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Table of selected pistol and rifle cartridges by year.
| Name | Date | Nation | Metric | Comments
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| .44 Smith & Wesson | 1869
| USA | - | -
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| .45-70 Government | -
| USA | -
| One of the oldest centerfire cartridges still in existence
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| .32 Smith & Wesson | 1870
| USA | - | -
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| .44-40 Winchester | 1873
| USA | - | .427
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| .45 Colt | 1873
| USA | 11.43 × 23 mm | -
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| .45 Long Colt | 1873
| USA | - | for both pistol and rifle
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| .32-20 Winchester | 1882
| USA | - | -
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| .38-55 Winchester | 1884
| USA | - | -
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| .30-400 Krag | -
| USA | - | -
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| .38 Long Colt | -
| USA | - | -
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| 7.92 × 57 mm Mauser | 1888
| Germany | 7.92 x 57 mm | -
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| 7.62 x 54R | 1891
| Russia | 7.62 x 54 mm | Rimmed
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| .303 British | 1892
| Britain | 7.7 x 56 mm | Rimmed
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| 7 × 57 mm Mauser | 1892
| Germany | 7 × 57 mm | -
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| 8 × 57 mm Mauser | -
| Germany | 8 × 57 mm | -
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| 6.5 × 55 mm | 1895
| Sweden | 6.5 × 55 mm | -
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| .30-30 Winchester | 1895
| USA | -
| First smokeless cartridge designed for big game hunting
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| 6.5 × 50 mm | 1897
| Japan | 6.5 × 50 mm | -
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| 7.65 mm Browning | 1899
| Belgium | - | .32 ACP
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| 7.65 mm Parabellum | 1900
| Germany | - | Also .30 Luger
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| .32 Smith & Wesson Long | 1901
| USA | - | long .32 S&W
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| 9 mm Luger | 1902
| Germany | 9 × 19 mm | AKA 9 mm Parabellum
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| .177 | - | - | - | -
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| .38 Special | 1902
| USA | - | -
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| .45 ACP | 1905
| USA | - | Automatic Colt Pistol
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| .32 Winchester | 1905
| USA | - | -
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| .35 Remington | 1906
| USA | - | -
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| .25 ACP | 1906 | - | 6.35 mm | -
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| .30-06 Springfield | 1906
| USA | - | -
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| .470 Nitro Express | 1907
| Britain | - | Joseph Lang
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| short .30–03, .30 M2 | - | - | - | -
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| .44 Special | 1908
| USA | - | -
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| 9 mm Browning Short | 1912
| Belgium | - | also called .380 Automatic
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| 250-3000 | 1915
| USA | - | 3000 ft/s
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| .300 Savage | 1920
| USA | - | -
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| .270 Winchester | 1925
| USA | - | -
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| .38 Super Auto | 1929
| USA | - | -
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| .22 Hornet | 1930
| USA | - | .223, 5.6 mm
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| 7.92 SD | 1934
| Poland | 7,92 x 107 mm | Used for kbk ppanc wz.35 anti-tank rifle
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| .357 Magnum | 1935
| USA | - | Long .38 Special
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| .220 Swift | 1935
| USA | - | -
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| .348 Winchester | 1936
| USA | - | -
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| 7.9 mm Kurz | 1938
| Germany | - | -
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| .218 Bee | 1938
| USA | - | -
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| 10 mm auto | 1938 | - | - | -
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| 7.7 × 58 mm | 1939
| Japan | - | -
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| .30 M1 Carbine | 1940
| USA | 7.62 × 33 mm | -
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| 7.62 x 39 mm | 1943
| USSR | - | .311 from 7.9 mm Kurz
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| .222 Remington | 1950
| USA | - | -
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| 7.62 x 51 mm | 1950
| USA | - | NATO (1953), T65 .308
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| .454 Casull | 1954
| USA | - | Long .45 Colt
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| .308 Winchester | 1955
| USA | - | Civilian 7.62 mm NATO
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| .44 Remington Magnum | 1955
| USA | - | Long .44 Special
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| .223 Remington | 1955
| USA | - | Long .222 Remington
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| .243 Winchester | 1955
| USA | - | 6 mm, from .308
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| .458 Winchester Magnum | 1956
| USA | - | -
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| .280 Remington | 1957
| USA | - | from .30-06
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| .460 Weatherby Magnum | -
| USA | - | -
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| 5.56 × 45 mm | 1960
| USA | - | -
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| .223 | - | - | - | -
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| .256 Magnum | 1962
| USA | - | formed from .357 Magnum
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| 7mm Remington Magnum | 1962
| USA | - | -
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| .300 Winchester Magnum | 1963
| USA | - | -
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| .41 Magnum | 1964
| USA | - | -
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| .444 Marlin | 1964
| USA | - | long .44 Magnum, .429
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| .22-250 Remington | 1965
| USA | - | Varminter
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| .44 AMP | 1971
| USA | - | .429
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| .30 Herritt | 1973
| USA | - | short .30-30 Winchester
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| 5.45 x 39 mm | 1974
| USSR | - | AK-74, .215
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| .22 PPC | 1974
| USA | - | -
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| 6 mm PPC | 1975
| USA | - | from .22 PPC, .243
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| 6.5 mm JDJ | 1978
| USA | - | From .225 case
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| .45 Winchester Magnum | 1979
| USA | - | long .45 ACP
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| 5.56mm SS–109 | 1979
| Belgium | - | NATO (1980), 2nd gen.
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| 7mm –08 Remington | 1980
| USA | - | -
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| .32 Harrington & Richardson | 1984
| USA | - | long .32 S&W Long
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| .41 AE | 1986
| USA | - | Action Express
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| .416 Remington Magnum | 1988
| USA | - | -
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| .50 AE | 1988
| USA | - | for IMI Desert Eagle
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| .40 Smith & Wesson | 1990
| USA | - | -
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| 5.7 mm SS190 | 1990
| Belgium | 5.7 x 28 mm
| PDW — Defeats Class IIIA body armour
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| .307 Winchester | 1992
| USA | - | -
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| .224-BOZ | -
| Britain | - | 5.56 × 23 mm, in 10 mm case
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| .357 SIG | 1994
| Germany/USA | - | 40 S&W necked down to 9 mm
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| 450 Marlin | 2000
| USA | - | Derived from 45–70 Govt.
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| 480 Ruger | 2001
| USA | - | Derived from 475 Linebaugh
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| .300 WSM | 2001
| USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum
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| .270 WSM | 2002
| USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum
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| 7 mm WSM | 2002
| USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum
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| .223 WSSM | 2003
| USA | - | Winchester Super Short Magnum
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| .243 WSSM | 2003
| USA | - | Winchester Super Short Magnum
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| .45 GAP | 2003
| Austria | - | GLOCK Automatic Pistol
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| .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum | 2003
| USA | - | -
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| .45-110 Sharps | -
| USA | - | "The Legendary Sharp"
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| .204 Ruger | 2004
| USA | - |
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| .25 WSSM | 2004
| USA | - | Winchester Super Short Magnum
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| .325 WSM | 2005
| USA | - | Winchester Short Magnum
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