The .25 Short (also called the .25 Bacon & Bliss) is a
American rimfire handgun
A handgun is a short-barrelled gun, typically a firearm, that is designed to be usable with only one hand. It is distinguished from a long gun (i.e. rifle, shotgun or machine gun, etc.), which needs to be held by both hands and also braced ag ...
cartridge.
Introduced for the
F. D. Bliss revolver
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in 1860,
it was also available in a number of other inexpensive weapons of the period.
It was never offered as a rifle caliber.
With a
outside lubricated bullet over of
black powder
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, it is similar in appearance to the
.22 Short.
Its power is comparable to the black powder loadings of the
.22 Long Rifle.
It was available from both
Remington and
Winchester
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.
The round continued to be commercially available until 1920, but is now considered a collectible.
See also
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List of cartridges by caliber
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List of handgun cartridges
List of handgun cartridges, approximately in order of increasing caliber.
Table of handgun cartridges
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List of rimfire cartridges
Below is a list of rimfire cartridges, ordered by caliber, small to large. Rimfire ammunition is a type of metallic cartridge whose primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing.
Among the most c ...
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6 mm caliber
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets of a caliber
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References
Notes
*Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".25 Short", in ''Cartridges of the World'', pp. 276, 282, & 283. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. .
Rimfire cartridges
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