Calibers

.22 Short

.22 Short: 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 · Rimfire

Also known as: .22 kurz

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 · 20

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

BDS 1010 25 m Präzision — Freie Klasse Pistole/Revolver .22/5,6 mm, offene Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
BDS 1012 25 m Präzision — Freie Klasse Pist./Rev. .22/5,6 mm mit Optik The rulebook names the cartridge
BDS 1110 25 m Kombi — Freie Klasse Pistole/Revolver .22/5,6 mm, offene Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
BDS 1112 25 m Kombi — Freie Klasse Pist./Rev. .22/5,6 mm mit Optik The rulebook names the cartridge
BDS 1210 Mehrdistanzschießen — Freie Klasse Pistole/Revolver .22/5,6 mm, offene Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
BDS 1212 Mehrdistanzschießen — Freie Klasse Pistole/Revolver .22/5,6 mm mit Optik The rulebook names the cartridge

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

BKV · 8

BKV 1010 25 m Präzision – Pistole/Revolver freie Klasse .22/5,6 mm, offene Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
BKV 1012 25 m Präzision – Pistole/Revolver freie Klasse .22/5,6 mm mit Optik The rulebook names the cartridge
BKV 1110 25 m Kombi – Pistole/Revolver freie Klasse .22/5,6 mm, offene Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
BKV 1112 25 m Kombi – Pistole/Revolver freie Klasse .22/5,6 mm mit Optik The rulebook names the cartridge
BKV 1210 Mehrdistanzschießen – Pistole/Revolver Freie Klasse .22/5,6 mm, offene Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
BKV 1212 Mehrdistanzschießen – Pistole/Revolver Freie Klasse .22/5,6 mm mit Optik The rulebook names the cartridge
BKV 1410 25 m Speedschießen – Pistole/Revolver Freie Klasse .22/5,6 mm, offene Visierung The rulebook names the cartridge
BKV 1412 25 m Speedschießen – Freie Klasse Pistole/Revolver .22/5,6 mm mit Optik The rulebook names the cartridge

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

BSB · 5

BSB 11.1 Kurzwaffe Kleinkaliber The rulebook names the cartridge
BSB 11.11 Duellpistole The rulebook names the cartridge
BSB 11.13 Kurzwaffe Universal 1 Kleinkaliber The rulebook names the cartridge
BSB 11.19 Kurzwaffe Kleinkaliber flexibel The rulebook names the cartridge
BSB 13.3 Kleinkaliberwaffen flexibel The rulebook names the cartridge

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

Henry Golden Boy Revolver

Plus 1 further entries whose figures are not yet documented from a manufacturer source. They are in the app.

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.

Catalog as of 10/16/2026

.22 Short

Disciplines in Germany

Models in this caliber

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