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Tbl_Name Name Date Nation Factory Loadings H/R
01 .223 WSSM 2003 US 1R
02 .22-250 Remington 1965 US 7R
03 .204 Ruger 2004 US 6R
04 .220 Swift 1935 US 5R
05 7.92mm DS 1934 Poland R
06 .17 Remington 1971 US 2R
07 .243 WSSM 2003 US 1R
08 .17 Remington Fireball 2007 US 1R
09 .223 Remington 1955 US 8R
10 .243 Winchester 1955 US 8R
11 .224 Weatherby Magnum 1963 US R
12 .264 Winchester Magnum 1958 US 3R
13 .240 Weatherby Magnum 1968 US R
14 .221 Remington Fireball 1963 US 1H
15 .270 WSM 2002 US 5R
16 .25 WSSM 2004 US 1R
17 .222 Remington 1950 US 8R
18 .300 Winchester Magnum 1963 US 8R
6.5×68mm 1939 Germany 1R
19
20 .300 WSM 2001 US 5R
.30-378 Weatherby Magnum 1959 US R
21
22 .308 Norma Magnum 1960 Sweden 1R
23 .22 PPC 1974 US R
242 [33]
H
243 5.45×18mm 1973 USSR 1H
244 .32 NAA 2002 US 1H
245 .380 ACP 1912 Belgium 6H
246 .44 Special 1907 US 4H
247 .25 ACP 1906 US 6H
248 .45 Colt 1873 US 4H
249 .32 rimfire 1861 US H
250 .32 ACP 1899 Belgium 6H
251 .32 S&W Long 1896 US 5H
252 .45 ACP 1905 US 6H
253 .38 Long Colt 1877 US 0H
254 .44 S&W American 1869 US 0H
68mm
0.73 53.5mm
0.73 73.99mm
65.00mm
38.5mm
0.73 51.18mm
0.415 49.00mm
0.531 53.3mm
0.625 64.74mm
0.730. 72.39mm
35.31mm
0.415 38.15mm
0.39 64.74mm
34.2mm
0.45 68mm
71mm
0.874 77mm
72mm
62mm
0.486 64.5mm
0.533 72.39mm
65.8mm
0.73 72.39mm
0.447 71.8mm
53.3mm
0.53 51mm
0.391 63.35mm
0.418 48.6mm
70.1mm
0.39 72.39mm
0.719 51.69mm
0.48 53mm
72.39mm
0.525 64.74mm
65.78mm
114mm
72.4mm
64.14mm
0.652 64mm
0.405 56.72mm
0.376 38.5mm
0.45 57.00mm
0.495 64.52mm
64.9mm
0.414 51.69mm
45mm
0.588 51mm
0.72 83mm
0.395 45mm
72.6mm
42mm
0.48 63mm
0.515 63.50mm
38.86mm
0.415 35.6mm
0.585 48.77mm
64.9mm
0.517 48mm
63.3mm
0.23 31mm
64mm
51mm
0.151 58mm
0.515 51.2mm
0.531 51.7mm
0.45 64.00mm
0.391 56.72mm
0.41 51.18mm
0.545[20] 50mm
0.332 72.39mm
63mm
66mm
0.7 70mm
0.73 58.8mm
65.00mm
0.462. 54mm
0.282 63mm
64mm
45mm
0.43 65.5mm
55mm
1.05 99mm
39mm
74mm
28mm
57mm
60mm
0.395 48mm
0.43 72.4mm
0.517 39.6mm
58mm
0.293 55.12mm
57mm
60mm
0.531 57mm
0.37 47.5mm
0.509 55mm
50mm
0.509
57.00mm
64mm
108mm
0.361 56mm
63mm
53mm
50mm
57.3mm
60mm
0.509 39mm
0.358 73.02mm
0.465 64mm
0.37 43mm
0.43 48.01mm
60mm
51mm
43mm
58mm
0.125 26.9mm
58mm
63mm
23mm
0.33 51.8mm
62.9mm
0.282 51.18mm
74.70mm
0.531 55.6mm
56.8mm
0.319 74mm
52mm
30mm
65.61mm
60.1mm
0.367 72.4mm
0.225 57.2mm
54mm
0.23 53.5mm
35mm
32.5mm
72.3mm
73.5mm
54mm
57mm
39mm
0.494 62mm
51.82mm
0.3 49mm
0.389 71.12mm
80mm
43mm
56mm
33mm
0.23 53mm
68mm
0.095 26.8mm
0.151 46mm
70mm
43.2mm
57mm
0.325 83mm
0.295 64mm
38mm
0.418 32.8mm
26mm
53mm
56mm
0.125 18.1mm
76mm
33mm
89mm
0.185 57.2mm
0.18 35.1mm
32.8mm
0.29 83mm
25.00mm
53.00mm
53mm
34.9mm
42mm
15.6mm
53mm
64mm
30mm
61mm
0.164 25.20mm
0.245 32.6mm
0.15 32.6mm
0.206 33mm
59mm
60mm
0.12 32.6mm
30.4mm
29.3mm
58mm
31mm
60mm
25mm
26.32mm
23mm
36mm
51mm
0.212 21.97mm
22.86mm
35.7mm
22.8mm
0.164 21.6mm
11mm
0.172 33.15mm
0.212 19mm
19.2mm
27.3mm
23mm
0.123 33.3mm
22.0mm
38mm
20.20mm
0.206 29.3mm
21mm
33.4mm
0.648 34.90mm
18mm
18mm
17.3mm
17mm
0.138 29mm
0.072 15.6mm
0.14 32mm
0.09 17mm
23.4mm
0.188 23mm
26.2mm
29mm
21.8mm
28.9mm
18mm
19.6mm
19.7mm
15mm
Comments
Winchester Super Short Magnum
Varminter.
