----- FIREARM GLOSSARY -----

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GUNNER_D wrote: "That takes care of the alphabet now the numerals list each caliber ..."

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Rifle cartridges

Rimfire.17 Hornady Mach 2 (.17HM2)
.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire (.17HMR)
.22 BB Cap
.22 Long
.22 Long Rifle
.22 Short
.22 WMR (.22 Magnum)
.22 WRF
5mm Remington Mag
Common CenterfireInchessmaller than .30 caliber.17 Remington
.17 Remington Fireball
.204 Ruger
.218 Bee
.219 Zipper
.22 BR Remington
.22 Hornet
.22 PPC
.22 Spitfire
.22 WCF
.22-250 Remington
.220 Russian
.220 Swift
.221 Remington Fireball
.222 Remington
.222 Remington Magnum
.223 MINISAS
.223 Remington
.223 WSSM
.224 Weatherby Magnum
.225 Winchester
.240 Weatherby Magnum
.243 Winchester
.243 WSSM
.244 H&H Magnum
.244 Remington
.250-3000 Savage
.256 Winchester Magnum
.256 Newton
.25-06 Remington
.25 Gibbs
.25-20 Winchester
.25-35 Winchester
.25 Remington
.25 WSSM
.257 Roberts
.257 Weatherby Magnum
.260 Remington
.264 Winchester Magnum
.270 Weatherby Magnum
.270 Winchester
.270 Winchester Short Magnum
.270 Gibbs
.270 Sabi
.276 Enfield
.276 Pedersen
.280 British
.280 Remington
.280 Ross
.284 Winchester
.30 caliber - .40 caliber.30 Carbine
.30 Newton
.30 RAR
.30 Remington
.30 Remington AR
.30 TC
.30-06 Springfield
.30-30 Winchester
.30-40 Krag (.30 Army)
.30-378 Weatherby Magnum
.300 H&H Magnum
.300 Remington SA Ultra Mag
.300 Remington Ultra Magnum
.300 Ruger Compact Magnum
.300 Savage
.300 Weatherby Magnum
.300 Winchester Magnum
.300 Winchester Short Magnum
.303 British
.303 Savage
.307 Winchester
.308 Marlin Express
.308 Norma Magnum
.308 Winchester
.32 Remington
.32 Winchester Self-Loading
.32 Winchester Special
.32-20 Winchester (.32 WCF, .32-20 Marlin, .32 Colt Lightning)
.32-40 Ballard
.32-40 Winchester
.325 WSM (Winchester Short Magnum)
.33 Winchester (.33 WCF)
.33-40 Pope
.333 Jeffery
.333 Jeffery Flanged
.338 Federal
.338 Lapua Magnum
.338 Marlin express
.338 Remington Ultra Magnum
.338 Ruger Compact Magnum
.338 Sabi
.338 Winchester Magnum
.338-06 A-Square
.338-06 Ackley Improved
.338-378 Weatherby Magnum
.340 Weatherby Magnum
.348 Winchester
.35 Newton
.35 Remington
.35 Whelen
.35 Whelen Improved
.35 Winchester
.35 Winchester Self-Loading
.350 Remington Magnum
.351 Winchester Self-Loading
.356 Winchester
.358 Norma Magnum
.358 Winchester
.375 H&H Magnum
.375 Remington Ultra Magnum
.375 Ruger
.375 Weatherby Magnum
.375 Whelen (.375-06)
.375 Winchester
.376 Steyr
.378 Weatherby Magnum
.38-40 Winchester
.38-55 Winchester
.40 caliber - .50 caliber.40-60 Remington
.400 H&H Magnum
.400 Jeffery Nitro Express
.400 Tembo
.401 Winchester Self-Loading
.404 Jeffery (10.75 x 73)
.405 Winchester
.408 CheyTac
.416 Barrett
.416 Remington Magnum
.416 Rigby
.416 Ruger
.416 Weatherby Magnum
.43 Mauser
.44-40 Winchester
.444 Marlin
.45-70 Government
.45-90 Sharps
.450/400 Nitro Express
.450 Alaskan
.450 Bushmaster
.450 Marlin
.450 Nitro Express
.450 Rigby
.458x2 American
.458 Express
.458 Lott
.458 Sabi
.458 SOCOM
.458 Winchester Magnum
.460 Weatherby Magnum
.460 Steyr
.465 H&H Magnum
.470 Nitro Express
.476 Nitro Express
.50 caliber and larger.50 Alaskan
.50 Beowulf
.50 BMG
.50 Peacekeeper
.50-70 Government
.50-90 Sharps
.50-110 Winchester
.50-140 Sharps
.500 Black Powder Express
.500 Jeffery
.500 Nitro Express 3"
.500 Nitro Express for black powder 3"
.500 No. 2 Express
.500/450 Nitro Express
.500/465 Nitro Express
.505 Gibbs
.505 Jeffery
.510 DTC Europ
.510 Fat Mac
.510 Whisper
.550 Magnum
.550 Nitro Express
.577 Nitro Express
.577 Snider
.577 Tyrannosaur (.577 T-Rex)
.577/450 Martini-Henry
.577/.500 Magnum Nitro Express
.585 Nyati
.600 Nitro Express
.600 Overkill
.600/577 REWA
.700 AHR
.700 Nitro Express
.950 JDJ

