Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Centerfire Handgun
10mm
22 TCM
25 ACP
25 NAA
30 Luger
32 ACP
32 H&R MAG
32 North American Arms
32 S&W
32 S&W Long
32 Short Colt
327 Federal Magnum
357 Magnum
357 Maximum
357 Sig
38 Colt Short
38 Long Colt
38 S&W
38 Short Colt
38 Special
38 Special +P
38 Super Automatic
380 ACP
4.6X30 Heckler & Koch
40 S&W
400 Cor-Bon
41 Colt
41 Remington Magnum
41 Special
429 Desert Eagle
44 Auto Mag
44 Colt
44 Rem Magnum
44 Russian
44 Special
45 ACP
45 Auto Rimmed
45 AUTO+P
45 Colt
45 Colt / 410 gauge
45 Glock Automatic Pistol (GAP)
45 Schofield
45 Winchester Magnum
454 Casull
455 Webley
460 Rowland
460 S&W Magnum
475 Linebaugh
480 Ruger
50 Action Express
500 JRH
500 S&W
500 Wyoming Express
7.62 Nagant
7.62X25mm Tokarev
7.63mm Mauser
9mm Luger
9mm Makarov
9mmX18mm Ultra Police
9X21mm
9X23mm Winchester
Centerfire Rifle
17 Hornet
17 Remington
Although American wildcatters and Australian fox hunters long had interest in a 17-caliber cartridge, the 17 Remington was the first American 17-caliber, introduced by Remington in 1971. Based on the 223 Remington case necked down, the 17 Remington remains one of just a handful of cartridges exceeding 4000 feet per second muzzle velocity. Standard 17 Remington loads, currently offered only by Remington, are a 20-grain bullet at 4250 feet per second; and a 25-grain bullet and 4040. The cartridge shoots very flat and the heavy-for-caliber 25-grain bullet holds up better in the wind, but even this very fast 17 is not considered a long-range varmint cartridge. Instead it is preferred by many predator callers because the light, fast bullets rarely exit, thus minimizing pelt damage. Like virtually all of the 17s the 17 Remington can be exceptionally accurate, but the high velocity can foul barrels quickly so frequent cleaning is recommended. — Craig Boddington