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Definition of .22 caliber
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter. "A .22 caliber pistol"
Lexicographical Neighbors of .22 Caliber
Literary usage of .22 caliber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ordnance and Gunnery: A Text-book Prepared for the Cadets of the United by Ormond Mitchell Lissak (1907)
"The .22-caliber Gallery Practice Rifle.—The gallery practice rifle differs from
the US magazine rifle, model 1898, known as the Kray-Jorgensen rifle, ..."
2. Shooting: For Boys by Archie Frederick Collins (1917)
"Take, for instance, a .22-caliber rifle; this means that the bore is T25% of an
inch ifi diameter, but instead of using a common fraction to ..."
3. Pistol and Revolver Shooting by Abraham Lincoln Artman Himmelwright (1915)
"The .22-caliber Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector with a 6-inch barrel and .22-caliber
Colt Police ... It is well to begin practice with a .22- caliber pistol, ..."
4. Youth Violence: Developing Local and State Solutions Hearings Before the edited by Fred Thompson (1998)
"In May, 15-year-old Omar Bryant is shot once with a .22 caliber pistol by a
17-year-old friend. In June, Douglas Wayne Stafford is charged with vehicular ..."
5. Affray at Brownsville, Tex by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs (1907)
"A. There were two ,22-caliber rifles—one belonging to myself and one ... A.
I remember seeing several shotguns and a couple of .22-caliber rifles there. ..."
6. Sporting Rifles and Rifle Shooting by John Caswell (1920)
"22-caliber Winchester bolt-action rifle, 1920, PAGE fitted with sporting stock ......
Facing 6 3. Action of 1920 22-caliber Winchester . . . Facing 6 3. ..."
7. Military Education in the United States by Ira Louis Reeves (1914)
"The following allowances of rifle ball cartridges, blank cartridges, .22 caliber
ball cartridges for gallery practice, and targets and target supplies are ..."
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