.45-60 Winchester

Type

Rifle

Place of origin

United States

Production history

Designed

1879^[1]

Manufacturer

Winchester Repeating Arms Company^[2]

Produced

1879-1935^[1]

Specifications

Parent case

.45-70^[2]

Case type

Rimmed, tapered^[1]

Bullet diameter

0.458 inches (11.6 mm)^[3]

Case length

1.89 inches (4.8 cm)^[2]

Ballistic performance

Bullet mass/type	Velocity	Energy
300 gr (19 g) Lead	1,390 ft/s (420 m/s)

Test barrel length: 30 inches (76 cm)
Source(s): Phil Sharpe^[3]

The .45-60 Winchester is a centerfire rifle cartridge intended for 19th-century big-game hunting.^[4] Nomenclature of the era indicated the .45-60 cartridge contained a 0.45-inch (11 mm) diameter bullet with 60 grains (3.9 g) of gunpowder. Winchester Repeating Arms Company shortened the .45-70 government cartridge to operate through the Winchester Model 1876 rifle's lever-action.^[2] The Colt Lightning Carbine and the Whitney Arms Company's Kennedy lever-action rifle were also chambered for the .45-60.^[1] These early rifles' advantage of faster loading for subsequent shots was soon eclipsed by the stronger and smoother Winchester Model 1886 action capable of handling longer cartridges including the popular full length .45-70.^[4] The .45-60 and similarly short cartridges designed for the Model 1876 rifle faded into obsolescence as 20th-century hunters preferred more powerful smokeless powder loadings of cartridges designed for stronger rifles. Winchester production of .45-60 cartridges ended during the great depression.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Barnes, Frank C. (2012). Cartridges of the World. Gun Digest Books. p. 153. ISBN 1440230595.
1 2 3 4 Venturino, Mike. "Winchester Lever Guns & Their Black Powder Cartridges". Guns Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
1 2 Sharpe, Philip B. (1953) Complete Guide to Handloading, New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls pp.425&431
1 2 Hacker, Rick (2014). "Winchester Model 1876". American Rifleman. National Rifle Association. 162 (November): 120.

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
Full-automatic	Olin/Winchester FAL Model 1917
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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