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The .401 Winchester Self-Loading (.401SL / .401WSL) or 10.33x38mmSR is an American
The .401 SL is of similar size to the later
401 Winchester WSL Cartridges
351 Winchester and 401 Winchester: Auto-Loading Pioneers
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:401 Winchester Self-Loading Pistol and rifle cartridges Winchester Repeating Arms Company cartridges Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1910
rifle
A rifle is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a gun barrel, barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus o ...
cartridge.
Description and performance
Winchester
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introduced the .401SL in the Winchester '10 self-loading
A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (automatic firearm, fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on repeating firearm#Autoloading, self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm who ...
rifle as a supplement to the Winchester '07 and the .351SL in their offering of hi-power, self-loading
A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (automatic firearm, fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on repeating firearm#Autoloading, self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm who ...
rifles. The only chambering available in the Winchester Model 1910, the .401SL was used by France, Russia, and American company security forces in the First World War
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
.Houze, Herbert G. (2003). ''Winchester's First Self-Loading Rifles.'' 'American Rifleman' Vol 151(5) p.84.
The .401SL proved powerful enough for both deer
A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) ...
and other large game at ranges under 150 yards.Whelen, Townsend. ''The American Rifle''. Century Co., 1918. p.274 Both 200gr and 250gr bullet
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weights were offered by Winchester and other ammunition manufacturers as factory loadings. With extra available detachable magazines holding 4-rounds each, the Model 1910 could provide substantial firepower for the big-game hunter. This feature helped promote the use of the .401SL on dangerous game such as moose
The moose (: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is also the tal ...
and grizzly bear
The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America.
In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horr ...
in spite of the lack of controlled expansion bullet designs, which doubtlessly would have improved game-taking performance and the subsequent reputation of the .401SL cartridge.Stebbins, Henry M. ''Rifles, A Modern Encyclopedia.'' Stackpole Co., 1958. p.274
The .401 SL is of similar size to the later .41 Remington Magnum
The .41 Remington Magnum, also known as .41 Magnum or 10.4×33mmR (as it is known in unofficial metric designation), is a center fire firearms cartridge primarily developed for use in large-frame revolvers, introduced in 1964 by the Remington Ar ...
; but the longer self-loading rifle cartridge produced a muzzle energy of with a bullet, while the magnum revolver is credited with a muzzle energy of with a bullet. The .41 Remington Magnum revolver comparison is not entirely fitting, however, as a cartridge will often produce twice the muzzle energy when fired from a carbine as it does from a typically much shorter revolver barrel.
Dimensions
See also
*List of Winchester Center Fire cartridges
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* Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
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* List of cartridges by caliber
Calibers in the size range of (mm, inches):
*2 mm caliber, 2 mm (.079+ caliber)
*3 mm caliber, 3 mm (.118+ caliber)
*4 mm caliber, 4 mm (.157+ caliber)
*5 mm caliber, 5 mm (.197+ caliber)
*6 mm caliber, 6 mm (.236+ caliber)
*7 mm caliber, 7 mm ...
* List of rifle cartridges
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, Caliber, calibre and name.
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* 10 mm caliber
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the to caliber range.
*''Length'' refers to the cartridge case
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Instances
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* ...
* .40 S&W
* 10mm Auto
The 10mm Auto (also known as the 10×25mm, official C.I.P. nomenclature: 10 mm Auto, official SAAMI nomenclature: 10mm Automatic) is a powerful and versatile semi-automatic pistol cartridge introduced in 1983. Its design was adopted and l ...
* .41 Action Express
* .41 Remington Magnum
The .41 Remington Magnum, also known as .41 Magnum or 10.4×33mmR (as it is known in unofficial metric designation), is a center fire firearms cartridge primarily developed for use in large-frame revolvers, introduced in 1964 by the Remington Ar ...
* .400 Legend
The .400 Legend, also called 400 LGND (10x42mmRB), is a SAAMI-standardized straight-walled intermediate rifle cartridge developed by Winchester Repeating Arms. The cartridge was designed for use in American states that have specific regulations ...
References
External links
401 Winchester WSL Cartridges
351 Winchester and 401 Winchester: Auto-Loading Pioneers
Vintage Full Box Winchester 401 Self-Loading Ammo 200 Gr. Soft Point
* {{DEFAULTSORT:401 Winchester Self-Loading Pistol and rifle cartridges Winchester Repeating Arms Company cartridges Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1910