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.17 HMR

.17 HMR: nominal size, ignition, the guns in the catalog and the disciplines whose approved rulebook covers the cartridge.

Ignition
Rimfire
Nominal size
4.37 mm
Models in the catalog
10
Categories
Rimfire · History & service arms

The nominal size is the caliber designation as a number — the figure the approved rulebooks use for their caliber ranges. It is not a measurement of bullet diameter; this index does not list that.

Ignition type after the C.I.P. tables of dimensions (TDCC, Tab. V — rimfire cartridges) or ANSI/SAAMI Z299.1.

Disciplines in Germany

Disciplines of the associations recognized under § 15 WaffG whose rulebook, approved by the Federal Office of Administration, covers this cartridge. Numbers and wording are in German.

DSB · 3

DSB — Sportordnung (BVA-Download dsb_sportordnung.pdf) · Ausgabe gültig ab 01.01.2026, BVA-Genehmigungsbescheid vom 09.02.2026 · retrieved 09/09/2026

DSB — „Liste B", abweichende Disziplinen der Landesverbände (BVA-Download dsb_liste_b.pdf) · Status 06.08.2026, BVA-Genehmigungsbescheid vom 06.08.2026 · retrieved 09/09/2026

BDS · 1

BDS — Sporthandbuch Teil L, Langwaffen (BVA-Download) · BVA-Genehmigungsbescheid vom 30.06.2026 · retrieved 09/09/2026

BKV · 1

BKV — Schießsportordnung der Bayerischen Kameraden- und Soldatenvereinigung (BVA-Download) · BVA-Genehmigungsbescheid vom 07.12.2021 · retrieved 09/09/2026

BSB · 1

BSB — Sportschützenordnung im Bayerischen Soldatenbund 1874 (BVA-Download) · BVA-Genehmigungsbescheid vom 01.07.2026 · retrieved 09/09/2026

DSU · 1

DSU — Sporthandbuch (BVA-Download dsu-sporthandbuch.pdf) · Ausgabe Stand 2018, BVA-Genehmigungsbescheid vom 04.05.2018 · retrieved 09/09/2026

A discipline for your gun type in an approved set of sport regulations does not yet mean you have a recognized need. An association your club belongs to must certify, under its sport regulations, that the gun is approved for a discipline and required for it; on top of that come twelve months of sport shooting in a club, the shooting activity record, acquisition spacing, the quota and the minimum age. The association certifies, the authority decides. The wording of the regulations governs.

Nor does a discipline mean the gun is permitted for sport shooting: § 6 AWaffV excludes handguns with a barrel shorter than 7.62 cm, certain semi-automatic firearms that look like a fully automatic weapon of war, and semi-automatic long guns with a magazine holding more than ten rounds. Only the Federal Office of Administration can grant exceptions, on application by a recognized association; the fact that a set of sport regulations provides for a discipline is not such an exception.

Models in this caliber

Rimfire · 10

Plus 29 further entries whose figures are not yet documented from a manufacturer source. They are in the app.

Compared with

Specifications come from the source cited alongside them; counts are based on our catalog as of the date stated. Not legal advice: what follows from these figures in a given country is decided by that country’s law. Waffenschrank is not affiliated with the manufacturers named.

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