Varmint round.
Semi-rimmed.
Winchester Short Magnum
Belted. First of Weatherby's line of necked-down 300 H&H-based magnums.
Beltless, rebated rim. Fastest cartridge for Nosler's 210-grain AccuBond Long-Range G1=0.730 0.308" bullet.
Necked-down .22 Hornet. Watch out for differences between older .17 Ackley Hornet
and current .17 Hornady Hornet. No CIP or SAAMI specs found.
Wildcat.
Belted.
Rimmed.
aka 8×68Smm Magnum.
Beltless, rebated rim cartridge based on the .300 Remington Ultra Magnum.
Belted.
A beltless, rebated rim cartridge developed by Remington Arms by necking up the .300 Remington Ultra Magnum case.
Same cartridge as .244 Remington and interchangeable. Rifles marked .244 Remington may not stabilize heaviest 6mm Remin
Benchrest cartridge - "the most accurate round ever developed." .22 PPC case necked
up to 6mm.
a.k.a. 8×57 JS, 7.92×57mm Mauser, 8×57mm Mauser, 8mm Mauser. Dangerously-similar to the original, smaller-bore 1888 rim
Swiss military version of the 5.56×45mm NATO / 223 Remington. For SIG SG 550 and variants.
NATO (1953), T65. Current NATO service including M14 rifle, Heckler & Koch G3, FN
FAL. Very similar to .308 Win.
Designed as an alternative to the .50 BMG for sniper rifles.
Militarized .223 Rem.
Belted magnum based on the .375 H&H, blown out and reshouldered.
Chinese service rifle QBZ-95
Developed for the U.S. Army's M1903 Springfield rifles prior to WWI. Continued use in
the M1 Garand rifle throughout WWII.
Belted.
Billed as "The worlds only 30-caliber big-game cartridge for the light weight AR-15 platform."
Belted.
aka .240 H&H Magnum Rimless, .240 Magnum Flanged or .240 Super Express
.280 Nitro, .280 Rimless Nitro Express Ross (CIP) and .280 Rimless. Once
manufactured by Remington and Winchester.
Designed for military sniper rifles.
Rimmed cartridge.
aka 7×65mmR Brenneke
Designed for the Mosin–Nagant Russian service rifle. Oldest cartridge still in official
military use, used in SVD Dragunov with Russia and the PSL rifles with many other
countries.
Necked up .30-06.
NATO (1980), 2nd gen. Current NATO service including M16 rifle, Steyr
AUG, SA80, FAMAS, Heckler & Koch G36. Similar, but not interchangeable with .223
Rem.
Developed in collaboration between Ruger and Hornady.[citation needed]
Based upon a slightly shortened .308 Winchester cases with FTX bullets and special powder to approach .308 ballistics from a
The rimmed .375 H&H Flanged Magnum for double-guns and the .375 H&H Belted
Rimless Magnum with a headspacing belt for magazine-fed rifles were released
simultaneously in 1912.
Norma's redesigned of the Remington 6mm BR in order to utilize VLD bullets.
Portuguese service rifle 1904-1939
Belted.
also 6.5×57mmR. a.k.a. 6.5×57mm RWS. Currently loaded by Prvi Partizan, RWS, and Sellier & Bellot
Hornady and Steyr announced this cartridges at the 2000 Shot Show, based on a
concept by Jeff Cooper.
a.k.a. 8×50mmR French. Adapted from the 11mm Gras. The first smokeless powder
cartridge for military use, started the small-bore smokeless revolution.
