The .38-40 Winchester Center Fire: History & Performance
2022年9月1日 · The .38-40 WCF made a pretty fair stab at maintaining adequate power, while making it easier to make hits with its somewhat flatter trajectory and reduced recoil. From a 24" rifle barrel, it...
The .38 WCF - GUNS Magazine
Today, as I write this column my favorite cartridge is .38-40, actually introduced as .38 Winchester Centerfire (.38 WCF). The proper date was 1879, not 1874 as sometimes written. The introductory firearm was Winchester’s Model 1873 lever gun.
The .38-40 Winchester (.38 WCF) - CHUCKHAWKS.COM
The .38-40 was also known as, and head stamped, .38 WCF (Winchester Center Fire). Around 1878 Colt followed Winchester's lead, introducing the cartridge in their famous Single Action Army (Peacemaker) revolver. The modest ballistics of the .38-40 make the cartridge more appropriate for a handgun than a rifle, despite its development for the ...
The .38-40 Winchester Center Fire: History & Performance
2022年9月1日 · The .38-40 WCF made a pretty fair stab at maintaining adequate power, while making it easier to make hits with its somewhat flatter trajectory and reduced recoil. From a 24″ rifle barrel, it launched 180-grain bullets in the 1,100 to 1,150 f.p.s. range.
.38-40 Winchester - Wikipedia
The .38-40 Winchester (10.17x33mmR) is actually a .40 caliber (10 mm) intermediate cartridge shooting .401 in (10.2 mm) caliber bullets. The cartridge was introduced by Winchester in 1874 and is derived from their .44-40 Winchester .
Cartridge Hall of Fame: 38-40 Winchester Ammunition - MidwayUSA
Winchester introduced the 38-40 Winchester Center Fire, or WCF, in 1874 as a companion to the popular 44-40 WCF. First chambered in the Winchester model 1873 lever action rifle, the 38-40 was also a popular handgun cartridge, being chambered in numerous revolvers such as the Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army.
The .38-40 - GUNS Magazine
The Winchester M73 was first chambered in .38-40 in 1880 with the same chambering following in the Colt SAA in the mid-1880s. I’ll always have a special spot in my heart for the .38-40 as in 1957 I purchased my first centerfire single action — a beautiful, turn …
Winchester's .38 WCF (.38-40) - RifleMagazine
Winchester already had the .44 WCF/.44-40 on the scene for several years. It fired a 200-grain lead bullet of .425 inch. By its own 1899 catalog, velocity of the two were 1,268 feet per second (fps) for the .38 and 1,245 fps for the .44. Both specifications were from 24-inch barrel lengths.
Taffin Tests: the .38-40 - 02b23d7.netsolhost.com
The .38 Winchester Centerfire first saw the light of day chambered in the Winchester '73 along with the .32 Winchester Centerfire and .44 Winchester Centerfire. If these nomenclatures do not sound real familiar, it is probably because they are all better known by their `short' names, .38-40, .32-20, and .44-40.
Black Powder .38 WCF - GUNS Magazine
The 1st Generation Bisley Model (left) and Single Action Army Colt .38-40s; the Bisley grip has been modified to the Keith #5-style. In 1873 Winchester brought out their first WCF — Winchester Centerfire Cartridge — with the .44-40 chambered in their lever action rifle.