7.62×51 NATO / .308 Winchester
The default full-power rifle cartridge of the West: a short-action .30 calibre that shoots everything from 147 gr ball to 200 gr subsonic, and the reference case for understanding transonic limits.
22 loads
5.56×45 NATO / .223 Remington
The small-calibre high-velocity standard: light bullets at over 900 m/s, a twist-rate history that explains more about ballistics than any other cartridge, and a very short supersonic life.
13 loads
6.5×55 SE
The Nordic classic since 1894: mild recoil, long slender bullets, and still one of the most common moose-and-deer calibres in Finland and Sweden.
9 loads
.30-06 Springfield
The all-round cartridge of the century: introduced 1906 as the US service round, now loaded with practically every hunting bullet from 8 to 13 grams.
12 loads
9.3×62
The heavy European forest cartridge of 1905: 15–18.5 gram bullets at moderate velocity — a moose and bear calibre that works in close cover.
7 loads
6.5 Creedmoor
The 2007 precision-shooting favourite that crossed over into hunting: 6.5×55 ballistics in a short action with modern bullets.
6 loads
.300 Winchester Magnum
The American magnum of 1963: .30-calibre bullets at 880 m/s — a flat trajectory and a large energy reserve, paid for in recoil and barrel wear.
6 loads
.222 Remington
The 1950 benchrest legend, still a popular Finnish fox and small-predator cartridge: quiet, accurate and light-recoiling.
5 loads
7mm Remington Magnum
The 1962 magnum that pairs slender 7 mm bullets with magnum velocity: a flat trajectory and good wind resistance for open-country hunting.
2 loads
.22-250 Remington
The fastest commonly sold .22 centerfire: over 1100 m/s at the muzzle, essentially no holdover to 300 m — a specialist tool for small predators and corvids.
2 loads
.22 Long Rifle
The world's most produced cartridge, born 1887: the tool for practice and the smallest game — with legal limits in hunting use that are worth knowing precisely.
4 loads