Calibers
.22 Long
.22 Long: nominal size, ignition, the guns in the catalog and the disciplines whose approved rulebook covers the cartridge.
- Ignition
- Rimfire
- Nominal size
- 5.6 mm
- Models in the catalog
- 1
- Categories
- Revolvers
Also known as: .22 long
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.
BDS · 14
- BDS 5201 Metallsilhouette SBH Revolver The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5202 Metallsilhouette SBH Production The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5203 Metallsilhouette SBH Standing The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5204 Metallsilhouette SBH Unlimited The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5501 Metallsilhouette SBR Silhouette The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5502 Metallsilhouette SBR Light The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5701 Metallsilhouette national KK Standard Pistole The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5702 Metallsilhouette national KK Standard Revolver The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5703 Metallsilhouette national KK Standard Pistole Optik The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5704 Metallsilhouette national KK Standard Revolver Optik The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5705 Metallsilhouette national KK Repetierbüchse offene Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5706 Metallsilhouette national Sportgewehr Selbstlader Kleinkaliber offene Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5707 Metallsilhouette national Sportgewehr Selbstlader Kleinkaliber optische Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
- BDS 5708 Metallsilhouette national KK Repetierbüchse optische Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
BDS — Sporthandbuch Teil S, Metallsilhouetten (BVA-Download) · BVA-Genehmigungsbescheid vom 09.03.2019, Redaktionsstand 19.03.2019; Anhang vom 27.06.2025 · 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
Revolvers · 1
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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