One of the Herter's range with a double shoulder. Supposed to generate more velocity  

   From around 2009 and based on the Winchester Short Mag case

See notes on the 6mm Remington

   The 244 Mashburn is an improved version of the 6mm Remington with a shoulder angle of 30° and minimum body taper

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   257 Roberts necked down to 6mm/.243 cal (which is basically what the 6mm Remington is), however the 243 RC predates the 6mm Remington and the only difference is on the shoulder angle. Most shooters prefer the 6mm Remington because of the availability of...

   "Improved" version (shoulder angle increased from 20° to 26.7°) of the 243 Winchester and about halfway between the ordinary 243 Win and the 243 Ackley

The .243 Catbird was designed as an ultra-long range 6mm varmint round. It is based on the .270 Winchester case necked down to .243 and blown out with a 35 degree shoulder.   

Match cartridge based on the 243 Winchester case with improved 30° shoulder   

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The HAWK line of cartridges were developed around 1988 by Bob Fulton. The 240 Hawk is basically a 6mm-280 Remington Improved   

The 24 Nosler was designed by Mike Lake, who is the Senior Manager of Engineering and R&D at Nosler. He was also responsible for the development of the 26 Nosler (2013), 28 Nosler (2015), 30 Nosler (2016), and the 33 Nosler (2017), all of which are based on the...

The 228 Weatherby was never commercially manufactured and information about this cartridge is scarce. On the Weatherby.dk forum it is stated that the 228 was Roy Weatherby’s second development after the 220 Rocket and it was based on a shortened and necked 275 H&H...

   The original version of the 228 Ackley Magnum was developed by P.O. Ackley in 1938, although the idea came from around 1936 and was one of his first wildcat designs. He was looking for a better version high velocity .22 cal. rifle and his design is based...

This is a new development by Federal that was introduced in December 2017 as a definitive cartridge for the AR based platform. The 22 Nosler provided about a 25% improvement in velocity and 30% in energy over the existing 5.56 NATO round when it was introduced in...

                            The 224 TTH was introduced by the Texas Trophy Hunters Association in 2000, but it was taken from an old idea...

Resembles the 22 Dasher, but with a longer body and shorter neck. The goal of this exercise is to get as much speed as possible from the case/bullet.   

   info to follow

Based on the 22 Hornet case. The first specimen below is with the original Sisk 50gr. bullet   

   Announced in 2002, the Winchester Super Short Magnum cartridges are intended to deliver a new level of long-range performance and accuracy to the .223 & .243 family of chamberings. Cartridge overall length is 2.36”, a half-inch shorter than the 2.80”...

   Relatively new wildcat

   Based on the .30M1 case and resembles a 5.7mm MMJ, but with a more gentle shoulder. According to Dan Watters on THE GUN ZONE, the 223 Scorpion was the brainchild of Californian gunsmith Ken Bucklin way back in 1945. The above specimen is a recent remake...

   One of the predecessors to the 22 PPC, this one being based on the 223 Remington case, with a longer shoulder and steeper neck

   Based on the 223 Remington case with a 40° shouder

The .222 Remington Magnum was a short-lived commercially produced cartridge derived from the .222 Remington. Originally developed for a US military prototype Armalite AR-15 rifle in 1958, the cartridge was not adopted by the military, but was introduced commercially...

Reworked 5.56 cases and loaded by Ordnance Developments Ltd., Lowe Hutt, New Zealand for the New Zealand Forest Service. The Herters case with the dots on both sides were produced in Sweden by both Svenska Metallverken (often with SM primer) and later Norma...

   Modern reproduction for collectors by OPM in South Africa

The .220 Swift was developed by Winchester and introduced in 1935. It was the first factory loaded rifle cartridge with a muzzle velocity of over 4,000 ft/s (1,200 m/s).[

   6mm Remington case necked to .22 cal. This is effectively the same as the 224 Texas Trophy Hunter with minor shoulder differences

   This is the 6.5-284 Win case necked down to .22cal. that was developed by Callum Ferguson and is capable of reaching 5,000 fps

The 22-250 cartridge has a long and rich history with century-old roots, and the fact that it remains popular today bears witness to its fine design – and a bit of good fortune. Way back in 1915, the 250 Savage made its appearance on the shooting scene. Designed by...

   As soon as the 243 Winchester was launched in the 1950's and cheap brass became available, wildcatters began necking the 243 Win down to .22 cal. There are two major versions of the 22-243 Win. The first one is the standard 243 necked to .22 cal with no...

      The following article is an introduction to this cartridge by it's designer, Charles H. Herrick of Winchester, Mass. {from SHOOTING & FISHING, June 17, 1897}: (By John T. Dutcher - From an old ICCA article done around 1987) "This...