Hot Rodding a 22LR

Once upon a time there was a metallic silhouette division that favored handloaded .22 WMR. No custom bullets required, just Sierra MKs. I don't recall the dies, and powder charging was a bit scary.

my question is, if this is good match ammo, which it probably is, why are they not using this bullet in fully assembled .22 LR that we can buy off the shelf or special order. AKA, why is Norma or Eley or Federal not putting this bullet in .22lr match ammo and selling it at a premium?

I like to reload as much as the next guy, but, don't have a desire to handload .22lr, maybe I am not that competitive (lol).

I have a bunch of different .22lr match ammo brands that I run through my rifles to see which it likes better, once I find one that works well, I buy more for that rifle, now to be fair, I only have 2 .22lr Rifles I consider worthy of calling "accurate" target rifles, so, maybe that only applies to me.

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I have had a little experience handloading .25 ACP.
That taught me not to even consider .22 LR.
I must admire and congratulate .22 LR handloaders for having the patience and dexterity for a skill beyond my mere mortal capabilities.

Carl N. Brown said:

I have had a little experience handloading .25 ACP.
That taught me not to even consider .22 LR.

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Best laugh I've had today, thank you.

good idea! pull the .22LR and re build it with good powder and replace with .22 caliber bullets.

anybody know if they make a .22LR dies?

Of course .22lr dies exist ~ 5:25 in this one shows the seating dies, followed by the roll crimp.

jmorris said:

Of course .22lr dies exist ~ 5:25 in this one shows the seating dies, followed by the roll crimp.

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You what would be cool, a super heavy .22LR bullet load! for deer of course

Old West has shell holder and heel bullet crimp dies, also molds; but not a seater.
CH lists .22 LR dies.
The poster known as w44wcf or w30wcf improvised a seater out of a bullet sizer, but "John Boy" uses a CH die for .22 black powder loading.

Would the Cutting Edge dies work with lead bullets?

Here are a couple of their threads on the subject. They did some with smokeless, too, if you search around.

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?130946-22-lr-bpcr-!!&highlight=w44wcf

http://www.shilohrifle.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20048&p=218752#p218752

Discussed here.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...ets-22-lr-reloading-kit.899220/#post-12151281