| .358 Winchester | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 From left: .308 Winchester, .338 Federal, .358 Winchester | ||||||||||||||||
| Type | Rifle | |||||||||||||||
| Place of origin | United States | |||||||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||||||
| Designer | Winchester | |||||||||||||||
| Designed | 1955 | |||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | Winchester | |||||||||||||||
| Produced | 1955–present | |||||||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent case | .308 Winchester | |||||||||||||||
| Case type | Rimless, bottleneck | |||||||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | .358 in (9.1 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Land diameter | .350 in (8.9 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Neck diameter | .388 in (9.9 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Shoulder diameter | .454 in (11.5 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Base diameter | .470 in (11.9 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rim diameter | .473 in (12.0 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rim thickness | .054 in (1.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Case length | 2.015 in (51.2 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Overall length | 2.780 in (70.6 mm) | |||||||||||||||
| Rifling twist | 1-12 | |||||||||||||||
| Primer type | Large rifle | |||||||||||||||
| Maximum CUP | 52,000 CUP | |||||||||||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||
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| Test barrel length: 24 Source(s): Hornady[1] | ||||||||||||||||
The .358 Winchester / 9.1x51mm is a .35 caliber rifle cartridge based on a necked up .308 Winchester created by Winchester in 1955. The cartridge is also known in Europe as the 9.1x51mm.[2]
- ^ Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading Vol I (6th ed.). Hornady Mfg Co. 2003. pp. 539–541.
- ^ Barnes, Frank C. (2006). Skinner, Stan (ed.). Cartridges of the World (11th ed.). Gun Digest Books. p. 83. ISBN 0-89689-297-2.