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The .222 Remington or 5.7×43mm (C.I.P), also known as the triple deuce, triple two, and treble two, is a centerfire rifle cartridge. Introduced in 1950, it was the first commercial rimless .22 (5.56 mm) cartridge made in the United States.
The .222 Remington Magnum was a short-lived commercially produced cartridge derived from the .222 Remington.Originally developed for a US military prototype ArmaLite AR-15 rifle in 1958, the cartridge was not adopted by the military, but was introduced commercially in sporting rifles.
As a result, Remington decided to develop a shorter version of the .222 Remington cartridge, optimized for use in the XP-100. While production of XP-100 pistols chambered in .221 Fireball was eventually canceled after 1985, [ 3 ] Thompson Center Arms produced various single-shot pistols chambered for the .221 Fireball as part of their Contender ...
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The .222 rimmed / 5.7x43mmR is an intermediate centrefire rifle cartridge, originating in Australia in the 1960s as a cartridge for single shot rifles, particularly the Martini Cadet action. [ citation needed ] Performance is similar to the .222 Remington on which it is based however loads should be reduced as the walls of the brass cases are ...
Two years later, in 1965, Remington Arms adopted the .22-250, added "Remington" to the name and chambered their Model 700 and 40 XB match rifles for the cartridge along with a line of commercial ammunition, thus establishing its commercial specification. [6] The .22-250 was the first non-Weatherby caliber offered in the unique Weatherby Mark V ...
Factory loadings. Number of manufacturers producing complete cartridges - e.g. Norma, RWS, Hornady, Winchester, Federal, Remington, Sellier & Bellot, Prvi Partizan. May be none for obsolete and wildcat cartridges. H/R: Handgun (H) or rifle (R) - dominant usage of the cartridge (although several dual-purpose cartridges exist)
.223 Remington/.222 Remington: Case type: Rimless, bottleneck ... The .17 Remington / 4.4x45mm is a rifle cartridge introduced in 1971 by Remington Arms Company for ...