ammunition armas bullet bullets caliburs cartridge cartridges cartridges-wikipedia chamber encyclopedia firearms gun guns inches list metric of rifle shooties tir

My tags:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of rifle cartridges, by category, and then by name.

This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (October 2008)

Contents 1 Rimfire 2 Common centerfire 2.1 Inches 2.2 Metric 3 Wildcats - obscure - proprietary 3.1 Inches 3.2 Metric 3.3 Bore 4 Very large caliber (.50 and larger) 4.1 Inches 4.2 Metric 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Rimfire

• .17 Hornady Mach 2 (.17HM2)
• .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire(.17HMR)
• .22 Long
• .22 Long Rifle
• .22 Short
• .22 WMR (.22 Magnum)
• .22 WRF
• 5mm Remington Mag

[edit] Common centerfire

[edit] Inches

• .17 Remington
• .17 Remington Fireball (based on the wildcat .17 Mach IV)
• .17-357 RG
• .204 Ruger
• .218 Bee
• .219 Zipper
• .22 BR Remington
• .22 Hornet
• .22 PPC
• .22 Spitfire (MMJ-5.7, 5.7mm MMJ)
• .220 Russian
• .220 Swift
• .221 Fireball

.22-250 Remington (.22-250 Ackley Improved)

• .221 Remington Fireball
• .222 Remington
• .222 Remington Magnum
• .223 Remington (.223 AI)
• .223 WSSM
• .224 Weatherby Magnum
• .225 Winchester
• .240 Weatherby Magnum
• .243 Winchester (.243 AI)
• .243 WSSM
• .244 H&H Magnum
• .244 Remington (6 mm Remington)
• .250-3000 Savage
• .256 Winchester Magnum
• .256 Newton
• .25-06 Remington
• .25-20 Winchester
• .25-35 Winchester (6.5 x 52R)
• .25 Remington
• .25 WSSM
• .257 Roberts (.257 Roberts +P, .257 Roberts Ackley Improved)
• .257 Weatherby Magnum
• .260 Remington
• .264 Winchester Magnum
• .270 Weatherby Magnum
• .270 Winchester
• .270 Winchester Short Magnum
• .270 Sabi
• .276 Pedersen
• .280 British
• .280 Remington (a.k.a.7 mm Express Remington)
• .280 Ross (a.k.a.280 Rimless Nitro Express)
• .284 Winchester
• .30 Carbine
• .30 Newton
• .30 Remington
• .30 Remington AR
• .30 TC
• .30-30 Winchester
• .30-06 Springfield
• .30-40 Krag (.30 Army)
• .30-378 Weatherby Magnum
• .300 H&H Magnum
• .300 Remington SA Ultra Mag
• .300 Remington Ultra Magnum
• .300 Ruger Compact Magnum
• .300 Savage
• .300 Weatherby Magnum
• .300 Winchester Short Magnum
• .300 Winchester Magnum
• .303 British
• .303 Savage
• .307 Winchester
• .308 Marlin Express
• .308 Norma Magnum
• .308 Winchester
• .32-20 Winchester (.32 WCF, .32-20 Marlin, .32 Colt Lightning)
• .32-40 Ballard
• .32-40 Winchester
• .32 Remington
• .32 Winchester Self-Loading
• .32 Winchester Special
• .325 WSM (Winchester Short Magnum)
• .33 Winchester (.33 WCF)
• .338-378 Weatherby Magnum
• .338 Federal
• .338 Lapua Magnum
• .338 Marlin express
• .338 Remington Ultra Magnum
• .338 Ruger Compact Magnum
• .338 Sabi
• .338 Winchester Magnum
• .340 Weatherby Magnum
• .348 Winchester
• .35 Newton
• .35 Remington
• .35 Whelen
• .35 Whelen Improved
• .35 Winchester
• .35 Winchester Self-Loading
• .350 Remington Magnum
• .351 Winchester Self-Loading
• .356 Winchester
• .358 Norma Magnum
• .358 Winchester
• .375 H&H Magnum
• .375 Ruger
• .375 Remington Ultra Magnum
• .375 Weatherby Magnum
• .375 Whelen (.375-06)
• .375 Winchester
• .376 Steyr
• .378 Weatherby Magnum
• .38-40 Winchester
• .38-55 Winchester
• .40-60 Remington
• .400 H&H Magnum
• .400 Tembo
• .401 Winchester Self-Loading
• .404 Jeffery (10.75 x 73)
• .405 Winchester
• .408 CheyTac
• .416 Barrett
• .416 Remington Magnum
• .416 Rigby
• .416 Weatherby Magnum
• .417 (High velocity cartridge for the M82, M93, M95 and M107 Barrett Firearms Company rifles)
• .43 Mauser
• .44-40 Winchester
• .44 Remington Magnum
• .444 Marlin
• .45-70 Government
• .45-90 Sharps
• .450 Bushmaster
• .450 Marlin
• .450 Rigby
• .458 Express
• .458 Lott
• .458 Sabi
• .458 SOCOM
• .458 Winchester Magnum
• .460 Weatherby Magnum
• .465 H&H Magnum
• .470 Nitro Express
• .50-110 Winchester
• .50 Beowulf
• .577/.500 Magnum Nitro Express
• .577 Nitro-Express

