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rdfs:label
  • .243 Winchester Super Short Magnum
rdfs:comment
  • The 243 Winchester Super Short Magnum or 243 WSSM is a rifle cartridge introduced in 2003. It uses a .300 WSM (Winchester Short Magnum) case shortened and necked down to accept a .243in/6mm diameter bullet, and is a high velocity round based on ballistics design philosophies that are intended to produce a high level of efficiency. The correct name for the cartridge, as listed by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI), is 243 WSSM, without a decimal point.
  • The 243 WSSM is an addition to the Winchester Super Short Magnum (WSSM) family of cartridges, which also include the .223 WSSM and the .25 WSSM, and the idea behind the 243 WSSM was to develop a compact, higher velocity version of the well-established and internationally popular .243 Winchester unveiled by Winchester in 1955.
owl:sameAs
Length
  • 2.360000
btype
  • BT
  • BTSP
  • VMax
  • SFT
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BW
  • 58
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
  • 100
balsrc
  • Hodgdon
Origin
  • USA
primer
  • Large rifle
En
  • 2132
  • 2136
  • 2151
  • 2184
  • 2233
Name
  • 243
Type
  • Rifle
Caption
  • A comparison of the 243 WSSM with 243 Winchester and with 22-250 and 223 Remington .
vel
  • 3136
  • 3280
  • 3545
  • 3707
  • 4068
case length
  • 1.670000
test barrel length
  • 24"
Base
  • 0.555000
Manufacturer
  • Winchester
neck
  • 0.291000
case type
  • Rimless, bottleneck
Parent
  • 0.300000
rim dia
  • 0.535000
rim thick
  • 0.054000
rifling
  • -10.0
Bullet
  • 0.243000
shoulder
  • 0.544000
design date
  • 2003
Designer
  • Browning / Winchester
abstract
  • The 243 Winchester Super Short Magnum or 243 WSSM is a rifle cartridge introduced in 2003. It uses a .300 WSM (Winchester Short Magnum) case shortened and necked down to accept a .243in/6mm diameter bullet, and is a high velocity round based on ballistics design philosophies that are intended to produce a high level of efficiency. The correct name for the cartridge, as listed by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI), is 243 WSSM, without a decimal point.
  • The 243 WSSM is an addition to the Winchester Super Short Magnum (WSSM) family of cartridges, which also include the .223 WSSM and the .25 WSSM, and the idea behind the 243 WSSM was to develop a compact, higher velocity version of the well-established and internationally popular .243 Winchester unveiled by Winchester in 1955. The 243 WSSM's case is unusually short and fat in profile, contrasting markedly with most other rifle cartridges, and is intended to take advantage of what ballisticians have shown is the more uniform and efficient burning of propellant powder when it is held in a short, fat stack by the cartridge case.