The Family of Cartridges poster is the 11th in the Cartridge Comparison Guide poster series.

This poster visually simplifies the vastness and complexities of hunting cartridges available in the US. The poster takes six of the most well-known and influential hunting cartridges (223 Remington, 30-30 Win, 308 Win, 30-06 Springfield, 300 Winchester Magnum and 378 Weatherby Magnum) and shows them at 200 percent scale. It then displays four or five popular cartridges at (100% scale) that are formed from the same parent case as each of the previous 6. In total, the poster showcases 32 cartridges and provides a beautiful background image of a game animal that each cartridge can effectively cover from fox to elephant.

The result helps the reader to understand that the world’s vast array of cartridges can be broken down into parent case groupings. And that within each parent case grouping there is an ascending order of caliber, velocity, power, and recoil. In addition, that parent case (size and features) determines overall power potential of a given cartridge and where it lies in comparison to cartridges of other parent cases.

A usage example might be a hunter that is confident in a 308 Win/Short Action Rifle is looking for a larger caliber cartridge with a heavier bullet for increased stopping power on bigger game. If minimizing recoil or sticking with a short action rifle is a priority, (before jumping to a belted magnum), then starting with a 308 sized cartridge may be in their best interest. Another example might be hunting elk but any recoil greater than a 308 Win is unacceptable. A 7mm-08 or 260 Rem are built on the same case as the 308 and have similar powder charges.

Furthermore many hunters are unaware that a 458 and 338 Win Mag share the same case as a 7mm Rem Mag.

This poster is full color - It is 24" wide by 34.5" tall.