22 mg in a LR

[briansp82593]

noob question... can you fire .22 lr in a .22 magnum revolver? not a sa but just a smith or a taurus...

 

[Baphomet]

No.

The .22 WMR uses a larger case than the .22 LR, both in diameter and length. Putting .22LR in a .22 WMR chamber is courting disaster.

 

[Greysand]

Yes and No. But mostly No. To the question of "can you fire .22 lr in a .22 magnum revolver?" Yes you can. It can be done. The .22lr case will split & bulge in a most unpleasant way, and may well damage your gun/hand/etc. Your accuracy(sp?) will also suffer to the point that there really isn't a point to doing this.

So - Can you? Yes. Should you? Not if you like to have ten pretty fingers like the most of men.

 

[pax]

They do make revolvers that will fire both, but the cylinder has to be swapped out in order to accomodate the caliber change. You cannot simply place a .22LR into a .22Mag and expect it to work safely and well.

NAA makes mini-revolvers that convert from one to the other, not sure who might currently make a full sized one that does. Somewhere around here I have an icky old HR that does it, too, but they're long out of business.

Edited to add: I've never seen a DA that does the trick. Not sure how that would work, mechanically, though I'm pretty sure if someone put their mind to it they'd figure out a way.

pax