con e ▁Category : Sh ips ▁built ▁by ▁F inc ant ieri ▁Category : C ru ise ▁ships <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁. 2 2 1 ▁Rem ington ▁Fire ball , ▁often ▁simply ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁. 2 2 1 ▁Fire ball , ▁is ▁a ▁center fire ▁cart ridge ▁created ▁by ▁Rem ington ▁Ar ms ▁Company ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁as ▁a ▁special ▁round ▁for ▁use ▁in ▁their ▁experimental ▁single - shot ▁b olt - action ▁p istol , ▁the ▁XP - 1 0 0 . ▁A ▁short ened ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁. 2 2 2 ▁Rem ington , ▁it ▁is ▁popular ▁as ▁a ▁var m int ▁and ▁small ▁pred ator ▁round ▁while ▁also ▁finding ▁use ▁among ▁target ▁shoot ers . ▁It ▁has ▁application ▁as ▁both ▁a ▁p istol ▁round ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁rif le ▁round . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁Rem ington ▁was ▁working ▁on ▁an ▁experimental ▁b olt - action ▁p istol ▁based ▁on ▁their ▁model ▁ 6 0 0 ▁action . ▁The ▁goal ▁was ▁a ▁highly ▁accurate ▁p istol ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁well ▁su ited ▁for ▁competition . ▁After ▁working ▁with ▁the ▁. 2 2 2 ▁Rem ington ▁they ▁determined ▁that ▁it ▁contained ▁more ▁pow der ▁capacity ▁than ▁was ▁necessary ▁to ▁work ▁efficiently ▁in ▁the ▁shorter ▁bar rel s ▁of ▁p ist ols . ▁While ▁rif le ▁bar rel s ▁commonly ▁range ▁in ▁length ▁from ▁, ▁p istol ▁bar rel s ▁are ▁typically ▁much ▁shorter , ▁r anging ▁from ▁ ▁although