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Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load ...
.22 Hornet.22 CHeetah.218 Bee.219 Donaldson Wasp.219 Zipper.303/22.22 Savage Hi-Power.22 BR Remington.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer.22 PPC.22 Remington Jet.22 Spitfire.22 WCF.220 Russian.220 Rook.220 Swift.221 Remington Fireball.22 Nosler.22-250 Remington.222 Remington.222 Remington Magnum.222 Rimmed.223 Remington.223 Winchester Super Short Magnum
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 ...
The AR-15 rifle usually comes chambered for either the military cartridge 5.56×45mm or the .223 Remington. Because of the pressures associated with the 5.56×45mm, it is not advisable to fire 5.56×45mm rounds in an AR-15 marked as .223 Remington, since this can result in damage to the rifle or injury to the shooter. [1]
According to Browning, the .223 WSSM offers a 600 ft/s (180 m/s) gain with a 55 gr (3.6 g) bullet over the standard .223 Rem. It also offers a 440 ft/s (130 m/s) gain over the .22-250, a popular varmint round. This comes out to a 600 ft⋅lbf (810 J) gain over a standard .223 Rem, and a 350 ft⋅lbf (470 J) gain over the .22-250. [8]
.22-250 Remington.223 Remington.204 Ruger 6.5×55mm.300 Winchester Magnum.308 Winchester.30-06 Springfield.375 Ruger: Bolt-action Japan: 1979 Istiglal Anti-Materiel Rifle: Azerbaijani Defense Industry: 12.7×108mm 14.5×114mm: Short-recoil (semi-auto) Azerbaijan: 2008 JS 7.62: China South Industries Group: 7.62×54mmR: Bolt-action China: 2005 ...
.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.
While rimfire cartridges larger than .22 caliber existed, such as the .30 rimfire, .32 rimfire, .38 rimfire, .41 Short (for the Remington Model 95 derringer), .44 Henry (for the Henry rifle, later used by the famous Winchester Model 1866), the .56-56 Spencer (for the Spencer rifle was the world's first military metallic cartridge repeating ...