From left to right: .50 BMG, .300 Win Mag, .308 Winchester, 7.62 Soviet, 5.56 NATO, .22LRMetricsmaller than 6mm4.6x30mm
4.85mm SAA (.191)
4.92x34mm
5.45x39mm
5.56x30mm
5.56x45mm NATO
5.6x50mm Magnum
5.6 x 52R (.22 Savage Hi-Power)
5.6x57mm
5.6x57Rmm
5.6 x 61 SE (5.6 x 61 Vom Hofe Super Express)
5.7x28mm
5.8x42mm DBP87
6mm - 7mm6 x 35 mm
6mmAR
6 mm BR Remington
6 mm Musgrave
6 mm PPC
6 mm Remington (.244 Remington)
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 mm Grendel
6.5 mm Remington Magnum
6.5-06 A-Square
6.5-284 Norma
6.5x42mm Multi-Purpose Cartride (SSK Industries)
6.5x47mm Lapua
6.5x50mm Arisaka
6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano
6.5 x 52R
6.5x53mmR Mannlicher
6.5x54mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
6.5x55mm (Also 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser, 6.5 x 55 Mauser)
6.5x57mm Mauser
6.5x68mm (also known as the 6.5 x 68 RWS, 6.5 x 68 Schüler or the 6.5 x 68 Von Hofe Express)
6.8 mm Remington SPC
7mm - 8mm7 mm BR Remington
7 mm Dakota
7 mm Express Remington (a.k.a. .280 Remington)
7 mm Gibbs
7 mm Remington Magnum
7 mm RSAUM (Remington Short-Action Ultra Mag)
7 mm Remington Ultra Magnum
7 mm STE (Shooting Times Easterner)
7 mm STW (Shooting Times Westerner)
7 mm TCU (Thompson/Center Ugalde)
7 mm Weatherby Magnum
7 mm WSM (Winchester Short Magnum)
7 mm-08 Remington
7 mm-300 Weatherby Magnum
7-30 Waters
7.2 SLEC (7.2 SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CARTRIDGE)
7.21 Firebird
7.21 Tomahawk
7.44mm
7x33mm Sako
7x57mm Mauser (.275 Rigby)
7x61mm Sharpe & Hart
7x64mm Brenneke
7x65mmR Brenneke
7x72 Rimmed
7.5x55mm Schmidt Rubin
7.5x57mm MAS mod. 1924 7.5x54mm MAS mod. 1929
7.62 mm caliber
7.62x25mm Tokarev
7.62x38mmR
7.62x39mm
7.62x40 Wilson Tactical
7.62x45mm vz. 52
7.62x51mm NATO
7.62x53mm Rimmed
7.62 x 54R (rimmed) (7.62 Russian)
7.63x25mm Mauser
7.65x22mm Parabellum
7.65x53mm Argentine (7.65x53mm Mauser)
7.65x53mmR
7.63x54mm Greek Mannlicher-Schoenauer
7.7x58mm Arisaka
7.8 SLEC (( 7.8 SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CARTRIDGE))
7.82 Patriot
7.82 Warbird
7.92x33mm Kurz
7.92x36mm EPK
7.92x57mm Mauser (8 mm Mauser or 8x57 JS)
8mm - 9mm8 mm-06
8 mm Lebel or 8x50R Lebel
8 mm Remington Magnum
8x35mm
8x50mmR Mannlicher
8x56mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
8x56mmR Steyr or Hungarian
8x58mm RD (rimmed danish)
8x60mm S
8x64mm S Brenneke
8x68mm S
9mm and larger9x39mm
9x45mm
9x53mm
9x56mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer
9x57mm Mauser
9.3x57mm
9.3x62mm
9.3x64mm Brenneke
9.3x66mm Sako
9.3x72mmD
9.3x74mmR
9.5x57mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer (.375 Rimless Nitro Express x 2-1/4")
10.75x57mm
10.75x68mm
10.75x73mm
11x60mm Mauser
12.7mm British No. 2
12.7x99mm NATO (Multi-Purpose)
12.7x54mm (subsonic)
12.7x108mm
13x63B
13.2x92mm
14.5x114mm
14.5 mm JDJ
15.2 mm Steyr Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS)
20 mm caliber
25x137mm
30x165mm
30x173mm



