Most of those inventions are now obsolete, and only of interest to collectors or reenactors today, but the .22 Short and its descendants live on.

When I was 8, my dad gave me an old .22 rifle from the 1800's that was a single shot and only used the short. My grandpa said it was similar to the one he had to use for hunting back in the thirties. Don't remember offhand the manufacturer. I eventually moved on to a long, and shotguns as I got older. While I wouldn't recommend the .22 as a first choice survival firearm, it does beat throwing rocks. And it is good for small game.