small-bore

[ smawl-bawr, -bohr ]

/ ˈsmɔlˌbɔr, -ˌboʊr /

of, noting, or relating to a .22-caliber firearm.

insular or parochial in scope, attitude, etc.: small-bore officials.

Origin of small-bore

First recorded in 1895–1900

Their fallback is a series of small-bore bills like more visas for high-tech workers.

Bob Shrum’s Winners & Losers of 2012 |Robert Shrum |December 14, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And it initiated a neverending flurry of small-bore initiatives that cumulated in quite a lot of progress in the 1990s.

Overcoming the Fear Factor |Ted Widmer |March 21, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The small-bore rifle bullets seemed to have no effect in stopping the rush, and the fanatics came on most gallantly.

Admiral Jellicoe |Arthur Applin
The result was a revelation to the small-bore politicians of the old régime.

The South American Republics Part I of II |Thomas C. Dawson

Fit up a flask with a small-bore glass tube, about eighteen inches long, as shown.

Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do |Anonymous
Of course, the soft ball driven from a small-bore rifle with a light charge of powder was far too weak to penetrate to the vitals.

The Ivory Child |H. Rider Haggard
We shall find also that the first American small-bore, muzzle-loading rifles were made in Pennsylvania.

The Way to the West |Emerson Hough

small-bore

(of a firearm) having a small bore, especially one of less than .22 calibre