rimfire cartridge

Rimfire ammunition is a type of metallic cartridge used in firearms where the primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing. When fired, the gun's firing pin strikes and crushes the rim against the edge of the barrel breech, sparking the primer compound within the rim and igniting the propellant within the case. Invented in 1845 by Louis-Nicolas Flobert, the first rimfire metallic cartridge was the .22 BB Cap cartridge, which consisted of a percussion cap with a bullet attached to the top. While many other different cartridge priming methods have been tried since the early 19th century, such as teat-fire and pinfire, only small caliber rimfire cartridges have survived to the present day with regular use. The .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge, introduced in 1887, is by far the most common ammunition found in the world today in terms of units manufactured and sold.

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rimfire ammunition
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.22 Long, .22 long rifle, .32 rimfire, .50-60-400 Joslyn, 7.92×33mm Kurz, blunderbuss, Breda M37, Browning BLR, cartridge, Franchi SPAS-15, Furrer submachine gun, GSG-5, harmonica gun, Hwacha, Marlin Model 336, Remington Model 241, Smålänning, Springfield Model 1892-99, weapon type, 

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  .22 Long ⓘ
  rimfire ammunition

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  .22 long rifle ⓘ
  cartridge type for rifles, pistols and revolvers

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  .50-60-400 Joslyn ⓘ
  American rifle cartridge

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  German Sport Guns GSG-5 ⓘ
  type of Rimfire semi-automatic rifle

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  Remington Model 241 ⓘ
  type of Autoloading rimfire rifle

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  .32 rimfire ⓘ
  revolver cartridge

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		.22 Long	rifle cartridge, rimfire cartridge	Wikidata
class	weapon		.22 long rifle	revolver cartridge, rimfire cartridge, rifle cartridge, pistol cartridge	Wikidata
class	weapon		.50-60-400 Joslyn	rimfire cartridge, rifle cartridge	Wikidata
class	weapon		German Sport Guns GSG-5	rimfire cartridge	Wikidata
class	weapon		Remington Model 241	rimfire cartridge	Wikidata
class	weapon	1860	.32 rimfire	rimfire cartridge, cartridge	Wikidata