Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:British firearm cartridges Category:Military cartridges Category:Rook rifle cartridges