Buy 408 cheytac ammo

Atlasammoshop.com offers a great selection of 408 cheytac ammo for sale in stock to fit your needs! This type of ammo is used in numerous types of firearms which makes it an excellent choice for target practice or competition shooting. We have multiple brands and bullet weights available so you can find the perfect match for your gun.

what is  408 chey tac

The  408 Cheytac is a specialized rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire cartridge for military long-range sniper rifles that was developed by Dr. John D. Taylor and machinist William O. Wordman. The round was designed with a possible military need for a cartridge for anti-personnel, anti-sniper, and anti-materiel roles with a (supersonic) precision range of 2,200 yards (2,000 m).

History  of cheytac 408

The .408 Cheyenne Tactical is based on the .400 Taylor Magnum, which itself is based on a modified .505 Gibbs, necked down to 0.408 inches (10.36 mm). The .505 Gibbs is an old English big game cartridge that was designed to accommodate 39,160 psi (270 MPa) pressure. One of the disadvantages to these old cartridge cases intended for firing cordite charges instead of modern smokeless powder is the thickness of the sidewall just forward to the web. During ignition, the cartridge’s base, forward to the bolt face, is not supported. The case is driven back against the bolt face which results in the stretching of the case, particularly the sidewall immediately forward of the web. When the sidewall resists the outward expansion against the chamber, the pressure stretches the case thereby increasing its length resulting in the sidewall becoming thinner at that stretch point.

408 cheytac vs 50 bmg

In terms of energy at the muzzle, . 50BMG. However, it was designed as an anti-material/machine gun cartridge (hence the name Browning Machine Gun), and doesn’t have the best ballistics. . 408 Cheytac, on the other hand, is specifically engineered for long-range precision shooting, so it has vastly superior ballistics

In fact, past 300 yards, the .408 will have greater kinetic energy than the .50 BMG.

For a sniper, the .408 would be superior.

How good is the 408 cheytac

The round was designed with a possible military need for a cartridge for anti-personnel, anti-sniper, and anti-materiel roles with a (supersonic) precision range of 2,200 yards (2,000 m). It is offered as a competitor to the most common military NATO long-range service cartridges such as