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This article lists [[firearm]] [[cartridge]]s which have a bullet in the 11 mm (.433 in) [[caliber]] range. All measurements are in [[millimetre]]s (with [[inch]]es in parenthesis).

This article lists [[firearm]] [[cartridge]]s which have a bullet in the 12 mm (.472 in) [[caliber]] range. | [[.500 S&W Magnum]] || 12.7 (.500) || 41.275 (1.625) || 14.12 (.556) || 13.36 (.526) || - ||

...ries worldwide, the [[FN SCAR|5.56x45 MK 16]] emerged as the winner of a U.S. SOCOM competition to find a new rifle for Special Forces, and [[Savage]] w ...] began to wonder quite loudly and publicly about the worth of the country's infamous national gun buy-back scheme, which had completed 5 years earlier.

...ticism that the 7.62 mm round was too powerful for modern [[service rifle]]s, causing excessive recoil, and that the weight of the ammunition did not al ...n Special to create a cartridge known as the .224E2 Winchester. With the U.S. military adoption of the ArmaLite [[AR-15]] as the [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifle

...000). ''Armament and Technology: Handguns.'' Barcelona: Lema Publications, S.L.. ISBN 9788484630135.</ref> |vel1= 850 m/s (2,800 ft/s)

...s cylindrical bullet)(correction suggested ".32 LC" be changed to ".32 S & W Long" relative to use in sporting pistols. * .32 H&R Magnum only revolver cartridge in this caliber which is in wider use today, mostly

...rimfire cartridge of the same length. Not to be confused with the .32 Colt's New Police cartridge. ...) with flush seated wadcutters. The short version of this cartridge (.32 S&W) was chambered in many break-top revolvers at the end of the 19th and begin

This article lists [[firearm]] [[cartridge]]s which have a bullet in the 7 mm (.284 in) to 8 mm (.320 in) [[caliber]] ran | [[.32 S&W|.32 Smith & Wesson]]<ref name=Barnes1978/> || 7.950 (.312) || rimmed straig

This article lists [[firearm]] [[cartridge]]s which have a bullet in the 8 mm (.315 in) [[caliber]] range. | [[.32 S&W]] || 7.92 (.312) || 15.49 (.61) || 9.52 (.375) || 8.51 (.335) || 8.48 (.334

: ''This article lists [[firearm]] [[cartridge]]s which have a bullet in the 9 mm (.354 in) [[caliber]] range. For the [[cart | 9 mm Winchester Magnum || 9.02 (.355) || 29.46 (1.160) || 10.01 (.394) || 9.96 (.392) ||- || 9.63

...trol Is Wrong'' by John R. Lott, Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2003. This book's section on this shooting incidence is summarized at [http://www.thepriceofl ..., Page 2A.</ref> pulled his [[.357 Magnum]] pistol from beneath the driver's seat of his vehicle. As Bridges later told the ''Richmond Times Dispatch'',

Born in 1911 in Louisiana, he served for over 30 years with the U.S. Border Patrol, while also serving as a US Marine during [[World War II]] a ...artridge, resulting in the ([[S&W Model 19]] and [[S&W Model 66]]) "Combat Magnum".<ref name="SS">[[Skeeter Skelton|Skelton, Skeeter]] (1969). "Bill Jordan -

...uding: [[9mm]], [[10mm]], [[.40 S&W]], [[.45 ACP]], [[.357 magnum]], [[.44 magnum]], and [[.308 Winchester]] calibers. ...abilities. This coating in fact is still widely used on many of Winchester's rifle bullets today.<ref>"Biting the Bullets", Op/ED in The Washington Post

|barrel= 20", 26", 28", 32"<ref>Fjestad, S. P., "Twenty-Third Edition Blue Book of Gun Values", Blue Book Publications ...istance. A-5s were produced in a variety of [[gauge (bore diameter)|gauge]]s, with 12 and 20 predominating; 16 gauge (not produced between [[1976]] and

...tal (usually lead, but not always). A bullet does not contain [[explosive]]s, but damages the intended target by tissue disruption and impact. The word ... explosive charge of gun powder at the end of a closed tube. As [[firearm]]s became more technologically advanced, from 1500 to 1800, bullets changed ve

The term most often appears with respect to [[firearm]]s, as a measure of the inside diameter of the [[Gun barrel|barrel]] in inches ...n hundredths of an inch, and the powder charge in [[grain (measure)|grain]]s. Some of these cartridges remain popular today, such as the [[.45-70]], [[

...lash hider, and manufacturing modifications designed to decrease the rifle's weight. Officially titled ''Rifle, No. 5 Mk I'', it was introduced in the c ...fired were not aimed at an enemy combatant, but instead fired in the enemy's direction to keep them from moving and firing back (see [[suppressive fire]

...ridge comparison.jpg|thumb|right|From left: [[.50 BMG]], [[.300 Winchester Magnum|.300 Win Mag]], [[.308 Winchester]], [[7.62x39mm]], [[5.56x45mm NATO]], [[. ... (lead) while the case has a diameter of 0.380 inches (9.7 mm). The [[.357 Magnum]] is a direct evolution of the .38 special, but differently named, and no r

|name= Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC }}'''Colt's Manufacturing Company''' ('''CMC'''--formerly '''Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company''') is a [[United States]] [[firearms