One of the most powerful rimmed cartridges ever used in a lever rifle.
aka 8×60mm RWS. Civilian 8mm Mauser. Comes in J and S bullets, rimmed or rimless case. Still loaded by RWS, Prvi Partizan.
Developed by Alexander Arms as a "low recoil, high accuracy, long-range cartridge for
the AR-15 platform."
aka 404 Rimless Nitro Express.
a.k.a. 8x63mm Swedish mg. Used in Swedish machine guns from the 1930s onward.
10mm Auto case necked down to 5.56mm.
a.k.a. .30 Winchester Centerfire and .30 WCF. First smokeless cartridge designed for
big game hunting.
Necked down .404 Jeffery
Bottlenecked high velocity PDW cartridge designed by Heckler & Koch in conjunction
with the Heckler & Koch MP7 personal defense weapon.
Most powerful rimmed cartridge designed specifically for lever-action rifles. Obsolete.
Proprietary cartridge
a.k.a. .45-70 Government. One of the oldest centerfire cartridges still in commercial
production.
Developed for suppressed CQB as a sub sonic round. Supersonic is also available.
.357 Magnum case necked down to .257". a.k.a. 256 Winchester. Obsolete handgun
and lever action round.
Belted magnum.
Belted magnum.
Once chambered for Kurz short-action carbines.
Lever action round. Shortened .458 Winchester Magnum case, designed to match .45-
70 performance.
Once popular with European hunters in Africa and India. Approaches .375 H&H power
with top loads.
Rimfire.
Revolver cartridge for handgun hunting.
Largest centerfire rifle cartridge as of 2018
Developed by hornady as a straight walled rifle round almost identical to .460 S&W
Magnum
Rimmed. a.k.a. .401 WSL or .401 SL. Obsolete. Only chambered commercially in
the Winchester Model 1910 and the Belgian Clement-Neumann rifle.
.32-20 Winchester case necked down.
Obsolete. Rimfire.
Mannlicher–Schönauer
Rimfire
Rimmed. Jeffrey, 900-grain (58 g) bullet.
M1 Carbine US service rifle
Big game cartridge.
One of the most powerful handgun-specific cartridges.
Lengthened .45 Colt, most powerful handgun round until the 1990s.
Designed by Joseph Lang.
Based on 7.63×25mm Mauser. Most famous for use in Tokarev TT pistol. Also used in
several Soviet submachine guns, including the PPSh-41.
a.k.a. .351 WSL or .351 SL. Only chambered commercially in the Winchester Model 1907 rifle.
Rimfire. Most common cartridge in the world (by units sold). Blackpowder propellant
charge listed - smokeless likely lower.
Rimmed. The second blackpowder (later smokeless) cartridge for British military use.
Evolved from the .577 Snider case, lengthened and necked down to .45 (nominal)
caliber. Used in the Martini rifles from 1871 to the present.
The first French brass cartridge for military use. Blackpowder. Replaced by 8mm Lebel.
The first black powder cartridge adopted in large numbers by the Japanese Army, it was used in the Murata rifle, a hybrid of F
Blackpowder Russian service rifle. a.k.a. 4.2 Line Berdan. Designed by American inventor/soldier Hiram Berdan, adopted by Ru
a.k.a. .32 WSL or .32 SL. Obsolete. Only chambered commercially in the Winchester
Model 1905 rifle.
The first black powder cartridge adopted in large numbers by the unified German Army,
it was used in the 1871 and 1871/84 rifles.
aka 30 Mauser. Based on 7.65×25mm Borchardt. Most famous for use in Mauser
C96 pistol. Basis for 7.62×25mm Tokarev round.
Bottle necked cartridge for the Webley-Mars Automatic Pistol.
.45 ACP case necked down to .40 caliber.
The first black powder cartridge for British military use. Later loaded smokeless.
a.k.a. .38 Super and .38 Colt Auto.
a.k.a. 7,65 Parabellum, 7.65mm Luger, .30 Parabellum and (wrongly) .30 Luger.
Designed for quiet, accurate, subsonic applications. Year is for homologation by CIP -
earlier proprietary and wildcat versions existed.
a.k.a. 9mm Makarov.
Developed for PSM pistol.
North American Arms
a.k.a. .380 Auto, 9mm Browning Short
a.k.a. 50 Remington Pistol Navy Model 1867 and 50 Remington (M71 Army). Rimmed case 0.875" in length. Obsolete blackpow
Obsolete
a.k.a. .450 Boxer and .450 Revolver. Obsolete blackpowder handgun cartridge.
Originally a blackpowder handgun cartridge.
4th or 5th oldest commercial cartridge being loaded today.