Thread: Cartridge ID Resources

Just some stuff I've tripped over in my quest to catalogue cartridges I thought might be useful for others (If there's any interest, I'll add info as I find it).

SAAMI and C.I.P. chamber specs: https://www.tmtpages.com/draw/Ultima...s100.htm#SAAMI

Table of handgun and rifle cartridges: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_...fle_cartridges
Complete List of all Calibers of Ammo Ever Made: https://www.ammoandguncollector.com/p/rimfire.html

Cartridge Identification & Resources: Heads

AFTE Headstamp Guide: https://afte.org/resources/headstamp-guide
IAA Headstamp Codes: Headstamp Codes - International Ammunition Association

Love the pictures you posted - would make great glossy posters!

New 16th edition of COTW is out now as well - seems to be some variation in price so you might be able to find someone selling with a promo deal.

Originally Posted by canross

Love the pictures you posted - would make great glossy posters!

New 16th edition of COTW is out now as well - seems to be some variation in price so you might be able to find someone selling with a promo deal.

You can buy the 36" x 24" posters from Chamber It (formerly Cartridge Comparison Guide); https://www.chamberit.com/collection...rs-ammo-charts
20 NZD per poster + combined shipping 37 NZD
or through their storefront on Amazon; https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A1EYIUAD...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
18 NZD per poster + shipping 33 NZD (+ 2 NZD for each additional poster ordered)

Best price I could find for CotW was on TradeMe;
https://www.trademe.co.nz/books/nonf...712d67b47f-001

Just stumbled upon a cool page that shows cross sections of cartridges; no good for visual identification, thought I'd share it anyway; https://www.ar15.com/ammo/project/Ammo_Cross_Sections/

I'm working on a quick guide for helping to ID cartridges by way of meplat/nose profile and casing type. Not really useful in itself, but I'm hopeful it will give folks who are trying to ID the terminology to ask the folks in the know what the cartridge they are trying to ID is.

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Look at how ze Britishers love ze paper patched boolitz.

I have a copy of The Handloaders Guide To Cartridge Conversions, 3rd edition, 607 pages.
It is not the complete guide and contains the odd error.
It is mainly centered around on how to form extinct cartridges from other available cartridges.
It is good as a reference though as there is a drawing of every catridge and a brief history plus original performances.

https://www.amazon.com/Handloaders-M.../dp/0883171368

https://www.amazon.com/Handloaders-M...HRNGDTPFHGCE6X

You will probably find there is no one shop stop book.

Originally Posted by ocium

You can buy the 36" x 24" posters from Chamber It (formerly Cartridge Comparison Guide); https://www.chamberit.com/collection...rs-ammo-charts
20 NZD per poster + combined shipping 37 NZD
or through their storefront on Amazon; https://www.amazon.com/s?me=A1EYIUAD...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
18 NZD per poster + shipping 33 NZD (+ 2 NZD for each additional poster ordered)

Best price I could find for CotW was on TradeMe;
https://www.trademe.co.nz/books/nonf...712d67b47f-001

Got mine from book depository in the UK for $38 NZD shipped, but once I bought it the price jumped to $56 shipped.... maybe was a one off promo or error? It also hasn't arrived yet, so maybe that's why it was cheap

Originally Posted by zimmer

I have a copy of The Handloaders Guide To Cartridge Conversions, 3rd edition, 607 pages.
It is not the complete guide and contains the odd error.
It is mainly centered around on how to form extinct cartridges from other available cartridges.
It is good as a reference though as there is a drawing of every catridge and a brief history plus original performances.

https://www.amazon.com/Handloaders-M.../dp/0883171368

https://www.amazon.com/Handloaders-M...HRNGDTPFHGCE6X

You will probably find there is no one shop stop book.

Very neat! Never realised these books existed, thank you for listing them!

Is the 2011 an improvement over the 1987 version, or are they simply different in terms of content?