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Lindcott Armory

Ammunition maker

Western Cartridge Company

Western Cartridge Company in the reference: 112 factory loads.

Defunct East Alton, IL, United States 1898–

Succeeded by Winchester Ammunition

Overview

Coverage in the reference and the shop, counted at build
RecordsCountOpen
Factory loads 112 Filter the explorer
Component bullets 1 Bullet reference

Also recorded as Western Cartridge, Western Cartridge Co., Western Cartridge WWII, Western.

Associated cartridges

82 cartridges: the ones Western Cartridge Company introduced and the ones it loads for.

CartridgeRelationLoads
.30-06 Springfield Loads 6
.22 Long Rifle Loads 5
.30-30 Winchester Loads 4
.270 Winchester Loads 3
.38 Special Loads 3
.22 Short Loads 2
.276 Pedersen Loads 2
.30-40 Krag Loads 2
.33 Winchester Loads 2
.35 Newton Loads 2
.35 Remington Loads 2
.351 Winchester Self-Loading Loads 2
.40-110 Winchester Express Loads 2
.44 Magnum Loads 2
.44-40 Winchester Loads 2
.45 ACP Loads 2
.45-70 Government Loads 2
12 Gauge Loads 2
16 Gauge Loads 2
.218 Bee Loads 1
.219 Zipper Loads 1
.22 Hornet Loads 1
.22 Savage Hi-Power Loads 1
.22 Winchester Automatic Loads 1

58 more in the factory-load explorer.

Factory loads

112 Western Cartridge Company loads in the reference, each with grain weight, bullet type and advertised velocity.

Open the explorer filtered to Western Cartridge Company

Counts are read from the reference and the shop at build time and change as records are added or corrected. Maker names in the reference are matched to this page through a reviewed alias list, not by spelling alone.