Wildcats - Obscure - ProprietaryInches.14 Walker Hornet
.14/221
.14-222
.17 Ackley Bee
.17 CCM
.17 Hornet
.17 Mach IV
.17 PMC/Aguila
.17 PPC
.17-06
.17-222
.17-223
.17-225 Winchester
.17/23 SMC
.17-357 RG (.172" Wildcat based on the 357 SIG)
.191 (4.85mm SAA)
.19 Badger
.19 Calhoon Hornet
.19-223
.20 Tactical
.20 VarTarg
.20-06
.218 Mashburn Bee
.219 Donaldson Wasp
.22 Cheetah
.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer
.22 Savage High Power
.22-06
.22-243 Middlestead
.22-284 Winchester
.22/30 (T65 Duplex)
.22/303
.222 Rimmed
.223 AI
.224 Donaldson Ace
.240 Apex (.240 Belted Nitro Express and .240 Magnum Flanged)
.264 LBC-AR
.264 warrior magnum (6.5x40 mm)
.25/303
.275 H&H Magnum
Modern .275 H&H (Based on Full length 375 Ruger case)
Modern 7mm Rem mag (based on 375 Ruger case)
Modern 300 H&H (based on full length 375 Ruger)
.30 BR
.30 USA
.30 Walker
.30-03
.309 jdj
.30-06 JDJ
.309 Bull
.300 Dakota
.300 ICL Grizzly
.300 Lapua Magnum
.300 Remington American Magnum
.300 Whisper (.300 Fireball)
300 AAC Blackout (7.62×35mm)
.300-221
.303-06
.330 Dakota
.333 Jeffery Flanged
.333 OKH
.338-06 A-Square
.338 Whisper
.338 Voschol
.338 x 57 O'Connor
.35 Samba (Also .35 WSM)
.357/.44 B & D (Bain and Davis)
.375 Dakota
.375 Whisper
Modern .375 H&H (based on full length 375 Ruger)
.40-65 Winchester
.40-70 Sharps
.400 Whelen
.416 Taylor
.416 Whisper
Modern 416 (based on full length 375 Ruger)
.425 Westley Richards
.44 Henry
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.45-90 Sharps
.45-110 Sharps
.45-120 Sharps
.450 Watts Magnum
Modern 450 (2.598" 404 Case)
Modern 460 (2.850" 404 Case)
.458 SOCOM
.470 Capstick
.475 OKH
.475 Ackley
.500 Phantom
Metric4.5mm mkr
5mm Craig
5mm/35 SMc
6-06
6-284
6mmAR
6mm BRX
6mm Dasher
6mm XC
6x45 mm
6 x 47 Swiss Match (6mm/222 Mag)
6.5-06
6.5 Grendel (6.5x39mm)
6.5 CSS
6.5 PPCX
6.5 BPC
6.5 BR
6.5x40mm (.264 warrior magnum)
6.5 x 47 Lapua
6.5 x 57
6.5 Jonson
6.5 Wby Mag
6.5/.243 WSSM
7mm Dakota
7mm Gradle Express
7x54mm Fournier
7.62 Jonson
7.62 Thumper
7.82 Lazzeroni Patriot
7.82 Lazzeroni Warbird
8mm-06 Ackley Improved
10,4 x 38 Vetterli (US: ".41 Swiss")
10,4 x 47 Italian Vetterli
Bore/Gauge12 bore
10 bore
8 bore
Six bore
4 bore - approx. 25mm
2 bore - 33.6mm
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:19 pm
Handgun cartridges
•2.34mm - rimfire round used in MTH 's Swiss Mini Gun .
•2.7mm Kolibri - the smallest commercially available centerfire cartridge ever made
•3mm Kolibri
•4mm Practice Cartridge GECO
•4mm Practice Cartridge M. 20
•4.25mm Liliput
•.17 Mach 2
•.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire
•.17-357 RG
•4.5x26mm
•4.6x30mm
•5mm Bergmann
•5mm Bergmann Rimless
•5mm Clement
•5.5mm Velo Dog
•.22 BB
•.22 CB
•.22 Short
•.22 Long
•.22 Long Rifle
•.22 WMR (.22 Magnum)
•.22 Reed Express
•.22 Remington Jet (.22 Jet, .22 Centerfire Magnum)
•.221 Remington Fireball
•.224 BOZ
•5.45x18mm (5.45mm PSM)
•5.7x28mm
•5.8x21mm (5.8mm Chinese pistol)
•.25 ACP (6.35 mm Browning)
