Table of pistol and rifle cartridges by year
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Table of selected pistol, sub-machine gun, rifle and machine gun cartridges by year.
| Name | Date | Nation | Size Metric |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .22 Short | 1857 | USA | Oldest commercial cartridge being loaded today | |
| .50 Remington (M71 Army) | 1867 | USA | 12.7 mm | .508 |
| .450 Boxer/.450 Revolver/.450 Adams | 1868 | Britain | - | .455 |
| .44 S&W (Smith & Wesson) | 1869 | USA | - | - |
| .50-90 Sharps | 1872 | USA | - | The mainstay of the American Bison (Buffalo) Hunter |
| .45-70 Government | 1873 | USA | - | One of the oldest centerfire cartridges still in existence |
| .32 S&W (Smith & Wesson) | 1870 | USA | - | - |
| .44-40 Winchester | 1873 | USA | - | .427 |
| .45 Colt | 1873 | USA | 11.58 × 32 mm | Used in both pistol and rifle, sometimes referred to as .45 Long Colt. |
| .476 Enfield | 1880 | United Kingdom | ||
| .32-20 Winchester | 1882 | USA | - | - |
| .38-55 Winchester | 1884 | USA | - | - |
| .30-40 Krag | 1892 | USA | .308 7.82mm |
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| .38 Long Colt | 1892 | USA | 9.65 mm | - |
| 7.92 x 57 mm Mauser | 1888 | Germany | 7.92 x 57 mm | AKA 8 x 57 mm Mauser |
| .455 Webley | 1889 | United Kingdom | year of approval | |
| 7.5 x 55 Schmidt Rubin | 1889 | Switzerland | 7.5 x 55 mm | AKA GP-11 |
| 7.62 x 54R | 1891 | Russia | 7.62 x 54 mm | Oldest cartridge still in official military use, used in SVD Dragunov with Russia and the PSL rifles with many other countries. |
| .303 British | 1889 | Britain | 7.7 x 56 mm | |
| 9 x 57 Mauser | 1890s | Germany | 9.06 x 56.8 mm | - |
| 7 x 57 mm Mauser | 1892 | Germany | 7 × 57 mm | - |
| 6.5 x 55 mm | 1895 | Union of Sweden and Norway | 6.5 × 55 mm | - |
| .30-30 Winchester | 1895 | USA | - | First smokeless cartridge designed for big game hunting |
| .450 Nitro Express | 1895 | United Kingdom | by J. Rigby smokeless cartridge based upon .450 Black Powder Express | |
| 6.5 mm Arisaka | 1897 | Japan | 6.5 × 50 mm | - |
| 7.65 mm Browning | 1899 | Belgium | - | .32 ACP |
| 7.65 mm Parabellum | 1900 | Germany | - | Also .30 Luger |
| .450 | circa 1900 | United Kingdom | bottle necked cartridge for the Webley-Mars Automatic Pistol | |
| .32 S&W Long (Smith & Wesson | 1901 | USA | - | long .32 S&W |
| 9 mm Luger | 1902 | Germany | 9 × 19 mm | AKA 9 mm Parabellum |
| .38 Special | 1902 | USA | - | - |
| .600 Nitro Express | 1903 | United Kingdom | Jeffrey, 900-grain (58 g) bullet 1,950 ft/s (590 m/s) at muzzle | |
| .45 ACP | 1905 | USA | - | Automatic Colt Pistol |
| .32 Winchester | 1905 | USA | - | - |
| .35 Remington | 1906 | USA | - | - |
| .25 ACP | 1906 | USA | 6.35 mm | - |
| .30-06 Springfield | 1906 | USA | 7.62 x 63 | - |
| .470 Nitro Express | 1907 | Britain | - | Joseph Lang |
| .44 Special | 1908 | USA | - | - |
| 9 mm Browning Short | 1912 | Belgium | - | also called .380 Automatic |
| 250-3000 | 1915 | USA | - | 3000 ft/s (910 m/s) |
| .300 Savage | 1920 | USA | - | - |
| .50 BMG | 1921 | USA | 12.7 x 99 mm | used in Heavy Machine Guns and anti-materiel rifles |
| .270 Winchester | 1925 | USA | - | - |
| .38 Super Auto | 1929 | USA | - | - |
| .22 Hornet | 1930 | USA | - | First centerfire cartridge widely adapted for varminting |
| 7.92 DS | 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 | - | - |
| 6.5 x 68 | 1939 | Germany | - | - |
| 8 x 68 S | 1939 | Germany | - | - |
| .218 Bee | 1938 | USA | - | - |
