List of handgun cartridges

Common handgun cartridges. Left to right:
1) 3 inch 12 ga magnum shotgun shell
2) AA battery
3) .454 Casull
4) .45 Winchester Magnum
5) .44 Remington Magnum
6) .357 Magnum
7) .38 Special
8) .45 ACP
9) .38 Super
10) 9 mm Luger
11) .32 ACP
12) .22 LR

From left to right: .50 Action Express, .44 Magnum, .357 Magnum, .45 ACP, .40 S&W, 9 mm Luger Parabellum, .22 Long Rifle.

Left to right: .460 S&W Magnum, .454 Casull, .44 Magnum, .45ACP, .22LR

The following is a flat list of handgun cartridges, loosely in order of increasing caliber:

Handgun cartridges

• 2.34 mm - Rimfire ammunition used in MTH's Swiss Mini Gun.
• 2.7 mm Kolibri - The smallest commercially available centerfire cartridge ever made.
• 3 mm Kolibri
• 4 mm Practice Cartridge GECO
• 4 mm Practice Cartridge M. 20
• 4.25 mm Liliput
• .17 Mach 2
• .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire
• .17-357 RG
• 4.5x26mm
• 4.6x30mm
• 5 mm Bergmann
• 5 mm Bergmann Rimless
• 5 mm Clement
• 5.5 mm Velo Dog
• .22 BB
• .22 CB
• .22 Short
• .22 Long
• .22 Long Rifle
• .22 WMR (.22 Magnum)
• .22 Reed Express
• .22 Remington Jet (.22 Jet, .22 Centerfire Magnum)
• .221 Remington Fireball
• .224 BOZ
• 5.45x18mm (5.45mm PSM)
• 5.7x28mm
• 5.8x21mm (5.8 mm Chinese pistol)
• .25 ACP (6.35 mm Browning)
• 6.5 mm Bergmann
• .25 NAA
• .256 Winchester Magnum
• 7 mm Nambu
• 7 mm Bench Rest Remington (7 mm BR)
• 7.65 mm Brev.
• 7.62x25mm Tokarev
• 7.62x38mmR (7.62x38mm Nagant)
• 7.62x42mm SP-4 (a Russian cartridge with an internal piston for silent operation)
• 7.63x25mm Mauser
• 7.65x25mm Borchardt
• 7.65mm Roth-Sauer (7.65 mm Frommer)
• 7.65x22mm Parabellum (7.65x22mm Luger, .30 Luger)
• 7.65mm Longue (7.65 mm MAS, 7.65 mm Long)
• 7.65mm Mannlicher (7.63 mm Mannlicher in Austria, 7.65 mm Mannlicher in Germany, and 7.65x21mm in the United States)
• .30 Wildey (.30 Wildey Magnum)
• .32 ACP (7.65x17mm Browning SR)
• 7.62x17mm Type 64 (7.62x17 mm rimless, 7.62x17mm Chinese)
• .32 NAA
• .32 S&W
• .32 S&W Long (.32 Colt New Police)
• .320 Revolver
• .32 Short Colt
• .32 Long Colt
• .32 H&R Magnum
• .327 Federal Magnum
• .32-20 Winchester (.32 WCF, .32-20 Marlin, .32 Colt Lightning)
• 8 mm French Ordnance (8 mm Lebel Revolver)
• 8 mm Roth-Steyr
• 8x22mm Nambu
• .35 S&W Auto (.35 Automatic)
• 8.5 mm Mars
• .38 Short Colt
• .38 Long Colt
• .38 S&W (.38 Colt New Police, .38 Super Police)
• .38 Calibre
• .380 Revolver
• .38 Special (9x29mmR)
• .356 TSW
• .357 AutoMag
• .357 Magnum (9x31mmR)
• .357 Super Magnum
• .357 Remington Maximum
• .360 DW (.360 Dan Wesson)
• .357 Peterbilt (.357 Wildey Magnum)
• .357/44 Bain & Davis
• 9x18mm Makarov
• 9x18mm Police (9 mm Ultra)
• 9 mm Browning Long (9x20mm Browning SR)
• 9 mm Glisenti
• 9x19mm Parabellum (9 mm Luger, 9x19mm NATO)
• 9mm Federal
• 9x21mm IMI
• 9x21mm Gyurza (9x21mm SP-10)
• 9 mm Action Express (9 mm AE)
• 9x23mm Steyr
• 9 mm Largo (9 mm Bergmann-Bayard, 9x23mm Largo)
• 9 mm Super Cooper (9x22 mm Super Cooper)
• 9x23mm Winchester
• 9 mm Mars
• 9 mm Mauser Export (Export caliber for C96)
• 9 mm Winchester Magnum
• 9x25mm Dillon
