List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. File:Cartridge Sample 2.jpg, 350px, From left to right: 1

.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 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 .177 caliber or 4.5 mm caliber is the smallest diameter of pellets and BB shots widely used in air guns, and is the only caliber generally accepted for formal target competition. It is also sometimes used for hunting small game, like fowl ...

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4.85×49mm The 4.85×49mm is an experimental intermediate firearm cartridge made by the United Kingdom for the Individual Weapon Project, which became the SA80 series of small arms. Design The 4.85×49mm cartridge is based on the 5.56×45mm NATO, but us ...

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 The 5.45×39mm Cartridge (firearms), cartridge is a Rim (firearms), rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge. It was introduced into service in 1974 by the Soviet Union for use with the new AK-74. The 5.45×39mm gradually supplemented and then ...

5.56×21mm PINDAD The 5.56×21mm PINDAD is a personal defence weapon round developed in Indonesia. The round is based on the 5.56×45mm NATO The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO, but often pronounced "five-five-six") is a rimless bottlenec ...

5.56×30mm MINSAS The 5.56×30mm MINSAS is a firearm cartridge manufactured by India's Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) for close-quarters combat use. It has an effective range of and good penetration against body armor. OFB claims it exhibits penetration superior to ...

5.56×45mm NATO The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO, but often pronounced "five-five-six") is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge family developed in the late 1970s in Belgium by FN Herstal. It consists of the SS109, L110, and ...

5.6×50mm Magnum The 5.6×50mm Magnum (designated as the 5,6 × 50 Mag. by the C.I.P.) is a centerfire, rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge that was developed in 1970 by Günter Frères of the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM). Parent case In 1968 ...

5.6×57mm The 5.6×57mm (designated as the 5,6 × 57 by the C.I.P.) Cartridge (firearms), cartridge was created by Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprengstoffwerke (RWS) in Germany in 1964 by necking down popular 7×57mm Mauser (similarly to how Paul Mauser himse ...

5.6×57mmR The 5.6×57mmR (designated as the 6,5 × 57 R by the C.I.P.) cartridge was created by Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprengstoffwerke (RWS) in Germany for hunting small deer. 5.6×57mm rimless variant The 5.6×57mm The 5.6×57mm (designated as t ...

5.6×61mm VHSE The 5.6×61mm SE, an abbreviated form of its full designation, the 5.6×61mm om HofeSuper Express, is a rifle cartridge introduced in Germany in 1937. It is based on the 6.5×55mm Swedish cartridge. The '5.6×61mm SE' uses a .228-in diameter b ...

* 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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10 bore 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

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4 bore Four bore or 4 bore is a mostly obsolete black powder caliber of the 19th century, used for the hunting of large and potentially dangerous game animals. The specifications place this caliber between the larger two bore and the lesser six bore. Thi ...

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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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