CCI 22 Long

[Dr T]

I recently purchased some CCI 22 Long HV (29 gr bullet). These have about the same velocity as the CCI 22 LR with the 40 gr bullet. I got these primarily as a light bullet load for revolvers. Also, they should feed OK in the 22 LRs I have with tubular magazines. Has anyone ever tried these from a clip in a semi-auto pistol or rifle.

BTW, I purchased these as a historical curiousity. The curious thing is that they are still around. The 22 Long are the second longest, continuously loaded metallic cartridge that is available today (after the 22 Short). The 40 gr bullet from the 22 Extra Long was loaded in the 22 Long case to make the 22 Long Rifle (LR).

 

[SilentScream]

Don't know how they'd feed from a "clip" however out of a magazine it might give you some F/T/Feed trouble.

 

[rcmodel]

The may feed, but won't have enough recoil to operate most semi-autos.

BTW:
.22 Longs are on the endangered species list now.

Remington no longer loads it.
Winchester only loads a CB Cap long with no powder in it.

CCI still has a .22 Long CB Cap, and a full power .22 Long.

rc

 

[au_prospector]

Sounds like a good excuse to go to the range and try them out!

Is the firearm stamped 22 s/l/lr or just 22 Long rifle?

I bet they feed IF the round is stout enough to work the action, otherwise they might be single shot rounds.

 

[au_prospector]

Dang RC is still fast at the draw.

 

[VA27]

I use the CCI Longs in my Bernardelli Baby. I have one magazine for shorts and one for longs. It's more reliable with the longs.

I haven't tried 'em in my 550 Remington. I will and report back.

 

[Dr T]

Honestly, I haven't checked the barrel markings on all of the rifles with tubes in years. But I seem to recall that the magazine capacity is given in terms of shorts, longs, and long rifles.

I picked up the Longs since it was the first time I had seen the HV longs in years (decades, even). It has been hard to find shorts for a long time, but I have this beautiful Winchester pump gallery gun that wants exercise, and it is chambered for shorts. A few months ago, a local Walmart had them, but they would only let me have 3 boxes.

To round out my ensemble of less than common 22 ammo, I ordered some Agila Sniper loads yesterday. This uses a 22 short case with a 60 gr. bullet. It has the same OAL as a 22 LR.

 

[788Ham]

I found a brick of .22 shorts in my stash about a month ago.... price was $4.99, forgot I had them. The CCI .22 CB longs are a good rodent round.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

Shorts and long are more expensive than long rifle, but that was not the case years ago. Back in the mid 60's I could by .22 ammo when I was about 13 years old. Short were the cheapest, longs next and long rifle were the most expensive.

 

[kBob]

351,

yep me too.....Longs were my last choice as they cost more than shorts and did not do anything better and were not as good as LR.....but the Savage 6 series gun did not care and shot them anyway.

I was actually angry at my Dad for getting the Savage for me at the time rather than the Nylon 66 I asked for. Looking back that Savage and the brick of Peters .22LR were just about the perfect gun for me at that time and I made good use of the " .22 s,l,lr" markings over the years.

-kBob

 

[Carl N. Brown]

I have fired .22 Long high velocity rounds (29gr ~1040 fps approx equiv of .22 Short HV 29 gr) from a Ruger Mark II (6" bbl). If I loaded more than two in the magazine they would FTFeed but I had a box and a half and they were OK for three shot plinking practice.

.22 Long CB is another critter (~720 fps and half the energy) and must be manually fed in a semi-auto.

Back in the mid 60's .... Short were the cheapest, longs next and long rifle were the most expensive.

I remember those days and some of the folks in the country used shorts, longs and long rifles for different game and different ranges and knew where the gun hit with each. Shorts cost less and killed small pests without spooking the livestock, but for hunting edible game, or for larger predators, long rifle was worth the price.