• 9x30mm Magnum (9mm Dillon Magnum)
• .380 ACP (9x17mm Browning Short)
• .38 AMU (rimless .38 Special)
• .38 Auto (.38 ACP)
• .38 Super Auto
• .38 Super Comp (a rimless .38 Super cartridge development)
• .38/45 Clerke Auto Pistol
• .38 Casull
• .357 SIG
• .357/45 GWM (357/45 Grizzly Win Mag)
• 9.8 mm Auto Colt
• .375 Super Magnum
• .38-40 Winchester (.38 WCF)
• .400 Colt Magnum
• .400 Corbon
• .40 G&A (.40 Guns & Ammo, a cut-down 30 Remington with .40" bullets)
• .40 Smith & Wesson (.40 Auto, 10 x 21 mm)
• .40 Super
• .401 Herter Magnum
• 10 mm Auto
• 10 mm Magnum
• 10.4 mm Italian Revolver
• .41 Action Express
• .41 Avenger
• .41 JMP (.41 Jurras, .41 AutoMag)
• .41 Special (actually two different cartridges)
• .41 Remington Magnum
• .41 Wildey Magnum (10 mm Wildey Magnum)
• .414 JDJ
• .414 Super Magnum
• .427 ZMR (caseless cartridge designed by Angel Arms for their .427 ZMR pistol)
• .44-40 Winchester (.44 WCF)
• .44 Bull Dog
• .44 Colt
• .44 Special
• .44 S&W Russian
• .44 Remington Magnum
• .44 Auto Mag
• .440 Cor-Bon
• .44 Webley (.442 RIC)
• .44 Wildey Magnum (11 mm Wildey Magnum)
• .445_SuperMag (.4295 RIC)
• 11.75 mm Montenegrin (11 mm Austrian Gasser, 11.25x36Rmm Montenegrin)
• 11 mm French Ordnance
• 11 mm German Service
• 11.35 mm Schouboe (11.35x18mm)
• .45 Schofield (.45 S&W Schofield, .45 S&W)
• .45 Colt
• .45 ICP (.45 caseless cartridge designed by Angel Arms for their Gun One pistol)
• .45 Super
• .450 Revolver (.450 Adams)
• .45 Webley
• .455 Webley (.455 Webley Mk I, .455 Revolver, .455 Colt, .455 Colt Mk I)
• .455 Webley Mk II (.455 Revolver Mk II, .455 Colt Mk II, .455 Eley)
• .455 Webley Automatic
• .45 GAP
• .45 ACP (.45 Auto)
• .45 HP (.45 Italian, .45 Automatic Short)
• .45 Auto Rim
• .45 S&W
• .45 Mars Short
• .45 Mars Long
• .45 Wildey Magnum
• .45 Winchester Magnum
• .450 SMC (.450 Triton)
• .450 Magnum Express
• .451 Detonics Magnum
• .454 Casull
• .455 SuperMag
• .458 Devastator
• .458 Maximum (a 1.6" belted cartridge derived from the .458 Winchester)
• .458 Linebaugh Maximum
• .460 S&W Magnum
• .460 Rowland
• .475 Linebaugh
• .475 Maximum
• .475 Wildey Magnum
• .480 Ruger
• .476 Eley (.476 Enfield Mk3)
• 12 mm Gyrojet
• 12.5x40mm STs-110 (proprietary Russian revolver cartridge, derived from 32-gauge shotshell)
• .499 Linebaugh
• .50 Special (.50 Bowen Special)
• .50 Action Express
• .500 S&W Special
• .500 S&W Magnum
• .50 Remington (M71 Army)
• .50 GI
• .500 Linebaugh
• .50 Beowulf
• .500 Maximum
• .500 Wyoming Express (.500 WE)
• .510 SuperMag
• 13 mm Gyrojet
• .577 Boxer (.577 Eley, .577 Webley)

Other cartridges used in repeating handguns

Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, and the Magnum Research BFR. These include:

• .218 Bee
• .22 Hornet
• .30 Carbine
• .30-30 Winchester
• .410 bore
• .444 Marlin
• .45-70 Government
• .50/70 Government

See also

• Firearms
• List of rifle cartridges
• Table of pistol and rifle cartridges (by year)
• List of cartridges by caliber

External links

• GunDirectory.com: Gun Reviews, Reference Guide, and Classifieds
• Hawks Handgun Cartridges
• Thenumas Cartridge spreadsheet