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The .22 Hornet or 5.6×36mmR Hornet [2] is a varminting, small-game hunting, survival and competition centerfire rifle cartridge commercially introduced in 1930. It is considerably more powerful than the rimfire .22 WMR and the .17 HMR , achieving higher velocity with a bullet twice the weight of the .17 HMR bullet.
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 BB Cap.22 CB Cap.22 Short.22 Long.22 Long Rifle.22 Extra Long.22 Remington Automatic.22 Winchester Automatic.22 ILARCO.22 Winchester Rimfire.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire.25 Stevens.25 Stevens Short.32 rimfire.38 rimfire.44 Henry.46 rimfire.56-46 Spencer.56-50 Spencer.56-52 Spencer.56-56 Spencer; 2.34mm SwissMiniGun; 4.5×26mm MKR
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 ...
.22 CHeetah, a cartridge based on the Remington 308 BR, modified to .22 caliber.22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer, a wildcat 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 ...
Developed jointly by Remington and Smith & Wesson, it was to be used in the Model 53 revolver, which first appeared late in 1961. [3] While it traced its origins to potent wildcats such as the .224 Harvey Kay-Chuk, [4] which ultimately derive from the .22 Hornet, [4] it was a bottlenecked cartridge based upon the .357 Magnum case necked down to a .22 caliber bullet, with an unusually long ...
In 1963, Melvin M. Johnson developed a conversion of the M1 Carbine (by either relining or re-barreling the M1 Carbine) to a .224 caliber bore, using bullets commonly used by the ubiquitous .22 Hornet. His cartridge was designed to fit the M1 Carbine and its magazines by starting from the basic form of the .30 Carbine ammunition, keeping the ...
The 5.7×28mm cartridge was designed in response to NATO requests for a replacement for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. [12] [27] [28] According to the NATO requirement, the new cartridge was to have greater range, accuracy, and terminal performance than the 9×19mm cartridge. [29] Additionally, it was to be capable of penetrating body armor ...