First hunting rifle, 22WMR

[Rakk]

And you'll be having a perfectly pleasant time shooting and chatting while everyone's shooting sub-sonics, then there is always one bastard who turns up with a compensator and HV ammo under that tin roof that wrecks it

Those tacticool kids

[alby]

Couldn't you shoot 22lr through the magnum at the range and have the best worlds?

[Modena]

No. 22LR and 22WMR are in fact different diameters.

From wikipedia: A .22 WMR round will not fit into the chamber of a .22 LR firearm, but it is possible, though unsafe, to chamber .22 LR rounds in a .22 WMR firearm, although doing so can result in injury from a leaking undersized case.

[happyhunter]

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[sandgroperbill]

Modena, don't rule out q nice second hand/used .22lr. You see some nice examples pop up from time to time

[Rocker]

Couldn't you shoot 22lr through the magnum at the range and have the best worlds?

Sensible answer = no.

Projectile from a 22WMR cartridge is 0.001 larger diameter than one from a .22lr.

It's a minimal difference in this instance but while on the point it's worth knowing that the names of cartridges are often deceiving or flat out incorrect compared to their actually dimensions. Easy to remember labels are user rather than dimensionally accurate ones.

In this instance the more important difference is that the 22LR case length is .613" while the 22WMR case length is 1.005". Firing an incorrect round in a chamber that is too large results in the case problems already mentioned above for rim fire.

You'd blow your face off doing something similar with the energy in a centre fire cartridge.

[Rifle realist]

Hello Modena.
I bought my first .22WMR a month or so ago,after 30 odd years of owning rifles. It's great no more searching for brass in the dark or grass., enough power for cats & foxes, quiet enough to use on the edge of town where I live. The rifle I have is much more accurate than the magazine stories I have read. It is a handy calibre, most evening walks its the rifle I take now.

[Lyam]

while on the point it's worth knowing that the names of cartridges are often deceiving or flat out incorrect compared to their actually dimensions.

Annoyingly this is true.

Some examples Modena:

220 Swift, .222 Remington and .223 Remington all use .224" diameter projectiles.

.303 British uses has a .300" bore, 0.312" diameter projectile and 0.314" groove diameter.

.308 Winchester is named for its 0.308" groove diameter.

300 Winchester Magnum has the same projectile and groove diameter as the .308 Winchester but the rifling is ignored in it's naming.

30-06 Springfield is named for the being a .30 cal cartridge developed at Springfield Army Base in 1906. Of the 500+ cartridges there are I think you can list the ones that where named after a place (rather than a person or company) on one hand.

Virtually all the names are useless as far as technical accuracy is concerned.

[Modena]

I got a T-Bolt, see here:
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[Jeff303]

Hi guys .
Im new here but heres my 2 cents.
For hunting its the 22mag hands down . Had s hmr as well & it was cool, but those little pills hated the wind & anything bigger than a fox.
The 22mag on the other hand will kill goats & pigs at reasonable ranges ( not recommended i know, but you never know what you'll kick out on a walk). & the lr, for me just didnt have the punch i wanted.
Had a savage 93fv & it was ridiculously accurate provided i did my bit