i know i know , noob question, :oops:

 

i am a noob and im asking all the questions i can to learn as much as i can .

 

so is there center fire .22 ammo ? or is it all rimfire ?

 

thanks

.22 Hornet

.22 super jet,357 Magnum necked down to 22(ouch)

I named two out of many

so .22 hornet is centerfire?

Yes it's a centerfire.

you can get a .17 cal centerfire too

thank you for the response

And the ever popular 5.56 also known as the .223.

.222 Remington is a center-fire bottleneck cartridge.

The 5.7 FN can be considered a .22 cal as well. There is a boatload of .22 projectiles in a centerfire case.

If we haven't confused you enough, allow me to summarize. The .22 in .22 Long Rifle, refers only to the bullet diameter (.22" nominally) - the "Long Rifle" tells us it is a rimfire cartridge. As many have pointed out there are many, many rimfire and centerfire cartridges that use this nominal bullet diameter - and to muddy the water even further, we sometimes use metric designations (5.56mm). Another complication is that some guns - .22 rimfire is the most relevant for this discussion - may fire more than just one type of cartridge. If the .22 rimfire is a bolt action, lever action, pump action or single shot, it would also be capable of firing .22 CB caps, .22 Shorts, .22 Longs as well as Long Rifle (also just because it's called "Long Rifle" doesn't mean its use is confined to long arms), with usually the only difference being the case length and maybe bullet weight. It is all just part of that big learning curve of guns & ammo. Hope this hasn't: A) Confused you more; or: B) Insulted your intelligence. This forum is a great venue to learn, so ask away.

 

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Pizza Bob

well that helps alot, thank you all