I recall vividly in 1963 buying .22 shorts for $0.39 at the local Western Auto store. Those were the days my friends!!!!!!!!! Nobody questioned why an 11 year old was buying ammo!
Here's a box for ya! And something I never knew existed, 22 Short HPs!!! Not sure if they kill better than the standard shorts. I bought the box strictly as a novelty item. If you look closely you can see the hollow cavity in the shorts' bullets. $9.95 seemed like an outrageous price at the time but i guess it's not so bad today.I can't remember the last time I saw longs. Probably back in the 1970's. 22 shorts turn up occasionally. I bought some recently to run through my Winchester 94-22 and Marlin 39's.
I doubt they do much, ive never found the hollow point .22lrs to make much ot a difference unless they where huge hollow points or hypers.Here's a box for ya! And something I never knew existed, 22 Short HPs!!! Not sure if they kill better than the standard shorts. I bought the box strictly as a novelty item. If you look closely you can see the hollow cavity in the shorts' bullets. $9.95 seemed like an outrageous price at the time but i guess it's not so bad today.
My first gun was a Remington 514. I really liked it. I don't know what happened to it. My dad felt free to sell anything including my motorcycles when I was in the Army.. I remeber shooting shorts some but not enough to damage it. But that's a reason to not use them in a rifle that shoot longs.My brother had a Remington 514 single-shot that I used with .22 Shorts and they eroded the chamber of the $16 rifle to the point that the extractor wouldn't pull out Long Rifle shells. The metal was quite soft in the $16. rifle. I loved shooting that rifle and had a scope mounted on it by a local Blacksmith (yeah, I know better now).
They been around about forever, I have some quite old ones, around here...Here's a box for ya! And something I never knew existed, 22 Short HPs!!!
Any in original boxes? or even better, unsealed? Old, original, still sealed 22 boxes and ammo can bring big bucks.They been around about forever, I have some quite old ones, around here...
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Yeaaa, but I'm never interested in selling something like that. I enjoy having things like that around MORE than having the money around to do what??Any in original boxes? or even better, unsealed? Old, original, still sealed 22 boxes and ammo can bring big bucks.
I think we are twins that were separated at birth. I have several old 22 boxes of ammo. One box of longs says it is loaded with "semi-smokeless" powder. I have no interest in selling them, I would rather admire them in my display case.Yeaaa, but I'm never interested in selling something like that. I enjoy having things like that around MORE than having the money around to do what??
BUT, I just read that my old Sony Walkman is worth 200 bucks, probably should sell it instead.
DM
Here's a box for ya! And something I never knew existed, 22 Short HPs!!! Not sure if they kill better than the standard shorts. I bought the box strictly as a novelty item. If you look closely you can see the hollow cavity in the shorts' bullets. $9.95 seemed like an outrageous price at the time but i guess it's not so bad today.
Guess Shorts won't hurt it much...already a problem. Have you thought about relining the Winchester's barrel?I found a couple of 100 round boxes of 22 short in the stash the other day. Perfect for my pre WW1 Winchester 1904.
So for that rifle, I'd say they're still relevant.
(It's a dandy with the last of the long ammo I have and tumbles most LR I fire through her)
Guess Shorts won't hurt it much...already a problem. Have you thought about relining the Winchester's barrel?
Ideal twist rate for 22 shorts is 1-21. 1-18 is standard for LRs. I made a gun a few years back out some barrel blanks that Les gave me. Chambered it with a drill bit and got a perfect 22 LR chamber. When I range tested the gun, bullets were going sideways. I checked the twist and found a 1-21 rate. So I tried some longs. The gun proved to be very accurate. My neighbor has a Winder Musket chambered in 22 Short. I checked the twist on it and sure enough, it was 1-21.It has iirc 1/20ish spin and doesn't take kindly to any make of 22lr I've tried so far.