[edit] Metric

• 4.6x30mm
• 5.45x39mm
• 5.6x50mm Magnum
• 5.6 x 52R (.22 Savage Hi-Power)
• 5.6x57mm
• 5.6x57Rmm
• 5.6 x 61 SE (5.6 x 61 Vom Hofe Super Express)
• 5.56x30mm
• 5.56x45mm NATO
• 5.7x28mm
• 5.8x42mm DBP87
• 6 mm BR Remington
• 6 mm PPC
• 6 mm Musgrave
• 6 mm Remington (.244 Remington)
• 6.5 Jonson
• 6.5-284
• 6.5 mm Creedmoor
• 6.5 mm Grendel
• 6.5 mm Remington Magnum
• 6.5x50mm Arisaka
• 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano
• 6.5x53mmR Mannlicher
• 6.5x54mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
• 6.5x55mm
• 6.5x57mm Mauser
• 6.5x68mm (also known as the 6.5 x 68 RWS, 6.5 x 68 Schüler or the 6.5 x 68 Von Hofe Express)
• 6.8 mm Remington SPC
• 7 mm caliber
• 7 mm-08 Remington
• 7-30 Waters
• 7 mm BR Remington
• 7 mm Express Remington (a.k.a. .280 Remington)
• 7 mm Remington Magnum
• 7 mm Remington SA Ultra Mag
• 7 mm Remington Ultra Magnum
• 7 mm STW
• 7 mm Weatherby Magnum
• 7 mm WSM (Winchester Short Magnum)
• 7x33mm Sako
• 7x57mm Mauser (.275 Rigby)
• 7x61mm Sharpe & Hart
• 7x64mm Brenneke
• 7.5x55mm Schmidt Rubin
• 7.5x57mm MAS mod. 1924 7.5x54mm MAS mod. 1929
• 7.62 mm caliber
• 7.62x25mm Tokarev
• 7.62x38mmR
• 7.62x39mm
• 7.62x45mm vz. 52
• 7.62x51mm NATO
• 7.62 x 54R (rimmed) (7.62 Russian)
• 7.63x25mm Mauser
• 7.62 Jonson
• 7.65x22mm Parabellum
• 7.65x53mm Argentine (7.65x53mm Mauser)
• 7.65x53mmR
• 7.63x54mm Greek Mannlicher-Schoenauer
• 7.7x58mm Arisaka
• 7.92x33mm Kurz
• 7.92x57mm Mauser (8 mm Mauser or 8x57 JS)
• 8 mm Lebel
• 8 mm Remington Magnum
• 8x50mmR
• 8x56mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
• 8x56mmR
• 8x58mm RD (rimmed danish)
• 8x60mm S
• 8x68mm S
• 9x39mm
• 9x45mm
• 9x56mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
• 9x57mm Mauser
• 9.3x57mm
• 9.3x62mm
• 9.3x64mm Brenneke
• 9.3x66mm Sako
• 9.3x72mmD
• 9.3x74mmR
• 9.5x57mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer (.375 Rimless Nitro Express x 2-1/4")
• 10.75x57mm
• 11x60mm Mauser