•6.5mm Bergmann
•.25 NAA
•.256 Winchester Magnum
•7x20mm Nambu
•7mm Bench Rest Remington (7mm BR)
•7.65mm Brev.
•7.62x25mm Tokarev
•7.62x38mmR (7.62x38mm Nagant)
•7.62x42mm SP-4 (a Russian cartridge with an internal piston for silent operation)
•7.63x25mm Mauser
•7.65x25mm Borchardt
•7.65mm Roth-Sauer (7.65mm Frommer)
•7.65x22mm Parabellum (7.65x22mm Luger, .30 Luger)
•7.65mm Longue (7.65mm MAS, 7.65mm Long)
•7.65mm Mannlicher (7.63mm Mannlicher in Austria, 7.65x21mm in the United States)
•.30 Wildey (.30 Wildey Magnum)
•.32 ACP (7.65x17mm Browning SR)
•7.62x17mm Type 64 (7.62x17mm, 7.62x17mm Chinese)
•.32 NAA
•.32 S&W
•.32 S&W Long (.32 Colt New Police)
•.320 Revolver
•.32 Short Colt
•.32 Long Colt
•.32 H&R Magnum
•.327 Federal Magnum
•.32-20 Winchester (.32 WCF, .32-20 Marlin, .32 Colt Lightning )
•8mm French Ordnance (8mm Lebel Revolver)
•8mm Gasser ( Rast-Gasser M1898 )
•8mm Roth-Steyr
•8x22mm Nambu
•.35 S&W Auto (.35 Automatic)
•8.5mm Mars
•.38 Short Colt
•.38 Long Colt
•.38 S&W (.38 Colt New Police, .38 Super Police)
•.38 Calibre
•.380 Revolver
•.38 Special (9x29mmR)
•.356 TSW
•.357 AutoMag
•.357 Magnum (9x31mmR, .353 Casull [hunting load by CorBon for Freedom Arms revolver, 180 gr @ 1650 ft/s [1] ])
•.357 Super Magnum
•.357 Remington Maximum
•.360 DW (.360 Dan Wesson)
•.357 Peterbilt (.357 Wildey Magnum)
•.357/44 Bain & Davis
•9x18mm Makarov
•9x18mm Police (9mm Ultra)
•9mm Browning Long (9x20mm Browning SR)
•9mm Glisenti
•9x19mm Parabellum (9mm Luger, 9x19mm NATO)
•9mm Federal
•9x21mm IMI
•9x21mm Gyurza (9x21mm SP-10)
•9mm Action Express (9mm AE)
•9x23mm Steyr
•9mm Largo (9mm Bergmann-Bayard, 9x23mm Largo)
•9mm Super Cooper (9x22mm Super Cooper)
•9x23mm Winchester
•9mm Mars
•9mm Mauser Export (Export caliber for C96 )
•9mm Winchester Magnum
•9x25mm Dillon
•9x25mm Super Auto G
•9x30mm Magnum (9mm Dillon Magnum)
•.380 ACP (9x17mm Browning Short)
•.38 AMU (rimless .38 Special)
•.38 Auto (.38 ACP)
•.38 Super Auto
•.38 Super Comp (a rimless .38 Super development)
•.38/.45 Clerke ( wildcat developed in the 1970s by Bo Clerke )
•.38 Casull
•.357 SIG
•.357/45 Grizzly Win Mag
•9.8 mm Auto Colt
•.375 Super Magnum
•.38-40 Winchester (.38 WCF)
•.400 Colt Magnum
•.400 Corbon
•.40 G&A (.40 Guns & Ammo, a cut-down .30 Remington with .40" bullets)
•.40 Smith & Wesson (.40 Auto, 10 x 21 mm)
•.40 Super
•.401 Herter Magnum
•.401 Special ( .401 Winchester Self-Loading trimmed to 1.218" with .38-40 WCF bullets) [2]
•10mm Auto
•10mm Magnum
•10.4mm Italian Revolver
•.41 Action Express
•.41 Avenger
•.41 JMP (.41 Jurras, .41 AutoMag)
•.41 Long Colt (.41 Colt, .41 LC)
•.41 Colt Special (developed by Remington in 1932, 1.26" case, 210 gr, 900 ft/s) [3]
•.41 Special (shortened .41 Magnum wildcat, trimmed to .44 Special length, 220 gr, 900-1200 ft/s) [4]
•.41 Remington Magnum
•.41 Wildey Magnum (10mm Wildey Magnum)
•.414 JDJ
•.414 Super Magnum see: german Wiki-version: [1]
•.427 ZMR (caseless cartridge designed by Angel Arms for their .427 ZMR pistol)
