7 mm TCU

7mm TCU

American sports pistol cartridge of 1975, used to shooting at metal silhouettes, one of a few american rounds of ammunition with a calibre measured in millimeters. A bullet of 9.7 g has according to laborace a muzzle velocity of around 600 m/sec. On the right is the hub 223 Remington, from which by stretching of the neck arose. The charge on the image produced by an american company Lowell Ordnance Plant Massachusetts, photo by author.

Source: J. Hýkel, In. Malimánek "Bullets in small arms" Our troops, Prague 1998. Andersen, In. Andresen, T. Stromstad "Cartridge Cases" load your own, Norway, 1995..
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