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.45 Super

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The.45 Super is a powerful smokeless powder center fire metallic firearm cartridge developed in 1988 by Dean Grennell, a well-known writer in the firearms field as well as managing editor of Gun World magazine. [1]

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Cartridge (firearms)

A cartridge is a type of firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shots or slug), a propellant substance (usually either smokeless powder or black powder) and an ignition device (primer) within a metallic, paper or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of a breechloading gun, for the practical purpose of convenient transportation and handling during shooting.

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Centerfire ammunition

A centerfire cartridge is a cartridge with a primer located in the center of the cartridge case head.

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Cleveland, Texas

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area and Liberty County.

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Copper units of pressure

Copper units of pressure or CUP, and the related lead units of pressure or LUP, are terms applied to pressure measurements used in the field of internal ballistics for the estimation of chamber pressures in firearms.

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Dean Grennell

Dean A. Grennell (November 1, 1923 – April 10, 2004) was an American firearms expert, writer/editor, and active science fiction fan.

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Detonics

Detonics is an American firearm manufacturing company founded around 1976, which has existed under several owners and variants of this name.

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Firearm

A firearm is a portable gun (a barreled ranged weapon) that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of propellant within an ammunition cartridge.

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Heckler & Koch

Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK) is a German defense manufacturing company that manufactures handguns, assault rifles, submachine guns, and grenade launchers.

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List of handgun cartridges

List of repeating handgun cartridges, approximately in order of increasing caliber.

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M1911 pistol

The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the.45 ACP cartridge.

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Managing editor

A managing editor (ME) is a senior member of a publication's management team.

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Muzzle velocity

Muzzle velocity is the speed of a projectile at the moment it leaves the muzzle of a gun.

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Pistol

A pistol is a type of handgun.

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Sedalia, Missouri

Sedalia, Missouri is a city located about south of the Missouri River in Pettis County.

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Smokeless powder

Smokeless powder is the name given to a number of propellants used in firearms and artillery that produce negligible smoke when fired, unlike the black powder they replaced.

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Table of handgun and rifle cartridges

Table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.

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Wildcat cartridge

A wildcat cartridge, often shortened to wildcat, is a custom cartridge for which ammunition and/or firearms are not mass-produced.

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Writer

A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate their ideas.

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.44 Magnum

The.44 Remington Magnum, or simply.44 Magnum (10.9×33mmR), and frequently.44 Mag, is a large-bore cartridge originally designed for revolvers.

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.45 ACP

The.45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), or.45 Auto (11.43×23mm) is a handgun cartridge designed by John Browning in 1905, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic pistol.

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.45 GAP

The.45 GAP (often called the.45 "GAP") pistol cartridge was designed by Ernest Durham, an engineer with CCI/Speer, at the request of firearms manufacturer Glock to provide a cartridge that would equal the power of the.45 ACP, have a stronger case head to reduce the possibility of case neck blowouts, and shorter to fit in a more compact handgun.

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.451 Detonics Magnum

The.451 Detonics Magnum is a pistol cartridge similar to.45 ACP.

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.460 Rowland

The.460 Rowland is a pistol cartridge that was designed to enable.44 Magnum performance in lightweight, high-capacity, semi-automatic handguns.

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.475 Wildey Magnum

The.475 Wildey Magnum is a semi-automatic pistol cartridge designed for big game hunting in the Wildey pistol.

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10 mm caliber

This article lists firearm cartridges which have a bullet in the caliber range.

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11 mm caliber

This article lists firearm cartridges which have a bullet in the to caliber range.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.45_Super

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