Caliber: | 6.5 x 52 R K&S |
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Propellant: | ADI AR 2206H, ADI AR 2208, Accurate 2495, Accurate 2520, Accurate 4064, Alliant AR-Comp, Alliant Reloder-15, Alliant Reloder-17, Alliant Reloder- TS 15.5, Hodgdon BL-C2, Hodgdon VARGET, IMR 3031, IMR 4064, IMR 4895, Lovex D073.6, Lovex S060, Lovex S062, Norma 202, Norma 203B, Ramshot Wild Boar, ReloadSwiss RS 52, ReloadSwiss RS 60, Rottweil R 902, Rottweil R 903, SNPE Vectan SP 9, SNPE Vectan SP 11, Shooters World Match Rifle, Shooters World Precision, Somchem S341, Somchem S355, Somchem S365, Vihtavuori N133, Vihtavuori N135, Vihtavuori N140, Vihtavuori N150, Vihtavuori N540, Winchester 6.5 StaBall |
Bullet Weight: | 100 gr | 6.5 g |
Bullet Diameter: | 0.264 '' | 6.71 mm |
Primer Size: | Large Rifle (LR) |
Bullet Length: | 1.00 '' | 25.4 mm |
Case Length (l3): | 2.02 '' | 51.3 mm |
Cartridge Length / OAL: | 2.76 '' | 70.1 mm |
Seated Depth: | 0.26 '' | 6.7 mm |
Case Capacity: | 47 Grains of Water | 3.06 cm3 |
Winchester
Oliver Fisher Winchester was an innovative and driven man who saw the future of firearms and built an industrial empire around the lever-action rifle. Born in Boston in 1810, Winchester’s initial foray into business was as a maker of men’s shirts. Seeing the economic potential of the fast-growing firearms industry, Winchester began to assemble investors and secure venture capital, and in 1857 bought a controlling interest in the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company from two inventive gentlemen named Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson.
Winchester continued to refine firearm designs with inventors Benjamin Tyler Henry and Nelson King, and on May 22,1866 the Winchester Repeating Arms Company was born. For the next 14 years Winchester aggressively sought new markets, created new products and explored new opportunities for his lever-action rifles. With the opening of the American West to settlement and the ongoing military conflicts in Europe and the Near East, the demand for Winchester firearms and ammunition remained strong. In ill health for some time, Oliver F. Winchester died December 11, 1880 at age 70 in New Haven, Connecticut. He had groomed his son, William Wirt Winchester as his successor, but the younger Winchester died of tuberculosis in March of the following year before he could assume control of Winchester Repeating Arms.