.38-40 Winchester
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The .38-40 Winchester is a late 19th-century black powder centerfire rifle and revolver cartridge historically popular for hunting and frontier use in the American West.
All labels observed (1)
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| .38-40 Winchester canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21627766 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: .38-40 Winchester Context triple: [Winchester Model 1873, chamberedFor, .38-40 Winchester]
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.348 Winchester
The .348 Winchester is a powerful rimmed rifle cartridge introduced in the 1930s, best known for its use in the Winchester Model 71 lever-action rifle for hunting large North American game.
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.44-40 Winchester
The .44-40 Winchester is a historic centerfire rifle and revolver cartridge introduced in the late 19th century, widely associated with the American Old West and famed for its use in both lever-action rifles and frontier handguns.
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C.
.30-30 Winchester
The .30-30 Winchester is a popular American rifle cartridge, historically favored for deer hunting and known for its use in lever-action rifles.
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D.
.308 Winchester
The .308 Winchester is a popular rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, and military and law-enforcement applications due to its accuracy, manageable recoil, and effective range.
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E.
.243 Winchester
The .243 Winchester is a popular, flat-shooting rifle cartridge widely used for varmint hunting and medium game such as deer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: .38-40 Winchester Target entity description: The .38-40 Winchester is a late 19th-century black powder centerfire rifle and revolver cartridge historically popular for hunting and frontier use in the American West.
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A.
.348 Winchester
The .348 Winchester is a powerful rimmed rifle cartridge introduced in the 1930s, best known for its use in the Winchester Model 71 lever-action rifle for hunting large North American game.
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B.
.44-40 Winchester
The .44-40 Winchester is a historic centerfire rifle and revolver cartridge introduced in the late 19th century, widely associated with the American Old West and famed for its use in both lever-action rifles and frontier handguns.
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C.
.30-30 Winchester
The .30-30 Winchester is a popular American rifle cartridge, historically favored for deer hunting and known for its use in lever-action rifles.
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D.
.308 Winchester
The .308 Winchester is a popular rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, and military and law-enforcement applications due to its accuracy, manageable recoil, and effective range.
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E.
.243 Winchester
The .243 Winchester is a popular, flat-shooting rifle cartridge widely used for varmint hunting and medium game such as deer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Winchester Model 1873 rifle