•.44 American (predecessor to the .44 S&W Russian)
•.44 Bulldog
•.44 Colt
•.44 Special
•.44 S&W Russian
•.44 Remington Magnum
•.44 Auto Mag
•.440 Cor-Bon
•.442 Webley (.442 Revolver Centre Fire, 10.5x17mmR, .442 Kurz, 44 Webley, or .442 R.I.C.)
•.44 Wildey Magnum (11mm Wildey Magnum)
•.44 Henry rimfire (11x23R)
•.44-40 Winchester (.44 WCF)
•.445_SuperMag (.4295 RIC)
•11.75mm Montenegrin (11mm Austrian Gasser, 11.25x36Rmm Montenegrin)
•11mm French Ordnance
•11mm German Service
•11.35mm Schouboe (11.35x18mm)
•.45 Schofield (.45 S&W Schofield, .45 S&W)
•.45 Colt
•.45 ICP (.45 caseless cartridge designed by Angel Arms for their Gun One pistol)
•.45 J-Mag ( wildcat developed in the 1970s by John Jeffredo)
•.45 Super
•.450 Revolver (.450 Adams)
•.45 Webley
•.455 Webley (.455 Webley Mk I, .455 Revolver, .455 Colt, .455 Colt Mk I; also identical to the .476 Enfield, .476 Eley, or .476/.455)
•.455 Webley Mk II (.455 Revolver Mk II, .455 Colt Mk II, .455 Eley)
•.455 Webley Automatic
•.45 GAP
•.45 ACP (.45 Auto)
•.45 Hirtenberger Patronen (.45 Italian, .45 Automatic Short)
•.45 Auto Rim
•.45 S&W
•.45 Mars Short
•.45 Mars Long
•.45 Wildey Magnum
•.45 Winchester Magnum
•.450 SMC (.450 Triton)
•.450 Magnum Express
•.451 Detonics Magnum
•.454 Casull
•.455 SuperMag
•.458 Devastator
•.458 Maximum (a 1.6" belted cartridge derived from the .458 Winchester)
•.458 Linebaugh Maximum
•.460 S&W Magnum
•.460 Rowland
•.475 Linebaugh
•.475 Maximum
•.475 Wildey Magnum
•.480 Ruger
•.476 Enfield (.476 Enfield Mk3, .476 Eley, or .476/.455)
•12mm Gyrojet
•12.5x40mm STs-110 (proprietary Russian revolver cartridge, derived from 32-gauge shotshell)
•.499 Linebaugh
•.50 Special (.50 Bowen Special, same case length as .44 Special, 300-400 gr @ 700-900 ft/s [4" bbl.] on Ruger Redhawk frame) [5]
•.50 Action Express
•.500 S&W Special
•.500 S&W Magnum
•.50 Remington (M71 Army)
•.50 GI
•.500 Linebaugh
•.500 Maximum
•.500 Wyoming Express (.500 WE)
•.510 SuperMag
•13mm Gyrojet
•.577 Boxer (.577 Eley, .577 Webley)
Other cartridges used in repeating handguns
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, and the Magnum Research BFR . These include:

•.218 Bee
•.22 Hornet
•.223 Remington
•.30 Carbine
•.30-30 Winchester
•.410 bore
•.444 Marlin
•.45-70 Government
•.50-70 Government
"Im just a Peckerwood who lives in the hills with too many guns"
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:18 pm
Well done sir, well done !!

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:03 am
Thank You :)
"Im just a Peckerwood who lives in the hills with too many guns"
PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:52 am
No...thank you sir ! I hope you don't mind if I spread the info around to the other sister boards, as this glossary thread appears on each one.

I gave credit where credit was due...a thank you was posted in your name at the bottom of each post at each site. ;)

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