caliber hierarchy


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Just wonderin, can anybody give a rundown from smallest (.22) to largest (maybe .300?)just wonderin, im a little confused on whats stronger than what.

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Re: caliber hierarchy

WOW there is tons of calibers to go in between those two so I will give you a couple of the more common calibers

Smallest to largest.

.22 cal

.223

.243

.270

.30-06

.300 win mag.

But Like I said there is a TON of calibers in between those. Is there a certain caliber you are wanting to know about..

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Re: caliber hierarchy

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where is 7mm-08mag and 308 and 303?

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Unless something has came up recently that I don't know about there is not a 7mm-08 mag. There is a 7mm-08 and a 7mm Remington Mag but not a 7mm-08 mag. To answer your question though it would look something like this:

243

7mm-08

303

308

25-06

270

280

30-06

7mm Remington Mag

300 Win mag

338 Mag

then on into todays ultra mags etc. Now keep in mind that there are only a few "base" calibers and most everything else is a "hybrid" or is built off of the base casing. Such as the 30-06, the 25-06, the 270, and the 280 are all 30-06 cases modified to carry a different diameter bullet. The 308 case has been modified to create the 243, 7mm-08 and I think the 358 winchester. So to rank them in a hierarchy is really kind of tough. Hope this makes sense

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Re: caliber hierarchy

.17 caliber - 17 Mach 2, 17 HMR, 17 Fireball (17M4), 17 Rem

.22 caliber - .223, 22-250, 220 Swift, etc

.24 caliber - .243 Win, 6mm Rem, 240 Wby Mag

.25 caliber - 257 Roberts, 25-06, 257 Wby Mag

.26 caliber - 6.5x55 Sweede, .260 Rem, 264 Win Mag

.27 caliber - 6.8 Rem, .270 Win, 270 WSM, 270 Wby Mag

.28 caliber - 7-08 Rem, 284 Win, 280 Rem, 7mm rem Mag, 7 STW, 7mm RUM

.30 caliber - 300 Savage, 308 Win, 30-06, 300 H&H Mag, 300 WSM, 300 Win Mag, 300 Wby Mag, 300 RUM. 30-378 Wby

.33 caliber - 338 Federal, 338-06, 338 Win Mag, 340 Wb, 338 RUM, 338 Lapua, 338-378 Wby

These are most of the popular cartridges in each caliber you mentioned. They are listed smallest to largest in each.

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