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Cartridge

Year Developed

Bullet Diameter

2.7mm Kolibri Auto

1914

.107

3mm Kolibri

 

.120

4.25mm Liliput Auto

1913-14

.167

5mm Clement Auto

1897

.202

5mm Bergmann

1894

.203

5.45x18mm Soviet

1970's

.210

5.5mm Velo Dog
Revolver

1894

.225

22 Remington Jet

1959

.223

221 Remington Fire Ball

1963

.224

25 Automatic Pisol

1908

.251

256 Winchester Magnum

1960

.257

6.5mm Bergmann

1894-96

.264

7mm Nambu

1920

.280

7mm BR Remington

 

.284

7.62x25 Russian Tokarev

1930

.307

7.62 Russian Nagant Revolver

1895

.295

30 (7.63x25) Mauser

1893

.308

30 (7.65mm) Borchardt

 

.307

7.63mm (7.65) Mannlicher

 

.308

30 (7.65x21) Luger

1900

.308

7.65 MAS (French)

 

.309

7.65mm Roth-Sauer

1901

.301

32 (7.65mm) Automatic

1889

.309

32 Smith & Wesson

1878

.309

32 Smith & Wesson Long

1903

.312

32 Harrington &
Richardson Magnum

1984

.312

320 Revolver

1870

.317

32 Short Colt-
32 Long Colt

 

.313

32-20 (32 Winchester)

1882

 

35 Smith & Wesson Auto

1913

 

7.5mm Swiss Army Revolver

1882

.317

7.5mm Swedish Nagant Revolver

1887

.325

8mm Nambu

1904

.320

8mm Lebel Revolver

1892

.323

8mm Roth-Steyr

1907

.329

8mm Rast-Gasser

1898

.320

9mm Ultra

1972-73

.355

9mm Glisenti

 

.355

9mm Steyr

1912

.355

9mm Luger (9x19mm Parabellum) Reload 1 / 2

1902

.355

9x21mm

mid 1980's

.355

9mm Mauser

1908

.355

9mm Federal

1989

.355

9mm Browning Long

1903

.355

9mm Bayard Long

 

.355

9mm Russian Makarov

1946

.363

9mm Winchester Magnum

1977

.355

357 Magnum

1935

.357

357 Remington Maximum

1983

.357

380 Revolver

1868-70

.375

38 Long Colt

1887

.357

38 Smith & Wesson Special

1902

.357

38 Smith & Wesson

1877

.359

38 Colt Automatic

1900

.358

38 Colt Super Automatic

1929

.358

380 Automatic (9mm Kurz/9x17mm)

1912

.356

9.8mm Automatic Colt

1912

.378

38-40

1874

.401

40 Smith & Wesson Auto

Late 1980's

.400

10mm Auto

1983

.400

41 Long Colt

1877

.386

41 Smith & Wesson Magnum

1964

.410

41 Action Express

1986

.410

10.4mm Italion Revolver

1873

.422

44 Smith & Wesson American

1869

.434

44 Webley/442 RIC

1868

.436

44 Smith & Wesson Russian

1870

.429

11mm French Ordnance Revolver

1873

.425

44-40

1874

.427

11mm German Service Revolver

1879

.426

44 Smith & Wesson Special

1907

.429

44 Colt

1871

.443

44 Smith & Wesson Magnum

1955

.429

44 Bull Dog

1880

.440

44 Auto Mag

1971

.429

11.75mm Montenegrin Revolver

1870

.445

45 Winchester Magnum

1979

.451

45 ACP Short

 

.452

45 Automatic Reload 1 / 2

1905

.452

45 Auto-Rim

1920

.452

45 Colt

1873

.454

45 Smith & Wesson

1875

.454

454 Casull

1957

.454

45 Webley

1874

.452

450 Revolver/450 Adams

1868

.455

455 Webley Automatic

1912

.455

455 Revolver/455 Colt

1892

.455

455 Revolver Mk2/455
Webley Revolver Mk2

1897

.454

476 Eley/476 Enfield Mk3

1881

.472

50 Action Express

1988

.510

50 Remington (M71 Army)

1867

.508

 

Actual Caliber in mm

Bullet Weight in g

Representative Ballistics*

Cartridge

Muzzle Velocity in m/second

Muzzle Energy in Joules

5.45mm USSR

n/a

2.6

315

128

.22 Short

5.6

1.8

263

65

.22 Long Rifle

5.6

2.5

323

135

.22 WMR

5.6

2.5

435

245

.22 Rem. Jet

n/a

2.5

640

530

.221 Rem. Fireball

5.6

3.2

807

1056

.25 ACP

6.3

3.2

231

86

7.65mm Long

7.8

5.5

n/a

0

.32 S&W

7.9

5.7

207

122

.32 Short Colt

7.9

5.1

227

133

.32 Long Colt

7.9

5.3

230

140

.32 S&W Long

7.9

6.3

214

146

.32 ACP

7.8

4.8

292

204

.32 H&R Magnum

7.9

5.5

335

309

7.62mm Nagant

n/a

6.2

329

340

7.65mm Luger

7.8

6

365

401

7.62mm Tokarev

7.7

5.6

420

498

7.63mm Mauser

n/a

5.8

420

515

8mm Japanese

8.1

6.6

n/a

n/a

8mm French Ordnance

8.2

7.1

259

241

.38 Long Colt

9.2

9.5

228

250

.38 Short Colt

n/a

8.1

222

200

.38 S&W

9

11.7

208

255

.380 ACP

9

6.2

291

262

9mm Makarov

9.2

6.1

304

285

.38 Special

9

10.3

253

329

9mm Ultra

9

6.6

320

337

.38 Colt Auto

9

8.4

316

423

9mm Parabellum

9

8

345

476

.38 Super

9

8.4

355

529

9x21mm

9

7.9

365

533

9mm Bergmann Bayard

8.9

8.4

365

559

.357 SIG

9

8.1

411

685

.356 TSW

n/a

8

441

784

9x23mm Winchester

9

8.1

441

791

.357 Magnum

9

8.1

441

791

.357 Maximum

n/a

10.2

556

1584

.40 S&W

10.1

11.6

289

488

10mm Auto subsonic

10.1

11.6

301

531

10mm Auto

10.1

10

385

746

.41 Action Express

n/a

11.6

330

635

.41 Magnum

n/a

11

388

831

.44 Russian

10.8

15.9

234

439

.44 Special

10.8

12.9

274

487

.44 Magnum

10.8

15.6

411

1317

.455 Webley & Scott

11.5

14.5

n/a

0

.45 ACP

11.4

15

245

450

Updated 2/3/97

Information obtained from Cartridges of the World
by:Frank Barnes