How big is a .50 BMG next to a 9×19? And how small does a .22 LR look next to a 12/89 shell? To see it at a glance, I designed a poster with 97 cartridges and projectiles, from the diabolo pellet to the .50 BMG, free to download in A1 and A3.
What’s on it
- Airgun, rimfire, shotgun, handgun, rifle and black powder, each group sorted by bullet diameter, then by length.
- In the black powder section, round balls and Minié bullets are kept apart from the cartridges, including the Vetterli and the old Swiss GP 90 from 1890.
- Each calibre shows its common alternative names (e.g. 9 mm Luger / 9 mm Para), bullet diameter and overall length.
Formats
- A1, scale 1:1: printed without scaling (100 %), every cartridge is shown at actual size. A scale bar in the top right lets you check.
- A3, scale 1:2: half size, fits a standard frame.
Both formats come in English and German as print-ready vector PDFs.
Downloads
Note
Dimensions are rounded per CIP/SAAMI and bullet shapes are schematic. The poster is meant to be looked at. It contains no load data.
Licence
The poster is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. You’re free to share, print and adapt it, as long as you credit me and don’t use it commercially.