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
218 BEE
22 Hornet
22 Long Rifle
22 Nosler
22 TCM
22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire
22-250 Remington
220 Swift
221 Remington Fireball
222 Remington
223 Remington
223 Winchester Super Short Magnum
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
The 264 Winchester Magnum was introduced in 1958 in a 26-inch-barreled version of the beloved Winchester Model 70 called the "Westerner." It was a companion introduction to the 338 Winchester Magnum in the Model 70 "Alaskan." Initial reception to the 264 was spectacular, but its star began to fade as shooters realized original factory loads weren't quite as fast as claimed, and throat erosion (in 1958 barrel steel) was rapid. Remington's 1962 introduction of the more powerful 7mm Remington Magnum put another nail in the 264's coffin and it has essentially lingered ever since. This is probably unfair. With a 140-grain 6.5mm bullet at 3030 feet per second it is flat-shooting and effective, with relatively little recoil. It is as designed: A fine cartridge for western hunting! Although a serious comeback is unlikely, the current upsurge of interest in virtually all 6.5mm cartridges is benefitting the 264, with more new rifles and loads available than in many years. — Craig Boddington