.340 Weatherby Magnum

Rifle cartridge .340 Weatherby Magnum 340 Weatherby with 308 and 9mm.jpg 300px A .340 Weatherby Magnum cartridge between a .308 Winchester cartridge and a 9×19mm cartridge United States Rifle Roy Weatherby 1962 Weatherby 1963 to present .300 H&H Magnum, full length Rimless, bottlenecked with venturi shoulder .338 .366 .495 .513 .530 .048 2.82 3.6 98 large rifle magnum 200 SP 3221 4607 225 SP 3066 4696 250 SP 2963 4873 Weatherby Weatherby Inc. .340 Weatherby Magnum information page https://web.archive.org/web/20080615180335/http://weatherby.com/products/ammo.asp?prd_id=7# 2008-06-15 The .340 Weatherby Magnum rifle cartridge was introduced in 1962 by creator Roy Weatherby.340 Weatherby https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/.340+Weatherby+Magnum.html 2024-08-27 www.ballisticstudies.com to fill the gap between the .300 Weatherby Magnum and the .378 Weatherby Magnum, and in response to the .338 Winchester Magnum released in 1958. Speer Bullets Reloading Manual #14 602, 608 Speer Bullets Speer 2009 978-0-9791860-0-4Association National Rifle An Official Journal Of The NRA Behind the Bullet: .340 Weatherby Magnum https://www.americanhunter.org/content/behind-the-bullet-340-weatherby-magnum/ 2024-08-27 An Official Journal Of The NRA en The .340 Weatherby Magnum uses the same .338 in. diameter bullets as the .338 Winchester Magnum, but it does so at greater velocity than its Winchester competition. Factory ammunition pushes a 250 grain bullet to 2,940-2,950 fps.Association National Rifle An Official Journal Of The NRA Head to Head: .338 Win. Mag. vs. .340 Wby. Mag. https://www.americanhunter.org/content/head-to-head-338-win-mag-vs-340-wby-mag/ 2024-08-27 An Official Journal Of The NRA en Reloaders may have trouble matching the published Weatherby velocities as Weatherby factory ammunition is loaded to maximum specifications.The .340 Weatherby Mag. https://www.chuckhawks.com/340Wby.htm 2024-08-27 www.chuckhawks.com Weatherby no longer loads the 250gr. round-nose cartridge pictured but continues to load the 250 gr. Spire Point and 250 gr. Nosler Partition. Weatherby has also expanded their factory loads including Nosler Ballistic-tip and Barnes TSX bullets complementing the powerful cartridge.Weatherby, Inc. - An American firearms company. https://weatherby.com/ 2024-08-27 en-US Currently A-square is the only other factory ammunition producer of the .340 Weatherby Magnum, which has led to limited popularity of the caliber. In field tests the .340 clearly outperforms the 300 Ultra mag, .338 Win mag, and even rivals the larger .375 H&H, providing a much flatter-shooting and harder-hitting performance. This cartridge is suitable for most African game as well. Barnes Frank C. Skinner, Stan Cartridges of the World 11th 1965 2006 Gun Digest Books Iola, WI, USA 78 0-89689-297-2 See also Weatherby .338 Winchester Magnum .338-378 Weatherby Magnum List of rifle cartridges References Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Magnum rifle cartridges Category:Weatherby Magnum rifle cartridges