List of rimfire cartridges
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- 2.34 mm (The smallest rimfire cartridge, produced for the Swiss Mini Gun)
- 4 mm
- .14 Alton Jones
- .17 Mach 2
- .17 Hornady Magnum.17 HMR.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, commonly known as the .17 HMR, is a rimfire rifle cartridge developed by the ammunition company Hornady in 2002. It descended from the .22 Magnum by necking down the .22 Magnum case to take a .17 caliber bullet, and it is more costly to shoot than traditional .22...
- 5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum5 mm Remington Rimfire MagnumThe 5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum is an obsolete bottlenecked rimfire cartridge introduced by Remington Arms Company in 1970. Remington chambered it in a pair of bolt-action rifles, the Model 591 and Model 592, but the round never became very popular, and the rifles were discontinued in 1974....
- .22 Short.22 Short.22 Short is a variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. Developed in 1857 for the first Smith and Wesson revolver, the .22 rimfire was the first American metallic cartridge....
- .22 Long.22 Long.22 Long is a variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. The .22 Long is the second oldest of the surviving rimfire cartridges, dating back to 1871, when it was loaded with a 29 grain bullet and 5 grains of black powder, 25% more than the .22 Short it was based on...
- .22 Extra Long.22 Extra LongThe .22 Extra Long is a .22 in American rimfire rifle and handgun cartridge.Introduced around 1880, the .22 Extra Long was used in Remington, Ballard, Wesson, Stevens, and later models of Winchester's M1903 and M1904 single shot bolt action rifles, as well as in Smith & Wesson revolvers.Using the...
- .22 Long Rifle.22 Long RifleThe .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge is a long established variety of ammunition, and in terms of units sold is still by far the most common in the world today. The cartridge is often referred to simply as .22 LR and various rifles, pistols, revolvers, and even some smoothbore shotguns have...
- .22 WMR
- .22WRF.22 Winchester RimfireThe .22 Winchester Rimfire is an American rimfire rifle cartridge.Introduced in the Winchester M1890 slide rifle, it had a flat-nose slug, and is identical to the .22 Remington Special...
- .22 ILARCO
- .22 CB.22 CB.22 CB Cap is a variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition which has a very small propellant charge , resulting in a low muzzle velocity of between 350 and 700 ft/s...
- .22 CB cap
- .22 BB.22 BB.22 BB Cap is a variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. .22 BB cap and .22 CB refer to cartridges that are low velocity and project reduced noise. These rimfires closely resemble a .22 caliber air rifle in power and are often used for indoor shooting and close range pest control...
- .22 Remington Automatic.22 Remington AutomaticThe .22 Remington Automatic is a .22 in American rimfire rifle cartridge....
- .22 Winchester Automatic.22 Winchester AutomaticThe .22 Winchester Automatic is a .22 in American rimfire rifle cartridge....
- 6 mm
- .25 Stevens.25 StevensThe .25 Stevens was an American rimfire rifle cartridge.Developed by J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company and Peters Cartridge Company, it was developed between 1898 and 1900; catalogs suggest it was introduced in 1898, but most sources agree on 1900. It was offered in the Crack Shot #15 rifle, which...
- .25 Stevens Short.25 Stevens ShortThe .25 Stevens Short was an American rimfire rifle cartridge, introduced in 1902.Developed by J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company, it was intended to be a lower cost, less potent variant of the .25 Stevens, on which it was based. It initially used a black powder charge; this was later replaced by...
- .267 Remington.25 StevensThe .25 Stevens was an American rimfire rifle cartridge.Developed by J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company and Peters Cartridge Company, it was developed between 1898 and 1900; catalogs suggest it was introduced in 1898, but most sources agree on 1900. It was offered in the Crack Shot #15 rifle, which...
- .30 rimfire
- .310 Remington Skeet
- .31 Eley
- .32 Rimfire cartridge.32 Rimfire cartridgeThe .32 rimfire cartridge was chambered in revolvers and rifles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was made primarily in short and long lengths, but extra short and extra long lengths were also offered. Manufacturers in the USA generally discontinued making the .32 rimfire after the...
- .340 rimfire revolver
- .35 Allen
- 9 mm Rimfire Shotgun Shell
- .38 Short, Long, & Extra Long
- .41 Rimfire
- .41 Swiss
- .42 Allen
- .44 Short & Long
- .440
- .442 Eley
- .44 Henry.44 HenryThe .44 Henry, also known as the .44 Rimfire, the .44 Long Rimfire, or the 11x23R cartridge was a rim-fire round that uses a .875 inch casing. The round has a total length of 1.345 inches. It uses a 200 or 216 grain bullet with a .446 diameter. The cartridge was loaded with 26 to 28...
- .45 Danish
- .46 Extra Short, Short, Long, & Extra Long
- .50 Remington Navy
- .50 Government
- .56-46, 56-50, 56-52, .56-56 Spencer
- .58 Gatling
- .58 Joslyn carbine
- .58 Mont Storm
- .58 Miller
- 1" Gatling (one specimen known)