This ballistics table includes only the most common calibers. For an expanded version of this table showing a great many more calibers and loads including British, European, wildcat, proprietary and obsolescent American calibers, see the "Expanded and Improved Rifle Ballistics Table" on the Tables, Charts and Lists Page.

There are dozens of loads for any given bullet weight in any cartridge that will produce different velocity and energy figures. And different rifles seldom produce identical performance, even with the same load. So the figures in any ballistics table should be taken as approximate. Never-the-less, the table below gives a reasonably accurate comparison of the basic ballistics of a great many rifle cartridges.

The velocity and energy figures in this table are taken from various sources including the Federal, Hornady, Norma, Remington, Sako, Weatherby and Winchester print and online ammunition guides, the Shooter's Bible, the "Remington Shoot!" program, and online ballistics calculators.

General abbreviations used below are: E (energy), V (velocity), Wb (weight of bullet), yds (yards), n/a (not available).

Abbreviations of bullet types are: AT (AccuTip), BT (Ballistic Tip), BTHP (boat-tail hollow point), BX (Barnes-X spitzer HP), EVO (LEVERevolution), FP (flat point), HP (hollow point), LFP (lead flat point), NP (Nosler Patition), PL (Power-Lokt), PP+ (Power Point Plus), PSP (pointed soft point), RN (round nose), SP (spire point), Sp (soft point), SBT (spitzer boat-tail), SPBT (spire point boat-tail), Ssp (semi-spitzer), SST (Super Shock Tip), TSX (Barnes Triple Shock-X), VMX (V-Max).

Note: In the table below Bullet Weight is given in grains, Velocity (V) is given in feet per second (fps) and Energy (E) is given in foot pounds (ft. lb.).