Who first developed the short magnum?

armcandy

February 05, 2005 02:19

Any one know the history of these?

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  heavyiron

  February 05, 2005 06:25

  Hi armcandy,
  
  I agree with Talking Head - he is absolutely correct.
  
  The very first short magnum was the .350 Remington Magnum and was introduced by Remington (of course) in 1965. The .350 Magnum was designed to work through a .308 length actions and was based on a blown out .375H&H Magnum cartridge. The 6.5 was introduced a year later. Both were chambered in the Remington 600 rifle which is no longer made (I have always wanted one of these rifles since I was a kid). This combinatin of rifle and short magnum cartridge never caught on with public and both rifle and cartridge were discontinued.
  
  Commercial ammuntion for both the .350 and the 6.5 was not available in the 1990's. However, in 2003, Remington re-introduced the .350 and chamber it in the Model 673, which is a distant predecessor of the Model 600. The 6.5 was introduced int he same rifle in 2004.
  
  Here is a link to an article which talks about these points.
  
  http://www.chuckhawks.com/short_magnums.htm
  
  It is interesting that the 6.5 will easily out-perform the new .25 WSSM.
  
  Regards,
  
  Heavyiron[8D]
  
  
  "If I don't see you nomore on this world, I'll meet you on the next one, and don't be late!" - Jimi Hendrix

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  D. Bryan

  February 05, 2005 06:39

  To the best of my knowledge; Weatherby came out with the .257 and 7mm which were short magnums and Ackley also had several short magnums.
  Many of the early wildcatters worked with the short magnum case but few went into production other than the Weatherby.
  
  Active old guy who lives with two dobermans.

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  Ray Boone

  February 05, 2005 06:55

  The first short magnums were designed by Charles Newton of of 250,300 Savage fame. He had a rifle company that went TU, and his chamberings were for cartridges such as the 256 Newton (ballistically similar to the 6.5x55), 30 Newton, 35 Newton, & others. The 30 Newton is identical, with the addition of the "belt" to a wildcat used today known as the 30 Belton Newton, otherwise known as the 30/338 Mag. Newton had troubles with production due to embargoes in WWI and with bullets that failed at the higher velocities and because powders of the day ere insufficient in "slowness" to realize the potential of the cartridges. A classic- Ahead of his time, situation.

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  GreenLantern

  February 05, 2005 07:06

  Here's some interesting topics along the same line.
  
  http://www.shortmags.org/shortmags/snitzforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4406
  
  http://www.shortmags.org/shortmags/snitzforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4216
  
  http://www.shortmags.org/shortmags/snitzforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4418
  
  http://www.shortmags.org/shortmags/snitzforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4415

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