Can anyone name the sizes from .22LR to .50cal????

REALM · January 11, 2000, 07:13 PM

I'm looking to increase my ammo knowledge and I've looked everywhere for pics comparing caliber sizes, but with no luck.

So could someone please list from smallest to biggest of any ammo that can be fired from a rifle?

Feel free to comment on any of them or name a gun or whatever as an example for them. Thanks!

**Mal H** · January 11, 2000, 07:27 PM

You need to get a copy of "Cartridges of the World" by Frank Barnes. This is a great reference to almost all cartridges ever used in rifles and handguns. Amazon.com carries it.

Art Eatman · January 12, 2000, 12:29 AM

The NRA site might have some info. Your public library might have some gun books. One book of value is Phil Sharpe's "Complete Guide to Handloading"; the first edition came out in 1937, with 2nd & 3rd Ed in 1941 and 1949, repsectively.

Not trying to be smartmouth, but it's called "homework". As in school. Many of us here can rattle off maybe a hundred cartridges. Who has all night?

Many gun stores have cartridge displays and pictures of ammo offered by the various manufacturers. Just wandering through, looking, can be a learning experience.

Take a look at the reloading handbooks. They'll cover a tremendous number of cartridges, although not many of the popular stuff from the late 1800s...

Have fun!

Art

REALM · January 12, 2000, 12:50 AM

I understand what you're saying Art, and thanks to both of ya'll for the references.

Just to let you know though that I'm not some info moocher that expects everybody to do the work for me...

I've been looking for all this stuff for the past 3 days seeing as how the internet is supposed to be the "new" reference master.
So much for that theory.

Thanks guys... I guess I'm off to handle those binded paper things, I think they call them "books." I've heard that you can't post messages on them like we do on here. Strange huh?

Kernel · January 12, 2000, 01:05 AM

Ditto Mal H., a "must have" any gun nut can enjoy. -- Kernel
http://www.brownells.com/Product/pro...0&CategoryID=0

George Hill · January 12, 2000, 06:26 AM

To make a correction - it starts at .17 not .22...

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fal308 · January 12, 2000, 09:10 AM

And goes over 50. For instance 577 Knyoch <sp>, 600 Nitro, 700 Nitro etc.

Futo Inu · January 12, 2000, 12:30 PM

As mentioned, get "Cartridges of the World" or if you can't wait more than a day, a reloading handbook from a gun store or gun show, but generally, the actual calibers/diameters of the most popular cartridges are as follows:

1) .17 (or is it .177?)
2) .224 ("22 cal")
3) .243/6mm
4) .257 ("25 cal")
5) .264/6.5mm
6) .277 ("270" sometimes)
7) .284/7mm ("7mm" or "280")
8) .308/7.62mm ("30 cal")
9) .323/8mm
10) .338 ("340" sometimes)
Hmmmm
11) .358?
12) .375
13) .416
14) .458
then some rarer ones, like Nitros or BMG
15) .477
16) .500
and even bigger up to .700, I think.

and possibly a few others in between also, like .311/.312. These are just the diameters. There are several to many cartridges with each diameter, esp. 22, 7mm, and 30. I recommend Lyman's 47th Reloading manual for good all-around manual. A rough guess of the popularity of particular diameters might go like this, using the numbers assigned above, from most to least popular (based on # of rifles owned/sold, not just on # of cartridges in a caliber): 8, 7, 2, 4, 3, 6, 10, 5, 9, 12,

[This message has been edited by Futo Inu (edited January 13, 2000).]

swifter... · January 12, 2000, 01:30 PM

Actually, gang, there's some guys out there messing around with .14's and .12's! Small Caliber News runs articles on 'em...

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The Bill of Rights, and the Golden Rule are enough for civilized behavior. The rest is window dressing. Shoot carefully, swifter...

James K · January 12, 2000, 02:26 PM

Another neat question. Do you mean by actual caliber or by name? Example:
.30-30, .30-'06, .308 Winchester (aka 7.62 NATO, .30 Carbine, .30-40 Krag, etc., etc.
all have the same actual bullet diameter, .308. But except for the .308/7.62 Nato, they are not identical and not interchangeable.

Jim

REALM · January 12, 2000, 02:35 PM

Jim,
I'm wondering more on the actual size of the whole cartridge and the punch it packs. As for the name whatever is the most common I suppose... like I said I don't know a whole lot of detail on the subject... guess I'll have to go buy the books.

Thanks man!

hksigwalther · January 12, 2000, 10:22 PM

Yeah, I read a couple of years ago if .14s. Essentially .22mags necked down.

- Ron V.

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January 11, 2000, 07:13 PM	#1
REALM Member Join Date: June 27, 1999 Posts: 27	I'm looking to increase my ammo knowledge and I've looked everywhere for pics comparing caliber sizes, but with no luck. So could someone please list from smallest to biggest of any ammo that can be fired from a rifle? Feel free to comment on any of them or name a gun or whatever as an example for them. Thanks!

