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8mm Lebel replacement. Rimless rifle cartridge. Same bullet diameter as .30-06. Short-lived due to confusion with 7.92mm Mauser. 7.5×54mm French: 1929 France R 7.57x54mm 2700 2232 58 0.308 54mm Case-shortened 7.5×57mm MAS. Standard French rifle cartridge until the introduction of the FAMAS in 1979. 7.62×25mm Tokarev: 1930 [3] USSR [8] 2 [13 ...
From left to right: 1.17 Hornady Mach 2, 2.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, 3.22 Long Rifle, 4.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, 5.17/23 SMc, 6 5mm/35 SMc, 7.22 Hornet, 8.223 Remington, 9.223 WSSM, 10.243 Winchester, 11.243 Winchester Improved (Ackley), 12.25-06 Remington, 13.270 Winchester, 14.308 Winchester, 15.30-06 Springfield, 16.45-70 Government ...
Calibers in the size range of (mm, inches): 2 mm (.079+ caliber) ... Table of handgun and rifle cartridges; By name. List of Winchester Center Fire cartridges;
The 20-gauge shotgun is the next most popular size [citation needed], and is popular for upland game hunting. The next most popular sizes are the .410 bore and the 28 gauge. The least popular sizes are the 10 gauge and the 16 gauge; while far less common than the other four gauges, they are still commercially available. [citation needed] [9]
The most common rimfire cartridges are chambered for .17 caliber and .22 caliber. The bullet diameter for .17 caliber firearms generally measure .172 inch (4.37 mm), while the bullet diameter for .22 caliber firearms generally measure .222 inch (5.64 mm).
While modern firearms are generally referred to by the name of the cartridge the gun is chambered for, they are still categorized together based on bore diameter. [citation needed] For example, a firearm might be described as a "30 caliber rifle", which could accommodate any of a wide range of cartridges using a roughly 0.30 inches (7.6 mm) projectile; or as a "22 rimfire", referring to any ...
Snake shot (AKA: bird shot, rat shot and dust shot) [57] refers to handgun and rifle rounds loaded with small lead shot. Snake shot is generally used for shooting at snakes, rodents, birds, and other pests at very close range. The most common snake shot cartridge is .22 Long Rifle loaded with No. 12 shot. From a standard rifle these can produce ...
This is a list of firearm cartridges that have bullets in the 9 millimeters (0.35 in) to 9.99 millimeters (0.393 in) caliber range. Case length refers to the round case length. OAL refers to the overall length of the loaded round. All measurements are given in millimeters, followed by the equivalent in inches between parentheses.