.307 Winchester

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307 Winchester

Type

Rifle

Place of origin

United States

Production history

Designed

1982

Manufacturer

Winchester

Produced

1982

Specifications

Case type

Rimmed, bottleneck

Bullet diameter

.308 in (7.8 mm)

Ballistic performance

Bullet weight/type	Velocity	Energy
180 gr (12 g) Super-X Power-Point	2,510 ft/s (770 m/s)	2,519 ft·lbf (3,415 J)

The 307 Winchester cartridge was introduced by Winchester in 1982 to meet the demand of .300 Savage performance in a lever-action rifle equipped with a tubular magazine. It is nearly dimensionally identical to the more common .308 Winchester cartridge, the only differences being a rimmed base and thicker case walls.

The Winchester Model 94 Angle Eject rifle was the only rifle produced to fire the cartridge, though competitor Marlin Firearms created some prototype model 336 rifles chambered in .307 Win. It is still commercially loaded today, but many handload to gain better performance and accuracy. Because of safety concerns owing to the rifle's tubular magazine, flat-nosed bullets are normally used.

The .307 Winchester cartridge sees widespread use today, especially among sporting shooters in Spain, due to Spanish gun laws that prohibit civilian use of "military calibers" such as .308 Winchester-the civilian equivalent of the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge.

Specifications

180 gr (12 g) Super-X Power-Point bullet. Ballistic Coefficient: 0.251

Distance	Velocity	Energy	Short Trajectory	Long Trajectory
Muzzle	2,510 ft/s (770 m/s)	2,519 lb·ft (3,415 N·m)	-	-
100 yd (91 m)	2,179 ft/s (664 m/s)	1,898 lb·ft (2,573 N·m)	0.0 in	1.5 in
200 yd (180 m)	1,874 ft/s (571 m/s)	1,404 lb·ft (1,904 N·m)	-6.5 in	-3.6 in
300 yd (270 m)	1,599 ft/s (487 m/s)	1,022 lb·ft (1,386 N·m)	-22.9 in	-18.6 in
400 yd (370 m)	1,362 ft/s (415 m/s)	742 lb·ft (1,006 N·m)	-	-47.1 in

Child cartridges

The .307 Winchester is the parent case for the proprietary round 6.5 JDJ #2.

References

Winchester Firearms and Cartridges

Rifles

Lever-Action	Henry rifle Model 1866 Model 1873 Model 1876 Model 1886 Model 1892 Model 1894 Model 1895 Model 53 Model 55 Model 64 Model 65 Model 71 Model 88 Model 150 Model 250 Model 255 Model 9422

Bolt Action	Model 1878 Hotchkiss Model 1895 Lee Navy Model 1900 Model 1902 Model 1904 Model 43 Model 47 Model 51 Imperial Model 52 Model 54 Model 56 Model 57 Model 58 Model 59 Model 60 Model 60A Model 67 Model 68 Model 69 Model 70 Model 72 Model 75 Model 121 Model 131 Model 141 Model 320 Model 325 Model 670 Model 770

Pump-Action	Model 1890 Model 1906 Model 61 Model 62 Model 62A Model 270

Semi-Automatic	Model 1903 Model 1905 Model 1907 Model 1910 Model 30 Model 63 Model 74 Model 77 Model 100 Model 190 Model 490

Falling-block action	Model 1885

Shotguns

Pump-Action	Model 1893 Model 1897 Model 1912 Model 25 Model 42 Model 1200 Model 1300

Lever-Action	Model 1887 Model 1901 Model 9410

single-shot	Model 20 Model 36 Model 37 Model 37A Model 41

double-barrel	Model 21 Model 24 Model 96 Model 101

Semi-Automatic	Model 1911 SL Model 40 Model 50 Model 59 Model 1400 Model 1500 SX-1

Cartridges

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.307 Winchester

Specifications

Child cartridges

See also

References