.33 Winchester

.33 Winchester Center Fire
Type	Rifle
Place of origin	USA
Production history
Designed	1902
Specifications
Bullet diameter	.338 in (8.6 mm)
Neck diameter	.365 in (9.3 mm)
Shoulder diameter	443 in (11,300 mm)
Base diameter	.508 in (12.9 mm)
Rim diameter	.610 in (15.5 mm)
Case length	2.11 in (54 mm)
Overall length	2.80 in (71 mm)
Rifling twist	1:12
Primer type	large rifle
Ballistic performance
Bullet weight/type	Velocity	Energy
200 gr (13 g) (factory load)	2,200 ft/s (670 m/s)	2,150 ft·lbf (2,920 J)
200 gr (13 g)	2,220 ft/s (680 m/s)	2,198 ft·lbf (2,980 J)
200 gr (13 g) (maximum)	2,420 ft/s (740 m/s)	2,608 ft·lbf (3,536 J)
Source(s): Barnes & Amber 1972

The .33 Winchester Center Fire (colloquially .33 WCF^[1] or .33 Win) is an American centerfire rifle cartridge.

Introduced by Winchester for the Model 86 lever rifle (originally chambered in .40-65), it survived until the Model 86 was dropped in 1936.^[2] It was also offered in the Marlin Model 95 and Winchester's own single-shot Model 85.^[2]

A good round for deer, elk, or black bear in wooded terrain at medium range, it out performs the ballistically similar .35 Remington, and can be improved with modern powders.^[2] The .33 WCF was replaced by the more powerful .348 Winchester, and stopped being commercially offered in 1940.^[2]

References

^ Barnes, p.122.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Barnes, p.83, ".33 Winchester".

Sources

Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".33 Winchester", in Cartridges of the World, pp. 83, 122, & 123. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. ISBN 0-695-80326-3.

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.33 Winchester

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