The 7x61mm Sharpe & Hart Magnum belted cartridge

Cartridge (firearms)

A cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm. The primer is a small charge of impact-sensitive chemical that may be located at the center of the case head or at its rim . Electrically...

 (7mm S&H Super) was developed by Philip B. Sharpe and Richard (Dick) Hart in the 1950s and based on the .300 H&H Magnum

.300 H&H Magnum

The .300 H&H Magnum Cartridge was introduced by the British company Holland & Holland as the Super-Thirty in June, 1925. The case was belted like the .375 H&H Magnum, and is based on the same case, as also is the .244 H&H Magnum. The belt is for headspace as the cases' shoulders have a narrow...

 case.
In 1953 Sharpe travelled to Scandinavia and the outcome of this trip was that
Schultz & Larsen

Schultz & Larsen

Schultz & Larsen is a Danish rifle and silencer manufacturer that originally was located in the city of Otterup, but as of 1994 have been located in the city of Rask Mølle on the island of Fyn....

 of Denmark

Denmark

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 chambered the cartridge in their bolt action rifles while Norma

Norma (company)

Norma Precision is a Swedish manufacturer of ammunition located in Åmotfors, in the province of Värmland, just 20 km of the Norwegian border. It is commonly referred to as simply Norma.- History :...

 started to manufacture commercial ammunition according to the designers specifications. But today the cartridge is a handloader's perspective. However they have a variety of bullets to choose from, and Hornady

Hornady

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 lists load data for the cartridge.

Usage & Ballistics

While the 7x61 S&H Magnum is a good cartridge, it was overshadowed in the United States

United States

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 by the pre-existing 7 mm Weatherby Magnum

7 mm Weatherby Magnum

The 7 mm Weatherby Magnum is a powerful 7 mm rifle cartridge offered by the Weatherby firearms company in their Mark V rifles. The cartridge was one of the first cartridges offered by the Weatherby company....

. Never a popular cartridge in the U.S., when the 7 mm Remington Magnum

7 mm Remington Magnum

The 7mm Remington Magnum rifle cartridge was introduced as a commercially available round in 1962, along with the new Remington Model 700 bolt action rifle. It is a member of the belted magnum family that is directly derived from the venerable .375 H&H Magnum...

 cartridge was introduced it spelled the demise of the 7x61 S&H.

Performance for 175 grain

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175 grain Spire Point Interlock bullet)

	100 yd	200 yd	300 yd
Trajectory	2.6	1.9