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The .22 short was popularly used in shooting galleries at fairs and arcades; several rifle makers produced "gallery" models for .22 short exclusively. Due to its low recoil and good inherent accuracy, the .22 short was used for the Olympic 25 meter rapid fire pistol event until 2004, and they were allowed in the shooting part of modern ...
.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 ...
A .22 Short, .22 long rifle, .22 Winchester Magnum, and a .22 Hornet. The .22 long rifle uses a straight-walled case. Depending upon the type and the feed mechanism employed, a firearm that is chambered for .22 long rifle may also be able to safely chamber and fire shorter rimfire cartridges, including the .22 BB, .22 CB, .22 short, .22 long.
Tannerite is a brand of binary explosive targets used for firearms practice and sold in kit form. [1] [2] The targets comprise a combination of oxidizers and a fuel, primarily aluminium powder, that is supplied as two separate components that are mixed by the user. The combination is relatively stable when subjected to forces less severe than a ...
It was commonly used for target shooting, including Olympic and ISSF 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol competition shooting, until being replaced by .22 Long Rifle in 2005, uncommon but still available..22 Long: a longer and slightly more power rimfire cartridge that is based on the .22 Short, uncommon but still available.
Smallbore rifle shooting, sometimes known (particularly in the United Kingdom) as miniature rifle shooting, is a set of disciplines of shooting sports. Smallbore shooting uses smaller-calibre rifles, typically chambered in .22 Long Rifle, at ranges generally of 100 yards (91 m) or shorter. Depending on the range, it can either be conducted ...
The .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, also known as the .22 WMR, .22 Magnum, .22 WMRF, .22 MRF, [2] or .22 Mag, is a rimfire cartridge.Originally loaded with a bullet weight of 40 grains (2.6 g) delivering velocities in the 2,000 feet per second (610 m/s) range from a rifle barrel, .22 WMR is now loaded with bullet weights ranging from 50 grains (3.2 g) at 1,530 feet per second (470 m/s) to 30 ...
A 22 mm grenade is launched on the spigot principle, like a spigot mortar; a tube slightly under 22 mm is attached to the end of a rifle barrel to serve as the spigot, and left open on the muzzle end so bullets can be fired through it. The grenade consists of a heavy warhead section of 30–75 mm (1.2–3.0 in) in diameter for the nose, and a ...