Table of pistol and rifle cartridges by year
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Table of selected pistol and rifle cartridges by year.
Name | Date | Nation | Metric | Comments |
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.44 Smith & Wesson | 1869 | USA | - | - |
.45-70 Government | - | USA | - | One of the oldest centerfire cartridges still in existence |
.32 Smith & Wesson | 1870 | USA | - | - |
.44-40 Winchester | 1873 | USA | - | .427 |
.45 Colt | 1873 | USA | 11.43 × 23 mm | - |
.45 Long Colt | 1873 | USA | - | for both pistol and rifle |
.32-20 Winchester | 1882 | USA | - | - |
.38-55 Winchester | 1884 | USA | - | - |
.30-400 Krag | - | USA | - | - |
.38 Long Colt | - | USA | - | - |
7.92 × 57 mm Mauser | 1888 | Germany | 7.92 x 57 mm | - |
7.62 x 54R | 1891 | Russia | 7.62 x 54 mm | Rimmed |
.303 British | 1892 | Britain | 7.7 x 56 mm | Rimmed |
7 × 57 mm Mauser | 1892 | Germany | 7 × 57 mm | - |
8 × 57 mm Mauser | - | Germany | 8 × 57 mm | - |
6.5 × 55 mm | 1895 | Sweden | 6.5 × 55 mm | - |
.30-30 Winchester | 1895 | USA | - | First smokeless cartridge designed for big game hunting |
6.5 × 50 mm | 1897 | Japan | 6.5 × 50 mm | - |
7.65 mm Browning | 1899 | Belgium | - | .32 ACP |
7.65 mm Parabellum | 1900 | Germany | - | Also .30 Luger |
.32 Smith & Wesson Long | 1901 | USA | - | long .32 S&W |
9 mm Luger | 1902 | Germany | 9 × 19 mm | AKA 9 mm Parabellum |
.177 | - | - | - | - |
.38 Special | 1902 | USA | - | - |
.45 ACP | 1905 | USA | - | Automatic Colt Pistol |
.32 Winchester | 1905 | USA | - | - |
.35 Remington | 1906 | USA | - | - |
.25 ACP | 1906 | - | 6.35 mm | - |
.30-06 Springfield | 1906 | USA | - | - |
.470 Nitro Express | 1907 | Britain | - | Joseph Lang |
short .30–03, .30 M2 | - | - | - | - |
.44 Special | 1908 | USA | - | - |
9 mm Browning Short | 1912 | Belgium | - | also called .380 Automatic |
250-3000 | 1915 | USA | - | 3000 ft/s |
.300 Savage | 1920 | USA | - | - |
.270 Winchester | 1925 | USA | - | - |
.38 Super Auto | 1929 | USA | - | - |
.22 Hornet | 1930 | USA | - | .223, 5.6 mm |
7.92 SD | 1934 | Poland | 7,92 x 107 mm | Used for kbk ppanc wz.35 anti-tank rifle |
.357 Magnum | 1935 | USA | - | Long .38 Special |
.220 Swift | 1935 | USA | - | - |
.348 Winchester | 1936 | USA | - | - |
7.9 mm Kurz | 1938 | Germany | - | - |
.218 Bee | 1938 | USA | - | - |
10 mm auto | 1938 | - | - | - |
7.7 × 58 mm | 1939 | Japan | - | - |
.30 M1 Carbine | 1940 | USA | 7.62 × 33 mm | - |
7.62 x 39 mm | 1943 | USSR | - | .311 from 7.9 mm Kurz |
.222 Remington | 1950 | USA | - | - |
7.62 x 51 mm | 1950 | USA | - | NATO (1953), T65 .308 |
.454 Casull | 1954 | USA | - | Long .45 Colt |
.308 Winchester | 1955 | USA | - | Civilian 7.62 mm NATO |
.44 Remington Magnum | 1955 | USA | - | Long .44 Special |
.223 Remington | 1955 | USA | - | Long .222 Remington |
.243 Winchester | 1955 | USA | - | 6 mm, from .308 |
.458 Winchester Magnum | 1956 | USA | - | - |
.280 Remington | 1957 | USA | - | from .30-06 |
.460 Weatherby Magnum | - | USA | - | - |
5.56 × 45 mm | 1960 | USA | - | - |
.223 | - | - | - | - |
.256 Magnum | 1962 | USA | - | formed from .357 Magnum |
7mm Remington Magnum | 1962 | USA | - | - |
.300 Winchester Magnum | 1963 | USA | - | - |
.41 Magnum | 1964 | USA | - | - |
.444 Marlin | 1964 | USA | - | long .44 Magnum, .429 |
.22-250 Remington | 1965 | USA | - | Varminter |
.44 AMP | 1971 | USA | - | .429 |
.30 Herritt | 1973 | USA | - | short .30-30 Winchester |
5.45 x 39 mm | 1974 | USSR | - | AK-74, .215 |
.22 PPC | 1974 | USA | - | - |
6 mm PPC | 1975 | USA | - | from .22 PPC, .243 |
6.5 mm JDJ | 1978 | USA | - | From .225 case |
.45 Winchester Magnum | 1979 | USA | - | long .45 ACP |
5.56mm SS–109 | 1979 | Belgium | - | NATO (1980), 2nd gen. |
7mm –08 Remington | 1980 | USA | - | - |
.32 Harrington & Richardson | 1984 | USA | - | long .32 S&W Long |
.41 AE | 1986 | USA | - | Action Express |
.416 Remington Magnum | 1988 | USA | - | - |
.50 AE | 1988 | USA | - | for IMI Desert Eagle |
.40 Smith & Wesson | 1990 | USA | - | - |
5.7 mm SS190 | 1990 | Belgium | 5.7 x 28 mm | PDW — Defeats Class IIIA body armour |
.307 Winchester | 1992 | USA | - | - |
.224-BOZ | - | Britain | - | 5.56 × 23 mm, in 10 mm case |
.357 SIG | 1994 | Germany/USA | - | 40 S&W necked down to 9 mm |
450 Marlin | 2000 | USA | - | Derived from 45–70 Govt. |
480 Ruger | 2001 | USA | - | Derived from 475 Linebaugh |
.300 WSM | 2001 | USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum |
.270 WSM | 2002 | USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum |
7 mm WSM | 2002 | USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum |
.223 WSSM | 2003 | USA | - | Winchester Super Short Magnum |
.243 WSSM | 2003 | USA | - | Winchester Super Short Magnum |
.45 GAP | 2003 | Austria | - | GLOCK Automatic Pistol |
.500 Smith & Wesson Magnum | 2003 | USA | - | - |
.45-110 Sharps | - | USA | - | "The Legendary Sharp" |
.204 Ruger | 2004 | USA | - | |
.25 WSSM | 2004 | USA | - | Winchester Super Short Magnum |
.325 WSM | 2005 | USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum |