Calibers
4 mm RF Short
4 mm RF Short: nominal size, ignition, the guns in the catalog and the disciplines whose approved rulebook covers the cartridge.
- Ignition
- Rimfire
- Nominal size
- 4 mm
- Models in the catalog
- 0
Also known as: 4 mm Randzünder kurz · 4 mm ääretule lühike · 4 mm annulaire court · 4 mm kantantänd kort
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 1.30 Zimmerstutzen 15/10 m possible by nominal size – check the rulebook’s exclusions
- DSB 1.31 Zimmerstutzen Auflage 15 m possible by nominal size – check the rulebook’s exclusions
DSB — Sportordnung (BVA-Download dsb_sportordnung.pdf) · Ausgabe gültig ab 01.01.2026, BVA-Genehmigungsbescheid vom 09.02.2026 · retrieved 09/09/2026
- DSB OP 17 Zimmerstutzen traditionell possible by nominal size – check the rulebook’s exclusions · only Oberpfälzer Schützenbund
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
BSB · 2
- BSB 17.1 Zimmerstutzen The rulebook names the cartridge
- BSB 17.2 Kurzwaffe 4 mm 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
The gun catalog does not yet list a model in this cartridge with documented manufacturer figures.
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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