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What are the 10 most common ammunition calibers in USA?

    1. 9mm

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    The most common police and civilian handgun caliber. Also used in submachine guns.

    2. .45 ACP (or .45 Auto)

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    A big bullet for a handgun. Used in the 1911, etc.

    3. .40 S&W

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    A slightly smaller bullet than the 9mm but still bigger than the .380 (see next bullet). Also used in submachine guns.

    4. .380 ACP

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    The smallest common handgun caliber. Used in small handguns, often called "pocket pistols".

    5. 5.56 NATO or .223 or AR-15

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    The standard rifle caliber for the M-16 and AR-15 rifles (and now many other rifles). It's a small bullet but travels very fast because of its high load of gunpowder.

    6. 7.62 x 39mm AK-47 round or SKS round or Saiga 12 gauge shotgun round or 12 gauge shotgun round or 12 gauge shotgun round or...etc!

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    The first five are all different calibers that use the same bullet! The 7.62 x 39 is used in AK-47s and SKSs and Saigas (the semi auto version of the AK). The 12 gauge is used for shotguns and usually comes in either 3" (for home defense) or 18" barrel versions (for hunting). The Saiga is a semi auto version of the AK

    There are also many other calibers that use this same bullet including some pistol versions such as the CZ Scorpion pistol which I own, etc. So why do so many people want to buy these guns? Because they're cheap! You can get an AK-47 style rifle for $400 if you look hard enough whereas an AR-15 costs around $1500 if you don't know how to save money on them (see my other list on this page). And they are very reliable and easy to modify since they were designed by Russians back when Russia was broke so they couldn't afford anything fancy. They just wanted something that worked well at close range so people could kill each other if needed to defend their farms from bandits stealing their food during famines, etc.. And it worked! Now millions of Americans want one too because...they're cheap! And fun to modify! There's even a website called "Saiga12news" where people post their modifications on their Saigas and everyone else posts comments about how great their mods are, etc.. I love it! I want one myself but since I live in an apartment with neighbors who might complain about me shooting it, I haven't yet bought one although I'm thinking about it more every day now that Trump has been elected president and we're headed towards war with Russia over Crimea, Ukraine, Syria, North Korea, China, Iran, ISIS ,etc., etc., etc.. Note: there's also a 5.56 x 45 NATO cartridge which looks similar but is not compatible with all 5 56 rifles because some have different types of bolts than others which means you can't just swap bullets between them like you can with regular 5 56 ammo which uses regular AR-15s as well as AKs although again...not sure why anyone would want to do this since both bullets have similar characteristics regardless of what gun they were shot out of.
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