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

Metric

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)
.22 CB (6mm Flobert)
.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)

v t e Firearm cartridge calibers
By size	2 mm (.079 in) 3 mm (.118 in) 4 mm (.157 in) 5 mm (.197 in) 6 mm (.236 in) 7 mm (.276 in) 8 mm (.315 in) 9 mm (.354 in) 10 mm (.394 in) 11 mm (.433 in) 12 mm (.472 in) 13 mm (.5118 in)
Lists	List of cartridges by caliber List of handgun cartridges List of rifle cartridges List of rebated rim cartridges List of rimfire cartridges

List

Metric

Inches

See also