List of rimfire cartridges

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.

The most common rimfire cartridges are chambered for .17 caliber and .22 caliber. The bullet diameter for .17 caliber firearms generally measure .172 inch (4.37 mm), while the bullet diameter for .22 caliber firearms generally measure .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 manufactured and sold.

Metric

• 2.34mm SwissMiniGun
• 4.5×26mm MKR
• 5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum
• 9mm Flobert
• 10.4×38mmRF
• 12.17×42mmRF
• 14x33mmRF
• 17x28mmRF[1]
• 17.5x29mmRF[2]

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 (.17 WSM)
• .21 Sharp
• .22 Short
• .22 Long
• .22 Long Rifle (.22 LR)
• .22 Extra Long
• .22 ILARCO (.22 American/.22 Winchester Short Magnum Rimfire)
• .22 Winchester Rimfire (.22 Remington Special/.22 WRF)
• .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (.22 Magnum/.22 WMR)
• .22 BB (6mm Flobert/Bulleted Breech Cap)
• .22 CB (6mm Flobert/Conical Bullet Cap)
• .22 Remington Automatic (.22 Rem Auto/.22 Remington Auto)
• .22 Winchester Automatic (.22 Win Auto/.22 Winchester Auto)
• .25 Short (.25 Bacon & Bliss)
• .25 Stevens Short
• .25 Stevens (.25 Stevens Long)
• .267 Remington
• .277 rimfire
• .30 rimfire
• .310 Remington Skeet
• .31 Eley
• .32 rimfire
• .340 rimfire revolver
• .35 Allen
• .38 rimfire
• .41 rimfire
• .41 Short Rimfire (.41 Short)
• .41 Swiss
• .42 Allen
• .44 Short & Long
• .440
• .442 Eley
• .44 Henry (.44 Henry Flat/.44 Rimfire/.44 Long Rimfire)
• .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 (only one specimen known)

See also

• Snake shot
• Garden gun
• Wildcat cartridge
• Centerfire ammunition
• List of rebated rim cartridges

References

1. M1848/54/65 Danish snider infantry rifle, M184__/53/66 Danish snider naval rifle . MilitaryRifles.com. (n.d.). https://www.militaryrifles.com/danish/snider
2. C., L. (2021, April 12). The Rimfire report: 17.5mm Danish snider - the world’s largest rimfire cartridge. thefirearmblog.com. https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/04/12/17-5mm-danish-snider-largest-rimfire/