The 7mm BR Remington, commonly called the 7mm BR or the 7mm Benchrest Remington in long form, was a
cartridge
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developed by
Remington
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for the
Remington XP-100
The Remington XP-100 (from eXperimental Pistol number 100) is a bolt-action pistol produced by Remington Arms from 1963 to 1998. The XP-100 was one of the first handguns designed for long-range shooting, and introduced the .221 Fireball and 6×4 ...
single-shot
bolt-action
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Most bolt-action ...
handgun. The cartridge was developed for the Unlimited Class in the sport of
Metallic silhouette shooting. Later it was introduced in the
Remington Model XB-40 single-shot bolt-action rifle, which was specifically designed for the
benchrest shooting community.
The 7mm BR is based on previous Remington benchrest cartridges
6mm BR Remington and the
.22 BR Remington
The .22 Bench Rest Remington cartridge, commonly referred to as the .22 BR Remington, is a wildcat cartridge commonly used in varmint hunting and benchrest shooting. It is based on the .308×1.5-inch Barnes cartridge, necked down to .22 calibe ...
cartridges. These cartridges in turn trace their origin to
.308 Winchester
The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar but not identical to the 7.62×51mm NATO ...
via the
.308×1.5-inch Barnes cartridge. The 7mm BR was designed by merely necking up the pre-existing 6mm BR Remington to accept a .28
caliber (7 mm) bullet. The cartridge is capable of developing with a bullet or with a bullet in a barrel.
[
As a ]hunting
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cartridge it is adequate for smaller deer
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species and ranges under .varmint
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or predator cartridge. The 7mm BR Remington, however, was conceived as a competitive handgun cartridge for Metallic Shooting.[ It has enough energy and momentum to knock down targets out to and has had some success in that particular shooting discipline. Later it was also adopted in Benchrest shooting by Remington who introduced the X-40 rifle in that chambering.]
See also
* Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
This is a table of selected pistol/ submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the sa ...
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