List of handgun cartridges

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Common handgun cartridges. Left to right:
1) 3 inch 12 ga magnum shotgun shell
2) AA battery (for size comparison)
3) .454 Casull
4) .45 Winchester Magnum
5) .44 Remington Magnum
6) .357 Magnum
7) .38 Special
8) .45 ACP
9) .38 Super
10) 9 mm Luger
11) .32 ACP
12) .22 LR
From left to right: .50 Action Express, .44 Magnum, .357 Magnum, .45 ACP, .40 S&W, 9 mm Luger Parabellum, .22 Long Rifle.
Left to right: .460 S&W Magnum, .454 Casull, .44 Magnum, .45ACP, .22LR

The following is a flat list of handgun cartridges, loosely in order of increasing caliber:

Contents

[edit] Handgun cartridges

[edit] Other cartridges used in repeating handguns

Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, and the Magnum Research BFR. These include:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Taffin, John. Big-Bore Sixguns. Iola, WI: Krause, 1997, p. 235.
  2. ^ Taffin, John. Big-Bore Sixguns. Iola, WI: Krause, 1997, p. 91.
  3. ^ Taffin, John. Big-Bore Sixguns. Iola, WI: Krause, 1997, p. 90.
  4. ^ Taffin, John. Big-Bore Sixguns. Iola, WI: Krause, 1997, p. 94.
  5. ^ Taffin, John. Big-Bore Sixguns. Iola, WI: Krause, 1997, p. 302.

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