[edit] Wildcats - obscure - proprietary

[edit] Inches

• .14/221
• .14-222
• .14 Walker Hornet
• .17-223
• .17 Ackley Bee
• .17 CCM
• .17 Hornet
• .17 PMC/Aguila
• .17 Mach IV (now commercialized as .17 Remington Fireball)
• .17 PPC
• .17/23 SMC
• .17-357 RG (.172" Wildcat based on the 357 SIG)
• .19 Calhoon Hornet
• .19 Badger
• .19-223
• .20 VarTarg
• .20 Tactical
• .219 Donaldson Wasp
• .22 Cheetah
• .222 Rimmed
• .22/303
• .22-243 Middlestead
• .223 AI
• .240 Apex (.240 Belted Nitro Express and .240 Magnum Flanged)
• .25/303
• .275 H&H Magnum
• .30 USA
• .30-03
• .309 jdj
• .30-06 JDJ
• .300 Dakota
• .300 ICL Grizzly
• .300 Lapua Magnum
• .300 Whisper
• .330 Dakota
• .338-06 A-Square
• .338 Whisper (Series 1)
• .338 Whisper (Series 2)
• .338 Voschol
• .338 x 57 O'Connor
• .375 Dakota
• .375 Whisper (Series 2)
• .40-65 Winchester
• .40-70 Sharps
• .408 Chey Tac
• .416 Barrett
• .416 Taylor
• .416 Whisper (Series 2)
• .425 Westley Richards
• .44 Henry
• .45-90 Sharps
• .45-110 Sharps
• .45-120 Sharps
• .450 Watts Magnum
• .458 SOCOM
• .470 Capstick
• .475 OKH
• .475 Ackley

[edit] Metric

• 4.5mm mkr
• 5mm Craig
• 5mm/35 SMc
• 6-06
• 6-284
• 6 mm BRX
• 6 mm Dasher
• 6 mm XC
• 6x45 mm
• 6 x 47 Swiss Match (6mm/222 Mag)
• 6.5 Grendel
• 6.5 x 47 Lapua
• 6.5 x 57
• 7 mm Dakota
• 7.82 Lazzeroni Patriot
• 7.82 Lazzeroni Warbird
• 10 x 35 Vetterli

[edit] Bore

• 10 bore
• 8 bore
• Six bore
• 4 bore - circa 25mm
• 2 bore - 33.6mm

[edit] Very large caliber (.50 and larger)

[edit] Inches

• .50-70 Government
• .50-90 Sharps
• .50-110 Winchester
• .50-140 Sharps
• .50 Alaskan
• .50 Beowulf
• .50 BMG
• .50 Peacekeeper
• .500 Black Powder Express
• .500 Jeffrey Nitro Express
• .500 No. 2 Express
• .500 Nitro Express 3"
• .500 Nitro Express for black powder 3"
• .500/450 Nitro Express
• .500/465 Nitro Express
• .505 Gibbs
• .505 Jeffery
• .510 DTC Europ
• .510 Fat Mac
• .510 Whisper
• .550 Magnum
• .550 Nitro Express
• .577 Nitro Express
• .577 Tyrannosaur (.577 T-Rex)
• .577 Snider
• .577/450 Martini-Henry
• .577/.500 Magnum Nitro Express
• .585 Nyati
• .600 Nitro Express
• .600/577 REWA
• .600 Overkill
• .700 Nitro Express
• .950 JDJ

[edit] Metric

• 12.7mm British No. 2
• 12.7x99mm Multi-Purpose
• 12.7x108mm
• 14.5x114mm
• 14.5 mm JDJ
• 15.2 mm Steyr Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS)
• 20 mm caliber
• 30x165mm
• 30x173mm

[edit] See also

• List of cartridges by caliber
• Firearms, List of firearms
• List of handgun cartridges
• List of rimfire cartridges
• Cartridge (firearms)
• Table of pistol and rifle cartridges (by year)
• By Size:
  • 2 mm caliber 3 mm caliber 4 mm caliber 5 mm caliber 6 mm caliber 7 mm caliber 8 mm caliber 9 mm caliber 10 mm caliber 11 mm caliber 12 mm caliber 13 mm caliber

[edit] References

• Originally adapted from Hawks Rifle Cartridges
• Some cartridge info can be found at 6mmbr cartridge diagrams
• Reloading Information at Load Data
• Cartridge Diagrams at Steve's Pages
• Cartridge and reloading info can be found at Accurate Reloading