Author Topic: Caliber Reference Guide (Read 743 times)

tipiguy · « **on:** March 26, 2003, 08:28:40 AM »

I grew up hunting with shotguns and am fairly new to rifles. I have an understanding of the "traditional" cartridges like 30-06, 270, 243, etc. but when people start saying thinks like 30 herritt, 30 AI, 257 roberts, etc. I have no clue what the advantages and disadvantages are. Do they take more powder or less? Things like that...

Does anyone know of a web source that may list many of the different calibers, maybe show a picture of them, list special features/aspects, etc.

I know that much of this could be subjective but it could be a starting point.

Thanks.
Tipiguy

gw · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2003, 08:52:00 AM »

You can get a reloading book published by any bullet maker (nosler, speer, etc). It will have most cartridges listed with all specs about each.

PO535 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2003, 10:14:23 AM »

http://www.calweb.com/~haas/ammoguide/nfindex.html

This should help, I got it off of this forum not long ago, I use it all the time...

quicksdraw45 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2003, 02:23:05 PM »

The book to have is Cartidges of the world , 480 pages of exactly what you asked for . I think everybody should have a copy

MoustacheMike · « **Reply #4 on:** March 26, 2003, 04:39:10 PM »

Another good on-line resouce is The Reload Bench at:

http://www.reloadbench.com/main.html

They have exactly what you are requesting: dimensional drawings (but not photos), history and a little (subjective) info on advantages & disadvantages.
I will often have several windows open at once so I can click back and forth to compare info.

tipiguy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2003, 02:23:00 AM »

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!