Engineering:List of rimfire cartridges

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Short description: List of ammunition type

Below is a list of rimfire cartridges (RF), ordered by caliber, small to large. Rimfire ammunition is a type of metallic cartridge whose primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing.

Among the most common rimfire cartridges are chambered for .17 caliber and .22 caliber. The bullet diameter for .17 caliber firearms generally measures .172 inch (4.37 mm), while the diameter for .22 caliber firearms usually measures .222 inch (5.64 mm).

List

Examples of .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridges, the most common ammunition in the world today in terms of units sold.

Metric


Inches

  • .14 Alton Jones
  • .17 Hornady Mach 2 (.17 HM2)
  • .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire (.17 HMR)
  • .17 PMC/Aguila (.17 High Standard)
  • .17 Winchester Super Magnum
  • .21 Sharp
  • .22 Short
  • .22 Long
  • .22 Extra Long
  • .22 Long Rifle
  • .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (.22 Magnum/.22 WMR)
  • .22 Winchester Rimfire (.22 Remington Special/.22 WRF)
  • .22 ILARCO (.22 American/.22 Winchester Short Magnum Rimfire)
  • .22 CB (6mm Flobert)
  • .22 BB (6mm Flobert)
  • .22 Remington Automatic
  • .22 Winchester Automatic
  • .25 Short (.25 Bacon & Bliss)
  • .25 Stevens
  • .25 Stevens Short
  • .267 Remington
  • .277 rimfire
  • .30 rimfire
  • .310 Remington Skeet
  • .31 Eley
  • .32 rimfire
  • .340 rimfire revolver
  • .35 Allen
  • .38 rimfire
  • .41 rimfire
  • .41 Short
  • .41 Swiss
  • .42 Allen
  • .44 Short & Long
  • .440
  • .442 Eley
  • .44 Henry
  • .45 Danish
  • .46 rimfire
  • .50 Remington Navy
  • .50 Government
  • .56-56 Spencer
  • .58 Berdan Carbine
  • .58 Berdan Musket
  • .58 Gatling
  • .58 Joslyn carbine
  • .58 Mont Storm
  • .58 Miller
  • .58 Musket
  • 1" Gatling (one specimen known)


See also



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