Most Canadian cartridge?

[wasrupzuk]

So we have great options now to build or buy Canadian made guns but what about the cartridge?
What are the great Canadian designed cartridges?
The 30/06 is USA’s, the 6.5x55 is Sweden’s pride and joy, the British celebrate the 303, etc..
All popular in use in Canada but not the point of my question.
What about us, what have we done for ourselves?
What are Canadian home grown, designed and developed Canadian cartridges?
I read some on the 280 Ross, an interesting history, but what are the others?
Or is it a firearms equivalent to domestic vaccine production…

 

[Suther]

The only other ones I can think of are the Imperial Magnums.

 

[The Kurgan]

7.62x39

 

[hunter5425]

280 Ross

 

[Baribal]

Epps made several based on the .303 British

 

[FLHTCUI]

.416 Taylor ???

 

[hsatimmy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_equipment_of_the_Canadian_military

since you didn't specify rifle vs handgun or all, perhaps the .455 webley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_recorded_sniper_kills

or perhaps our 3 entries into the longest recorded sniper kill-shot's with 50 Bmg

might not be Canadian made, but majority of our arsenal isnt

 

[wannabe]

yes the 280 ross was way ahead of its time

 

[Scott_N]

The only other ones I can think of are the Imperial Magnums.

These were kind of cool, the original Remington Ultra Mags lol.

 

[Forcedair]

280 Ross

^^agree with 280 Ross

 

[Sir Plus]

Epps made several based on the .303 British

My vote goes for these... the 303 is the Empire's caliber, and it was appropriated and made more Canadian by Epps. Too bad they never caught on in the mainstream.

 

[SuperCub]

Doesn't get any more Canadian than this. Our father's fathers took the 303 British to two World Wars.

 

[todbartell]

6.8 Western

 

[Johnn Peterson]

Doesn't get any more Canadian than this. Our father's fathers took the 303 British to two World Wars.

Brings back memories of what I started out with in my old sporterized Lee Enfield in the early 60's. There at that time, in the B.C. central interior, Dad's choice or preference for Mr. Moose was the 215gr loads. Thanks for the post.

 

[Butcherbill]

Doesn't get any more Canadian than this. Our father's fathers took the 303 British to two World Wars.

I’ll see your soft point and raise you with some expanding copper points lol.

 

[wasrupzuk]

6.8 Western

New cartridge to me, what’s its Canadian connection?

 

[albertaal]

303 British, 30-30, and 44-40. As judged by older guns that I’ve seen in Western Canada.

 

[bcsteve]

.303 British is the only answer.

 

[Rwilco]

.577 Snider.

 

[Longwalker]

I don't think there really is a Canadian designed cartridge of note besides the .280 Ross. But there were several developments in hunting bullets invented by the old CIL company that were really innovative and a true advancement in ammunition design. Then the Americans grabbed onto the ideas and claimed the glory as usual.

The Copper Point Expending bullet was a very streamlined bullet for long range shooting. First of its kind. Subsequently copied by Remington as their "Bronze Point"

The Sabre Tip was the first of the pointy plastic tip bullets that were commercially successful. Norma may have marketed their plastic point a little sooner, but it was a blunt tip. Imperial ammunition got the design right for a high ballistic coefficient bullet that does not deform in magazines under recoil. Then it was copied by Nosler and they bragged up their invention of the Ballistic tip. Now all the American companies make plastic point ammo.

The "Kling Cor" Soft point was also a great innovation. A traditional soft point jacketed bullet with the addition of four divots in the jacket that locked jacket and core together so that they would not separate on impact. Hornady later invented the new "Interlock" Sure they did. Really.

Oh, and I lately noticed the "US patent" mark on the Federal ammunition 10 round plastic belt slide. Federal certainly didn't invent that. The originals were yellow and looked otherwise identical, and were first marketed by CIL Imerial ammunition in the 1980's, a decade or two before Federal ever got the "idea" for their patented "invention".