Three Types of .22 rounds

The .22 Long Rifle or .22 LR is a border fire pattern, known in Germany under the name LFB 5.6 mm (long fuer Buechsen).

.22 Short
Rat-shot .22
In 1857 introduced a Smith & Wesson revolver named First Model. This was carried out in a .22-caliber .22 Short that we would call. The pattern of the original cargo consisted of 4 grains (0.26 grams) fine black powder also known as gunpowder, and a slug of 29 grains (1.9 grams). The fine black powder was replaced in 1887 by the smoke-free nitro powder also known as B called witkruit or Poudre. Remington came in 1930 with the first High Velocity pattern (high-speed pattern) in this caliber. Since then, it's a very popular caliber in the Shooting. This is mainly due to the small recoil, the relatively soft explosion and the low price.

.22 Long
1871 came the .22 Long in the market. It was produced for the 7-Scottish Standard revolver from the company Great Western Gun Works from the United States. Long used the Remington .22 rifle from 1874 also as a pattern. The original charge of the .22 Long consisted of 5 grains (0.32 grams) black powder and a 29 grains (1.9 grams) slug. Until the Second World War was the .22 Long is not very popular with the militiamen. Especially in the field of hunting on small (harmful) game he was ousted by the 1887 on the market .22 Long Rifle.

.22 Long Rifle
In 1887 appeared the .22 Long Rifle commissioned the Stevens Arms & Tool Company on the market. The Peters Cartridge Company took this pattern as the first in production. The then load a .22 LR pattern was 5 grains (0.32 grams) black powder and a 40 grains (2.6 grams) iron ball. This caliber is the most popular pattern of all time and is mainly used to help hunt small game and in the shooting. The high-speed versions of this caliber are mainly used for hunting, but are also very suitable to shoot up to 75 meters.