.22 Long Rifle Centerfire ?

[Gun Master]

I have no experience with reloading, which I am sure will be evident shortly (if not sooner). It has been said that the dumbest (etc.) question, is the one that is never asked. If that is true, this may be the 2nd most dumb question asked.

Considering the current .22 LR "crisis", how feasible would it be for a individual reloader, manufacturer, etc. to convert used .22 LR RF brass into a centerfire cartridge ?

OK, if this is a no brainer, fire away.

 

[zoom6zoom]

Compare the base of a .22 LR shell to the size of a primer and you'll probably answer your own question.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

It wouldn't be feasible to even try. There is no support in the 22lr case to hold a primer in place. It is an empty hole with a flat bottom.

There has to be a primer pocket to hold the primer. Rimfire cases can't be modified to hold a primer but some of the members here have experimented in reloading them. I have no idea how they made out.

Maybe one of them will answer.

 

[Bhoffman]

IF it were possible, which it isn't, the weapon you fire it in would have to have the bolt replaced with a "custom made" bolt with a center firing pin. EXPENSIVE!!!

 

[PO2Hammer]

With an inexpensive single shot carbine you could load some of the small calibers like .22 Hornet, one of the .32 calibers, or even a .38/357 for the price of .22 ammo.

 

[Steven57]

Or even a .223 lightly loaded

 

[Swampman]

The old .22 Velo Dog is probably about as close as you're going to get to your idea.

http://www.americanrifleman.org/blogs/the-velo-dog/

 

[jmorris]

Use a hornet or 5.7 x 28 case?

 

[GooseGestapo]

Cooper Fireams used to have reloadable version of the .22winmag. It had reusable case and was similar to the 1890's VeloDog cartridge. I don't know if you can even find brass anymore.

The closest thing available now is to reload a .22Hornet with cast bullets. I do.... That and the .223 as well. Makes great plinking rounds and I've killed deer with them, though at close range under controlled circumstances. (dispatching confined or injured deer).

 

[LeonCarr]

There is always having a rifle chambered for the .25 ACP .

 

[zerobarrier]

it won't be cheap and thats the only reason we shoot 22. You can - well at least before this madness - buy a box of 500 for around $20. So you don't have to worry about breaking the bank to take an AR 15-22 and just blast away for an afternoon. It would be cheaper to load 9mm and use a pistol carbine(which is what I do). I barely shoot my 22's anymore, now its 9mm, 44mag, 45acp, and .223 since it is more available and close to the same price of 22 on gunbroker.