.17 Bumble Bee

.22 Remington Jet

Historical Notes:

The 22 Remington Jet, also known as the 22 Centerfire Magnum, was introduced jointly by Remington and Smith & Wesson. The former developed the cartridge, the latter the revolver. The first news of this cartridge leaked out in 1959, but production revolvers and ammunition were...

.221 Remington Fire Ball

.25 (6.35mm) Automatic (25 ACP)

.256 Winchester Magnum

.30 Caliber Carbine Pistol

.30 Herritt

Introduced in the Thompson/Center Contender in 1973, the 30 Herret was a joint development of the late Steve Herrett and Bob Melek. Basically a shortened version of the Winchester .30-30 cartridge, the .30 Herret was once quite popular among handgun hunters and silhouette competitors. Case formin...

.32 Smith & Wesson Long (.32 Colt New Police)

Just as the .357 Magnum case is a longer version of the .38 Special case, the .32 Smith & Wesson Long is an offspring of the older .32 Smith & Wesson. Reference sources disagree on when the long version was introduced. One source indicates the .32 S&W Long was introduced with the Smith & Wesson M...

.357 Magnum

.38 Smith & Wesson (.38 Super Police, .38 Colt New Police)

The .38 S&W was designed by Smith & Wesson and introduced during the late 1870`s. Also known as the .38 Super Police and the .38 Colt New Police, the .38 S&W was once available in numerous revolver made by too many foreign firms to mention, plus U.S. manufacturers such as Harrington & Richardson,...

.38 Special (.38 Smith & Wesson Special), JHP

One of the all time great revolver cartridges, the .38 Smith & Wesson Special was introduced in 1902. For many years, a revolver in .38 Special represented the classic sidearm for lawmen, but it is now rapidly losing ground to various high capacity autoloaders chambered in 9mm Parabellum. Even so...

.40 SW (.40 Smith & Wesson)

Developed by Olin (Winchester) and Smith & Wesson, the new .40 S&W is destined to become the sensation of the 90`s. This cartridge is slightly shorter with less case capacity than the 10mm Auto. It is capable of producing real stopping power without excessive recoil and all in a very compact pist...

.44 Magnum (.44 Remington Magnum)

When it comes to squeezing maximum power from a revolver at a level of recoil that can be handled by any shooter who is determined to learn to cope with it, the .44 Magnum has long been, and probably always will be, one of the greatest cartridges to ever exist, mainly because firearm writers like...

.45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) FMJ

The .45 ACP and its Colt Government Model pistol hold the distinction of serving longer military careers than any cartridge/firearm combination ever introduced in the United States. Adopted in 1911, both were retired from military duty in 1985 when its foe in many battles, the 9mm Parabellum, bec...

.50 Action Express

6.5 JDJ

Introduced in 1978, the 6.5 JDJ and .375 JDJ are the most popular of an entire family of wildcats designed by J.D. Jones of SSK Industries for the T/C Contender pistol. One has to spend only a few days afield with these two cartridges to understand why. In the hands of an experienced hunter who h...

7.65 mm Parabellum (.30 Luger)

The 7.65×21mm Parabellum (designated as the 7,65 Parabellum by the C.I.P. and also known as .30 Luger and 7.65mm Luger) is a pistol cartridge that was introduced in 1898 by German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their new Pistol Parabellum. The primary des...

9x17 mm (9mm Browning, 9mm Short/Kurz, .380 ACP)

9x19 mm (9mm Para, 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO)