.300 Sherwood

Centerfire rifle cartridge .300 Sherwood File:.300 Sherwood cartridge.jpg United Kingdom Rifle Westley Richards 1901 1901 Rimmed, straight .300 .318 .320 .370 1.54 2.02 140 1400 610 Cartridges of the World. The .300 Sherwood / 7.6×39mmR, also known as the .300 Extra Long and the .300 Westley, is an obsolete intermediate centerfire rifle cartridge developed by Westley Richards. Design The .300 Sherwood is a straight, rimmed cartridge that fires a 140 gr g on bullet, driven by 8.5 gr g on of cordite, at a listed speed of 1400 ft/s m/s on. The bullet calibre is .300 in mm on as opposed to the more common .308 in mm on. The cartridge was available in both solid lead and the then revolutionary LT-cappednote The LT-capped bullet was named after Leslie B Taylor (1863-1930) an engineer and lifelong employee at Westley Richards who, among many inventions, designs and patents, invented the ‘Capped Bullet’, a revolutionary bullet design that allowed for both maximum shock effect whilst ensuring maximum stability and accuracy. bullets were available. History The .300 Sherwood was introduced by Westley Richards in 1901 in response to W.W. Greener's .310 Cadet cartridge. The cartridge was created by lengthening the much milder .300 Rook. As expected, the first rifles chambered for it were made by Westley Richards both in a miniature Martini actioned single-shot rifle and the "Sherwood" target rifle, a modified takedown Martini actioned rifle with an easily removable barrel and a detachable lock mechanism held in place by a thumb screw. Later other manufacturers produced rifles in the caliber including BSA, Vickers and Francotte, whilst high end double rifles were produced by Holland & Holland and Westley Richards. As recently as 2002, Westley Richards produced a double rifle in the .300 Sherwood. The .300 Sherwood was a notably accurate target round, but arrived at the point when miniature rifle shooting was moving towards the .22 Long Rifle, shorter ranges and more indoor competition. Use thumb|A page from the 1936 Parker catalogue Whilst a noted target round, the .300 Sherwood was also used for hunting, it was considered more suited for small deer than for small game. Henry Sharp, in his 1906 book Modern Sporting Gunnery, quotes hunters in British Columbia who used the .300 Sherwood to kill bears, bighorn sheep, and one verified caribou at 220 yd m on. Notes note See also List of rifle cartridges List of rimmed cartridges 7 mm rifle cartridges References 35em Frank C. Barnes, Cartridges of the World, 15th ed, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2016, 978-1-4402-4642-5. Imperial War Museums, "7.62 x 39R : Kynoch; .300 Sherwood", iwm.org.uk, retrieved 19 April 2017. Trigger, "Leslie B Taylor 'Capped Bullet' ", thexplora.com, retrieved 19 April 2017. Robert D. Sherwood, 300sherwood.net, retrieved 19 April 2017. Terry Wieland, "In praise of Rook Rifles", huntforever.org, retrieved 19 April 2017. External links Ammo-One, "300 Sherwood", ammo-one.com, retrieved 19 April 2017. Cartridgecollector, "300 Sherwood", cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 19 April 2017. The Spanish Association of Cartridge Collectors, ".300 Westley", municion.org https://web.archive.org/web/20160815163430/http://www.municion.org/Westley/300Westley.htm 2016-08-15 , retrieved 19 April 2017. Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:British firearm cartridges Category:Rimmed cartridges Category:Rook rifle cartridges Category:Westley Richards cartridges