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.22 caliber
, or
5.6 mm
, refers to a common firearms
bore diameter
of 0.22 inch (5.6 mm) in both
rimfire
and
centerfire
cartridges.
Cartridges
in this caliber include the very widely used
.22 Long Rifle
and
.223 Remington
/
5.56×45mm NATO
.
.22 inch is also a popular
air gun
pellet
caliber, second only to the ubiquitous
.177 caliber
.
Rimfire
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.22-inch caliber
rimfire
variations include:
- In production
- .22 Long
, a cartridge predating the .22 LR, with the same case length using the lighter .22 short bullet
- .22 Long Rifle
(LR), the most common cartridge type of this caliber, often referred to simply as ".22 caliber" or "22".
- .22 Long Rifle Extra Long
(LR EX), a variant of .22LR with a longer casing but identical overall cartridge dimensions (see
CCI
Stinger)
- .22 Short
, a cartridge used mostly in pocket pistols and mini-revolvers
- .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire
(WMR), a magnum cartridge that is longer and more powerful than the .22 LR
- .22 Winchester Rimfire
(WRF), a cartridge originally introduced to provide higher velocity than the .22 LR
- Obsolete
- Special-use
- .22 BB
(Bulleted Breech Cap), a low-velocity cartridge with a case shorter than the 22 short
- .22 CB
(Conical Bullet Cap), a low-velocity cartridge with a case shorter than the 22 short
- Quiet-22
(40 Grain lead projectile), a low-velocity cartridge with the same case as the .22 LR
Centerfire
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.22-inch caliber
centerfire
cartridges include:
- Metric
- .22
- .22 Accelerator
, a special loading of the .30-30, .308, and .30-06 cartridges that is manufactured by Remington
- .22 BR Remington
, a wildcat cartridge commonly used in varmint hunting and benchrest shooting
- .22 CHeetah
, a cartridge based on the Remington 308 BR, modified to .22 caliber
- .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer
, a cartridge based on a .378 Weatherby Magnum case intended to deliver high muzzle velocity
- .22 Hornet
(5.6×36mmR), a powerful cartridge variant introduced in 1930
- .22 Nosler
, a cartridge introduced in 2017 intended for use in AR-15-style rifles
- .22 PPC
, a firearm cartridge used primarily in benchrest shooting
- .22 Remington Jet
, a cartridge designed for the Smith & Wesson Model 53 revolver
- .22 Savage Hi-Power
(5.6×52mmR), a cartridge introduced by Savage in 1912 for use in the Savage Model 99 rifle
- .22 TCM
(22 Micro-Mag), a shortened .223 Remington case designed to load into standard 9mm pistol magazines
- .22 Winchester Centerfire
(WCF), a cartridge introduced in 1885 for use in a Winchester single-shot rifle
- .22-250 Remington
, a very high velocity cartridge
- .218
- .220
- .220 Rook
(.220 Long Centrefire), an obsolete British cartridge of the 1880s
- .220 Russian
(5.6×39mm), a 7.62×39mm cartridge necked down to hold a 5.6 mm bullet
- .220 Swift
(5.56×56mmSR), the first cartridge (1935) with a muzzle velocity of over 4,000 ft/s (1,200 m/s)
- .221
- .222
- .222 Remington
, the first commercial rimless .22 (5.56 mm) cartridge made in the United States (1950)
- .222 Remington Magnum
, a short-lived commercially produced cartridge derived from the .222 Remington
- .222 Rimmed
, an Australian cartridge of the 1960s for single-shot rifles
- .223
- .224
- .22 Spitfire
(5.7mm Johnson, originally MMJ 5.7), a cartridge introduced in 1963 for .224 cal. re-barreled or lined US 30 Carbines
- .224 Weatherby Magnum
(5.56×49mmB), a cartridge developed in 1963 for use in the Weatherby Varmintmaster rifle
- .224 Boz
, a cartridge developed in the late 1990s, intended to defeat body armor
- .224 Valkyrie
(5.6×41mm), a cartridge similar to the 5.56×45mm NATO, with a shorter case length
- .224-32 FA
, a cartridge designed in 2009 for use in the Freedom Arms Model 97 revolver
- .225
- .225 Winchester
, a replacement for the .220 Swift cartridge, introduced in 1964
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