| 7.7mm Arisaka | 1939 | Japan | - | - |
| .30 Carbine | 1940 | USA | 7.62 × 33 mm | - |
| 7.62 x 39 mm | 1943 | USSR | - | .311 from 7.9 mm Kurz |
| .280 British | 1948 | United Kingdom | 7 mm | also known as 7 mm FN Short, intermediate round adopted in 1951 |
| .222 Remington | 1950 | USA | - | - |
| 7.62 x 51 mm | 1950 | Belgium/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 x 51 mm | 6 mm, from .308 |
| .458 Winchester Magnum | 1956 | USA | - | - |
| .280 Remington | 1957 | USA | - | from .30-06 |
| .460 Weatherby | 1958 | USA | .458 11.63 mm |
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| .454 Casull | 1959 | USA | - | - |
| 5.56 × 45 mm NATO | 1960 | USA | - | - |
| .256 Magnum | 1962 | USA | - | formed from .357 Magnum |
| 7 mm 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 |
| 5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum | 1970 | USA | 5mm (.2045) | Obsolete rimfire |
| .44 AMP | 1971 | USA | - | .429 |
| .30 Herrett | 1973 | USA | - | short .30-30 Winchester |
| 5.45 x 39 mm M74 | 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 |
| 5.56 mm SS–109 | 1979 | Belgium | - | NATO (1980), 2nd gen. |
| 7 mm-08 Remington | 1980 | USA | - | 308 Winchester case necked down to 7 mm (.284") |
| 10 mm Auto | 1983 | Sweden | - | - |
| .338 Lapua Magnum | 1983 | Finland | 8.6 x 70 mm | Designed for military long-range sniper rifles |
| .32 Harrington & Richardson | 1984 | USA | - | long .32 S&W Long |
| .41 AE | 1986 | USA | - | Action Express |
| 5.6 mm GP 90 | 1987 | Switzerland | 5.6 × 45 mm | for Sig Sauer 550, 551, and 552 |
| .416 Remington Magnum | 1988 | USA | - | - |
| .50 AE | 1988 | USA | - | for IMI Desert Eagle |
| .40 S&W | 1990 | USA | - | - |
| 5.7 x 28 mm | 1990 | Belgium | 5.7 x 28 mm | PDW — Defeats Class IIIA body armour |
| .307 Winchester | 1982 | USA | - | Rimmed version of the 308 Winchester, for use in lever-action rifles |
| .224-BOZ | - | Britain | - | 5.56 × 23 mm, in 10 mm case |
| 357 SIG | 1994 | Germany/USA | - | |
| .400 Corbon | 1997 | USA | - | .45ACP necked down to .40 caliber |
| 450 Marlin | 2000 | USA | - | Derived from 45–70 Govt. |
| 4.6 x 30 mm | 2000 | Germany | - | 4.6 mm proprietary |
| .480 Ruger | 2001 | USA | - | Derived from 475 Linebaugh |
| .300 WSM | 2001 | USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum |
| .408 Chey Tac | 2001 | USA | - | Used in Cheyanne Tactical's M200 Intervention, and M310 rifles |
| .270 WSM | 2002 | USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum |
| 7 mm WSM | 2002 | USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum |
| 6.5 Grendel | 2003 | USA | 6.5 x 39 mm | Developed by Alexander Arms as a "low recoil, high accuracy, long-range cartridge for the AR-15 platform." |
| 6.8 mm Remington SPC | 2003 | USA | 6.8x43mm | Developed by Remington with members of 5th Special Forces Group |
| .223 WSSM | 2003 | USA | - | Winchester Super Short Magnum |
| .243 WSSM | 2003 | USA | - | Winchester Super Short Magnum |
| .45 GAP | 2003 | Austria | - | Glock Automatic Pistol |
| .500 S&W Magnum | 2003 | USA | - | One of the most powerful handgun-specific cartridges. |
| .204 Ruger | 2004 | USA | 5.18 mm | |
| .25 WSSM | 2004 | USA | 6.35 mm | Winchester Super Short Magnum |
| .325 WSM | 2005 | USA | 8 x 53 mm | Winchester Short Magnum |
| .416 Barrett | 2006 | USA | 10.3 mm | Designed as a better alternative to the .50BMG for sniper rifles. |
| .17 Remington Fireball | 2007 | USA | 4.368 | high-performance approx 4,000 ft/s (1,200 m/s) in a small case |