January 11, 2000, 07:27 PM	#2
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,949	You need to get a copy of "Cartridges of the World" by Frank Barnes. This is a great reference to almost all cartridges ever used in rifles and handguns. Amazon.com carries it.

January 12, 2000, 12:29 AM	#3
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	The NRA site might have some info. Your public library might have some gun books. One book of value is Phil Sharpe's "Complete Guide to Handloading"; the first edition came out in 1937, with 2nd & 3rd Ed in 1941 and 1949, repsectively. Not trying to be smartmouth, but it's called "homework". As in school. Many of us here can rattle off maybe a hundred cartridges. Who has all night? Many gun stores have cartridge displays and pictures of ammo offered by the various manufacturers. Just wandering through, looking, can be a learning experience. Take a look at the reloading handbooks. They'll cover a tremendous number of cartridges, although not many of the popular stuff from the late 1800s... Have fun! Art

January 12, 2000, 12:50 AM	#4
REALM Member Join Date: June 27, 1999 Posts: 27	I understand what you're saying Art, and thanks to both of ya'll for the references. Just to let you know though that I'm not some info moocher that expects everybody to do the work for me... I've been looking for all this stuff for the past 3 days seeing as how the internet is supposed to be the "new" reference master. So much for that theory. Thanks guys... I guess I'm off to handle those binded paper things, I think they call them "books." I've heard that you can't post messages on them like we do on here. Strange huh?

January 12, 2000, 01:05 AM	#5
Kernel Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 1999 Location: Madison, WI.... "78 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality" Posts: 923	Ditto Mal H., a "must have" any gun nut can enjoy. -- Kernel http://www.brownells.com/Product/pro...0&CategoryID=0

January 12, 2000, 06:26 AM	#6
George Hill Staff Alumnus Join Date: October 14, 1998 Location: North Carolina Posts: 11,546	To make a correction - it starts at .17 not .22... ------------------ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - Sigmund Freud

January 12, 2000, 09:10 AM	#7
fal308 Staff Alumnus Join Date: October 12, 1998 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,992	And goes over 50. For instance 577 Knyoch <sp>, 600 Nitro, 700 Nitro etc.

January 12, 2000, 12:30 PM	#8
Futo Inu Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 1999 Location: Oklahoma City, OK, USA Posts: 3,624	As mentioned, get "Cartridges of the World" or if you can't wait more than a day, a reloading handbook from a gun store or gun show, but generally, the actual calibers/diameters of the most popular cartridges are as follows: 1) .17 (or is it .177?) 2) .224 ("22 cal") 3) .243/6mm 4) .257 ("25 cal") 5) .264/6.5mm 6) .277 ("270" sometimes) 7) .284/7mm ("7mm" or "280") 8) .308/7.62mm ("30 cal") 9) .323/8mm 10) .338 ("340" sometimes) Hmmmm 11) .358? 12) .375 13) .416 14) .458 then some rarer ones, like Nitros or BMG 15) .477 16) .500 and even bigger up to .700, I think. and possibly a few others in between also, like .311/.312. These are just the diameters. There are several to many cartridges with each diameter, esp. 22, 7mm, and 30. I recommend Lyman's 47th Reloading manual for good all-around manual. A rough guess of the popularity of particular diameters might go like this, using the numbers assigned above, from most to least popular (based on # of rifles owned/sold, not just on # of cartridges in a caliber): 8, 7, 2, 4, 3, 6, 10, 5, 9, 12, [This message has been edited by Futo Inu (edited January 13, 2000).]

January 12, 2000, 01:30 PM	#9
swifter... Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 1999 Location: So. CA Mountains Posts: 540	Actually, gang, there's some guys out there messing around with .14's and .12's! Small Caliber News runs articles on 'em... ------------------ The Bill of Rights, and the Golden Rule are enough for civilized behavior. The rest is window dressing. Shoot carefully, swifter...

January 12, 2000, 02:26 PM	#10
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	Another neat question. Do you mean by actual caliber or by name? Example: .30-30, .30-'06, .308 Winchester (aka 7.62 NATO, .30 Carbine, .30-40 Krag, etc., etc. all have the same actual bullet diameter, .308. But except for the .308/7.62 Nato, they are not identical and not interchangeable. Jim

January 12, 2000, 02:35 PM	#11
REALM Member Join Date: June 27, 1999 Posts: 27	Jim, I'm wondering more on the actual size of the whole cartridge and the punch it packs. As for the name whatever is the most common I suppose... like I said I don't know a whole lot of detail on the subject... guess I'll have to go buy the books. Thanks man!

January 12, 2000, 10:22 PM	#12
hksigwalther Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 1998 Location: NE OH, USA Posts: 3,198	Yeah, I read a couple of years ago if .14s. Essentially .22mags necked down. - Ron V. ------------------