Hi Richard,love to go plinking with my 22's with my grandson. Also thank you for the history of this round. I enjoy history a lot. Weapons history and western history are my favorite. Thanks for all your hard work and time Sir.
Excellent review of this most popular caliber, thanks. An old timer once told me that shooting galleries used "gallery loads" in which the .22 bullet would fragment on impact, but not sure how true that is. Prior to shooting a rifle at the old galleries the person running it had a tube that was prefilled with a so many rounds and he'd tip it into the rifle's magazine. Miss those days.
I've heard they were a "sintered" bullet that would pretty much disintegrate so there were no ricochets hitting bystanders. I believe they were actually a sintered iron powder and went by names like splas-proof, kant-splash, etc. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
Aloooonnnggg time ago I had a 22/20 over under breakover. I was very impressed with the. 22 mag. Keep up with your passion,brother because it's our passion too!
Thanks Richard! More great content much appreciated! I happen to have a Remington mod 6 falling block that I acquired from my grandfather that I believe was made mostly for the Boy Scouts. I happen to have those same 6mm Flobert’s and they worked great in that Remington. Quieter than most air rifles and lots of fun!
I've been wanting to run them through my Granddaughter's Rascal and my NAA .22short revolver. I also want to pick up a couple of the Remington Rolling blocks. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching too!
I have a 22 short S&W 7 shot bird's head grip revolver that was originally my grandfather's. I still shoot it on occasion. My grandfather was a county special deputy sheriff. His issue carry weapon was a 38 short revolver and he had to supply his own ammunition for it. Being the depression he bought six rounds (I still have them) instead of a full box as ammunition was expensive. I believe the small S&W was his backup, how things have changed...
One not mentioned, though it's understandable why, is the .22ILARCO, which is based on the WRF/WMR case but shortened to .22lr OAL. It was designed for the American 180 machine gun, which would accumulate leading much quicker than any other .22 rimfires. Unfortunately not enough people have that problem.
My first rifle is marked .22 S/L/LR. Most of my shooting was .22LR, but the few times I shot .22 Short (standard velocity) were great fun. Very quiet out of that long barrel, and the different trajectory added a new challenge. No, I did not readjust my sights. Hard to believe the .22 rimfire is pushing 200 years old.
I have some 22 win auto cases and 5mm magnum cases in a container on my office shelf. They are both rather neat compared to the "standard" rimfire rounds.
Hey Richard, have you ever seen glass Target balls? You put me to mind of them when discussing some of this older stuff. When I was a machinist in Dayton I worked with Richard "Bird" Haley and Gene Spicer. They both came from The NCR (National Cash Register) model shop. They were both avid cartridge and target ball collectors and mamy of their rare wares were photographed in various books, etc. I could never afford to collect target balls myself, but they have an interesting history to read about and many different variant designs and colors.
Cci has a new 22 its called the upper cut and it seems like the size of that extra long bullet you showed. The case is between the LR and the and magnum. Federal punch is in the middle also. They are designed for personal protection🤘
As the .22 Flobert originated from France, why do you say the .22 RF is an American cartridge? Further development might have happened in America but that does not make it an American cartridge.
