As a hunting cartridge, rimfire are mainly used to kill small game.

Late 1950s: The .220 Russian hunting cartridge is developed based upon the military 7.62x39mm M43 design.

The .257 Weatherby is a hunting cartridge and has not been for a large part adopted into any other shooting discipline.

This allowed the rifle to safely chamber military and hunting cartridges with spitzer (pointed) bullets.

As a hunting cartridge it is capable of taking any North American game animals and most African game species.

It has been used as a hunting cartridge in many countries.

Hunters found that the cartridge was an effective all round hunting cartridge.

The result was cheap magazine rifles capable of firing one of the very best candidates for the all round hunting cartridge in Africa.

He added that the detonator was a hunting cartridge and that it would not be able to detonate any known explosives.

Since then, the 308 Winchester has become the most popular short-action big-game hunting cartridge worldwide.