used today in north america.
You can only name 4 of each type for each action, pistol and rifle. To keep things a bit more narrow here, if the cartridge was designed for a rifle, its a rifle cartridge even though its used in a pistol. For example, .22LR for a handgun would not be considered a popuar pistol caliber, but a rifle caliber.
So for pistol you can name 4 of the most common rimmed and rimmless pistol calibers it would be
rimmed-pistol
.357 magnum
.44 magnum
.38 special
???
rimless-pistol
9mm luger
45acp
40S&W
???
rimmed-rifle
30-30WCF
45-70 Government
.22LR
???
rimless-rifle
30-06 springfield
.308 winchester
.223 remington
7.62X39 russian
Just a neat idea to try and narrow down the most popular cartridges used today, post up what you think, post up what you disagree with etc. The rules can change, if we can all agree, and then you can go back and edit your post if you want.
Brent
btw, lets try not to argue or discuss cartridge effectiveness, its irrelevant, just keep its popularity in context
You can only name 4 of each type for each action, pistol and rifle. To keep things a bit more narrow here, if the cartridge was designed for a rifle, its a rifle cartridge even though its used in a pistol. For example, .22LR for a handgun would not be considered a popuar pistol caliber, but a rifle caliber.
So for pistol you can name 4 of the most common rimmed and rimmless pistol calibers it would be
rimmed-pistol
.357 magnum
.44 magnum
.38 special
???
rimless-pistol
9mm luger
45acp
40S&W
???
rimmed-rifle
30-30WCF
45-70 Government
.22LR
???
rimless-rifle
30-06 springfield
.308 winchester
.223 remington
7.62X39 russian
Just a neat idea to try and narrow down the most popular cartridges used today, post up what you think, post up what you disagree with etc. The rules can change, if we can all agree, and then you can go back and edit your post if you want.
Brent
btw, lets try not to argue or discuss cartridge effectiveness, its irrelevant, just keep its popularity in context