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
Blank
10 Gauge
12 Gauge
22 Long
22 Long Rifle
22 Short
223 Remington
240 Weatherby Magnum
30-06 Springfield
308 Winchester
32 ACP
32 Rimmed
32 S&W
38 Special
380 ACP
45 Rimmed
5.45X39mm
5.56mm NATO
7.62X39mm
8mm Mauser
9mm Luger
9mm PAK Blanks
Handgun
10mm
204 Ruger
22 Hornet
22 Long Rifle
22 Short
22 TCM
22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire
25 ACP
260 Remington
270 Winchester
30 Luger
30-06 Springfield
300 AAC Blackout
300 Remington Ultra Magnum
308 Winchester
32 ACP
32 H&R MAG
32 North American Arms
32 S&W
32 S&W Long
32 Winchester Special
327 Federal Magnum
357 Magnum
357 Maximum
357 Sig
38 Long Colt
38 S&W
38 Short Colt
38 Special
38 Super Automatic
38-55 Winchester
380 ACP
4.6X30 Heckler & Koch
40 S&W
400 Cor-Bon
41 Remington Magnum
41 Special
416 Remington Magnum
429 Desert Eagle
44 Auto Mag
44 Colt
44 Rem Magnum
44 Russian
44 Special
45 ACP
45 Auto Rimmed
45 Colt
45 Glock Automatic Pistol (GAP)
45 Schofield
45 Winchester Magnum
450 Bushmaster
454 Casull
455 Webley
460 Rowland
460 S&W Magnum
475 Linebaugh
480 Ruger
5.56mm NATO
5.7x28MM
50 Action Express
500 S&W
500 Wyoming Express
6.5 Creedmoor
7.62 Nagant
7.62 NATO
7.62X25mm Tokarev
7.62X39mm
7.63mm Mauser
7mm Remington Magnum
7mm Winchester Short Magnum
7X30 Waters
9mm Luger
9mm Makarov
9mmX18mm Ultra Police
9X21mm
9X23mm Winchester
Rifle
10mm
17 HMR
17 Hornet
17 Mach 2
17 Remington
17 Remington Fireball
204 Ruger
Introduced by Ruger in 2004, the 204 Ruger is the first cartridge to bear the Ruger name. Based on the near-obsolete 222 Remington Magnum case necked down, the 204 Ruger uses a light .20-caliber (.204-inch) bullet to achieve dramatic velocity. Although there are numerous wildcats, it is the only standard 20-caliber cartridges. With 32 and 34-grain bullets it's among the handful of cartridges that exceed 4000 feet per second; with heavier bullets from 35 to 45 grains it's still very fast. Accuracy is usually excellent and the .20-caliber bullets tend to hold up better in the wind than 17s. It is thus suitable for varmint shooting at longer ranges, and is plenty powerful enough for game up to coyotes in size. The 204 Ruger rapidly achieved a significant following, with both ammuniton and rifles available from multiple manufacturers. It is not as popular as the 223 Remington or 22-250...but probably runs a close third in varmint hunting circles. — Craig Boddington