The .25 Short, also known as the .25 Bacon & Bliss, is a
American
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rimfire handgun
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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
*
List of cartridges by caliber
Calibers in the size range of (mm, inches):
*2 mm caliber, 2 mm (.079+ caliber)
*3 mm caliber, 3 mm (.118+ caliber)
*4 mm caliber, 4 mm (.157+ caliber)
*5 mm caliber, 5 mm (.197+ caliber)
*6 mm caliber, 6 mm (.236+ caliber)
*7 mm caliber, 7 mm ...
*
List of handgun cartridges
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Table of handgun cartridges
Other cartridges used in handguns
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun ...
*
List of rimfire cartridges
Below is a list of rimfire cartridges'' (''RF), 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.
The most ...
*
6 mm caliber
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*''Length'' refers to the cartridge case
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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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