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 Auto
22 Remington Jet
22 TCM
25 ACP
25 NAA
30 Luger
30 Super Carry
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 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 Luger +P
9mm Makarov
9mmX18mm Ultra Police
9X21mm
9X23mm Winchester
Centerfire Rifle
17 Hornet
17 Remington
17 Remington Fireball
204 Ruger
218 BEE
22 Creedmoor
22 Hornet
22 Nosler
22-250 Remington
220 Swift
221 Remington Fireball
222 Remington
223 Remington
223 Winchester Super Short Magnum
223 Wylde
224 Valkyrie
224 Weatherby Magnum
225 Winchester
240 Weatherby Magnum
243 Winchester
243 Winchester Super Short Magnum
25 Winchester Super Short Magnum
25-06 Remington
25-20 Winchester
25-35 Winchester
250 Savage
257 Roberts
257 Weatherby Magnum
26 Nosler
260 Remington
264 Winchester Magnum
27 Nosler
270 Weatherby Magnum
270 Winchester
270 WSM
275 Rigby
28 Nosler
280 Rem Ackley Improved
280 Remington
284 Winchester
30 Carbine
30 Nosler
30 Remington AR
30 Thompson Center
30-06 Springfield
30-30 Winchester
30-378 Weatherby Magnum
30-40 Krag
300 AAC Blackout
300 H&H
300 HAM'R
300 Norma Magnum
300 OSSM
300 PRC
300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum
300 Remington Ultra Magnum
300 Ruger Compact Magnum
300 Savage
300 Weatherby Magnum
300 Whisper
300 Winchester Magnum
300 Winchester Short Magnum
303 British
303 Savage
307 Winchester
308 Marlin
308 Norma Magnum
308 Winchester
32 Winchester Special
32-20 Winchester
32-40 Winchester
325 Winchester Short Magnum
33 Nosler
338 Federal
338 Lapua Magnum
338 Marlin Express
338 Norma Magnum
338 Remington Ultra Magnum
338 Ruger Compact Magnum
338 Winchester Magnum
338-378 Weatherby Magnum
340 Weatherby Magnum
348 Winchester
35 Remington
35 Whelen
350 Legend
350 Remington Magnum
356 Winchester
358 Winchester
370 Sako Magnum
375 Flanged
375 H&H
375 Remington Ultra Magnum
375 Ruger
375 Weatherby Magnum
375 Winchester
376 Steyr
378 Weatherby Magnum
38-40 Winchester
38-55 Winchester
40-65 Win
404 Jeffery
405 Winchester
408 Cheyenne Tactical
416 Barrett
416 Remington Magnum
416 Rigby
416 Ruger
416 Weatherby Magnum
425 Express
44-40 Winchester
444 Marlin
45-110 Sharps
45-120 Sharps
45-60 Winchester
45-70 Government
45-75 Winchester
45-90 Winchester
450 Bushmaster
450 Marlin
450 Nitro Express
450 Rigby Rimless
450/400 Nitro Express 3"
458 LOTT
458 Socom
458 Winchester Magnum
460 Steyr
460 Weatherby Magnum
470 Nitro Express
5.45X39mm
5.56mm NATO
5.6X52R
5.7x28MM
50 BEOWULF
50 BMG
50-110 Winchester
50-70 Government
50-90 Sharps
50-95 Winchester
500 Jeffery
500 Nitro Express
500/.416 Nitro Express
505 Gibbs
56-50 Spencer
6.5 Carcano
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
6.5 PRC
6.5 Weatherby RPM
6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum
6.5mm Remington Magnum
6.5mmX52R
6.5mmX57R
6.5x284 Norma
6.5x47 Lapua
6.5X50mm Japanese
6.5x54 Mannilcher
6.5X55mm
6.5X57mm Mauser
6.8 Western
6.8mm SPC
6mm ARC
6mm Creedmoor
6mm Norma Bench Rest
6mm Remington
7.5×54mm French
7.5X55mm Swiss
7.62 NATO
7.62X39mm
7.62x53R
7.62X54mm Russian
7.65mm Argentine
7.7X58mm Japanese
7.92×33mm Kurz
7mm PRC
7mm Remington Magnum
7mm Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum
7mm Remington Ultra Magnum
7mm Shooting Times Westerner Magnum
7mm Weatherby Magnum
7mm Winchester Short Magnum
7mm-08 Remington
7X30 Waters
7x57mm Mauser
The 7X57mm Mauser (7mm Mauser, 275 Rigby) was developed by Peter Paul Mauser in 1892, based on his 8X57mm case necked down. It was quickly adopted by Spain, later by Mexico, and was purchased in large quantities by the Boer Republics in South Africa. Thus America faced the 7x57 in the Spanish-American War and the British faced it in the Second Boer War. Both were impressed by its range and accuracy and it became a popular sporting cartridge in the English-speaking world. In 1899 John Rigby renamed it 275 Rigby for the British market. Early hunters such as W.D.M. Bell and Jim Corbett used it for very large game, but it's really ideal for deer-sized game and was a favorite of Jack and Eleanor O'Connor. In America it has been largely replaced by the ballistically similar 7mm-08, but it retains a small but loyal following. Current factory loads are mild because of older (pre-98) Mausers still in use, with a 140-grain bullet at about 2680 fps standard. — Craig Boddington