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rifle cartridge A rifle cartridge is a firearm cartridge primarily designed and intended for use in a rifle/carbine, or machine gun. Types Full-powered A full-powered cartridge is a rifle cartridge used interchangeably between service rifles, sniper rifle ...

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calibre In guns, particularly firearms, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel bore – regardless of how or where the bore is measured and whether the finished bore match ...

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.17 HM2 The .17 Hornady Mach 2, or .17 HM2, is a rimfire cartridge introduced in 2004 by the ammunition manufacturer Hornady, following the successful launch in 2002 of the .17 HMR. The .17 HM2 is based on the .22 Long Rifle "Stinger" case, necked d ...

.17 HMR .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, commonly known as the .17 HMR, is a rimfire rifle cartridge developed by Hornady in 2002. It was developed by necking down a .22 Magnum case to take a .17 caliber (4.5 mm) projectile. Commonly loaded with a 1 ...

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.22LR The .22 Long Rifle or simply .22 LR or 22 (metric designation: 5.6×15mmR) is a long-established variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition originating from the United States. It is used in a wide range of rifles, pistols, revolvers, smoothb ...

, 4 .22 WMR, 5 .17/23 SMc, 6

5mm/35 SMc 5 mm/35 SMc (or simply 5mm-35) is a high performance 5 mm (.20 inch) cartridge. Designed by Michael McPherson and Byrom Smalley

, 7 .22 Hornet, 8

.223 Remington The .223 Remington (designated as the 223 Remington by the SAAMI and 223 Rem by the CIP) is a rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed in 1957 by Remington Arms and Fairchild Industries for the U.S. Continental Army Command ...

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.223 WSSM The .223 WSSM (Winchester Super Short Magnum, 5.56×42mm) is a .224 caliber rifle cartridge created by Winchester and Browning based on a shortened version of the Winchester Short Magnum case. History The .223 WSSM was introduced in 2003 by t ...

, 10 .243 Winchester, 11 .243 Winchester Improved (Ackley), 12

.25-06 Remington Considered by many as the most balanced of the "quarter bores" for hunting medium-sized game, the .25-06 Remington remained in obscurity as a wildcat cartridge for nearly half a century before being standardized by Remington in 1969. Its design ...

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.270 Winchester The .270 Winchester is a rifle cartridge developed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1923 and unveiled in 1925 as a chambering for their bolt-action Model 54The Complete Reloading Manual for the .270 Winchester, Loadbooks USA, Inc., 2004 ...

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.308 The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar but not identical to the 7.62×51mm NATO ...

, 15 .30-06, 16 .45-70, 17

.50-90 Sharps The .50-90 Sharps rifle A rifle is a long-barreled firearm A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). Th ...

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rect 110 296 153 556

rect 159 341 207 556

rect 211 294 265 556 .22 WMR rect 271 221 341 556 .17/23 SMc rect 345 186 432 556

5 mm/35 SMc 5 mm/35 SMc (or simply 5mm-35) is a high performance 5 mm (.20 inch) cartridge. Designed by Michael McPherson and Byrom Smalley

rect 441 225 513 556 .22 Hornet rect 521 151 602 556

rect 610 134 724 556

rect 732 95 832 556 .243 Winchester rect 838 85 929 556 .243 Winchester Improved (Ackley) rect 937 23 1030 556

rect 1039 25 1123 556

rect 1132 93 1218 556

rect 1227 17 1316 556 .30-06 rect 1326 106 1440 556 .45-70 rect 1456 31 1585 556

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Rimfire cartridges

Centerfire cartridges

Inches

Smaller than .30 caliber

.30 caliber – .39 caliber

.40 caliber – .49 caliber

.50 caliber and larger

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.300 Win Mag The .300 Winchester Magnum (also known as .300 Win Mag or .300 WM) (7.62×67mmB, 7.62x66BR) is a belted, bottlenecked magnum rifle cartridge that was introduced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1963. The .300 Winchester Magnum is a m ...

.308 Winchester The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar but not identical to the 7.62×51mm NATO ...

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rect 5 3 76 417 .50 BMG rect 85 160 147 428

rect 160 202 213 429

rect 235 244 285 428 7.62 Soviet rect 309 243 361 427 5.56 NATO rect 371 340 413 429

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Metric

Smaller than 6mm

* 4.5mm mkr * 4.6×30mm * 4.85×49mm *

5mm Craig The 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum or 5mm RFM
by Chuck Hawks is a bottlenecked 5mm/35 SMc 5 mm/35 SMc (or simply 5mm-35) is a high performance 5 mm (.20 inch) cartridge. Designed by Michael McPherson and Byrom Smalley

* 5.45×39mm * 5.56×21mm PINDAD * 5.56×30mm MINSAS * 5.56×45mm NATO * 5.6×50mm Magnum * 5.6×57mm * 5.6×57mmR * 5.6×61mm VHSE * 5.7×28mm *

5.8×42mm The 5.8×42mm / DBP87 ("''D''àn (弹) ''B''ùqiāng (步枪) ''P''ŭtōng (普通), 19''87''"; literally "Standard Rifle Cartridge, 1987") is a military rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge developed in the People's Republic of China. ...

6mm–7mm

7mm–8mm

8mm–9mm

9mm and larger

Bore/gauge

.360 bore The .360 bore is one of the smallest shotgun bores. Its main uses included collecting ornithological specimens, pest control, as well as often being used in walking-stick guns. The .360 cartridge was first created by Eley Brothers Ltd, a company ...

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.410 bore The .410 bore is one of the smallest caliber of shotgun shell commonly available (along with the 9mm Flobert rimfire cartridge, and the less common .22 rimfire shot shell). A .410 bore shotgun loaded with shot shells is well suited for small g ...

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8 bore The 8 bore, also known as the 8 gauge, is an obsolete caliber used commonly in the 19th-century black-powder firearms. Design An 8 bore is a caliber firearm. Historically it was used to fire solid projectiles from smoothbores, rifles, and part ...

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6 bore 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smal ...

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2 bore Two bore or 2 bore is a mostly obsolete firearm caliber. Specifications Two bores generally fire spherical balls or slugs of hardened lead or, in the modern metallic cartridge, additionally a solid bronze projectile. The nominal bore is , and pr ...

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