.22 WMR ? No place in SD?

[TTv2]

This topic isn't dead until someone gets a response from the ammo manufacturers to confirm if there are any process changes in the priming or testing of .22 Mag vs .22 LR that can definitively state whether .22 Mag is more reliable than .22 LR.

I'll be emailing CCI today or tomorrow as Aguila hasn't gotten back to me and I doubt they ever will.

I finally got around to asking CCI (Aguila never responded, so great customer service there Aguila (>_<) )

Here was what CCI said:

The process of application into the casing is much the same on a 22 WMR vs a 22 LR but the mix itself and the quantity of are both different in the 22 WMR for the purpose of igniting more powder in a 22 WMR and 17 HMR alike.

So, it doesn't look like there is any greater QC that .22 Mag gets, it just gets likely a hotter primer compound mix and more of it to ignite the larger and different powder charge.

 

[SDGlock23]

I wouldn't choose it over existing centerfire options but with something like a 40gr Gold Dot which is designed for handgun use, it would be way better than a 22LR.

 

[chicharrones]

I finally got around to asking CCI (Aguila never responded, so great customer service there Aguila (>_<) )

Here was what CCI said:

The process of application into the casing is much the same on a 22 WMR vs a 22 LR but the mix itself and the quantity of are both different in the 22 WMR for the purpose of igniting more powder in a 22 WMR and 17 HMR alike.

So, it doesn't look like there is any greater QC that .22 Mag gets, it just gets likely a hotter primer compound mix and more of it to ignite the larger and different powder charge.

Interesting. Thanks for the follow up.