Bore-Guide Question

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Panoply

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Hey Y'all,

I was shopping around for a .22 bore-guide and came to this site:

http://www.proshotproducts.com/Bore-Guides_c_96.html

What the HELL is a .22 centerfire. I suppose such a creature must exist, but I have never heard of them. Granted, I am a relative novice when it come to firearms, but I believe I've got a good handle on things. I am also a much better marksman than others with my familiarity re firearms and have been told so by people I consider to be 'expert' in their knowledge and experience. Anyway, if I haven't heard of it it must be a rare critter indeed, even though I'm a novice on firearm types.

This site offers a bore guide that include this wacky .22 centerfire but NOT the rimfire. Would it's working on the centerfire mean it works on rimfires as well?

I guess I am asking the following:

1) What is a .22 centerfire? Is it some rare and obscure caliber that was d/c'ed a long time ago or...?

2) What do y'all suggest, in terms of brands, for boreguides - both pistol and long-gun?

3) Would a bore-guide suitable for the .22 centerfire (assuming they exist - I think they must have once) work just as well on .22 rimfire?

4) Would a separate bore-guide be necessary for .22 magnums?

As Always, Thanks a Million!
Pano

PS: I have two .22's, with a third literally on it's way to my FFL guy (it is a NAA mini-revolver, ported, in 1.125" - in both magnum and LR through interchangeable cylinders). The other two are a Ruger 22/45 and a CZ 452 Trainer.
 
"What is a .22 centerfire?"

It includes cartridges like the 22 Hornet, 22 Bee, 22-250, 222, and I guess 223 / 5.56. There's probably a couple others, as well as a couple discontinued ones.
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_mm_caliber

The Wikipedia entry at the above link divides nominal 5mm caliber cartridges into four categories -- rimfire, pistol, revolver, and rifle. The .22-caliber rimfire cartridges you are familiar with shoot bullets of widths from 0.222in to 0.224in. There are several centerfire -- pistol, revolver, or rifle -- cartridges that fire bullets of such width. These are the .22-caliber centerfires. They have much better ignition reliability, and generally much flatter exterior ballistics trajectories.
 
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Is the next question "What are .32 and .44 rimfires?" :)
If you need another hobby look into cartridge collecting.
It's mind boggling as well as fascinating.
 
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