32 Magnum
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Since Bluehawk was kind enough to post a picture of his "22 SPECIAL", I thought it might be fun to post pictures of a couple of mine.
First - a fairly early piece chambered in .22 Winchester RIM Fire - records indicate that somewhere around 200 pieces were produced in this chambering (I have two of those) making this one somewhat scarce. ALSO, this typifies some of the erroneous information contained in several of the "guides" which list one of the chamberings for the "22 SPECIAL" as being 22 Winchester MAGNUM Rim fire. Since the "22 SPECIAL" was discontinued around 1941-42 and the 22 WMRF was introduced in the early 1950's, the error should have been readily apparent to researchers. It was not.
Second - a fairly scarce variant of the "22 SPECIAL" with a 10" barrel (6" was standard) which H&R called the "EXPERT" model.
First - a fairly early piece chambered in .22 Winchester RIM Fire - records indicate that somewhere around 200 pieces were produced in this chambering (I have two of those) making this one somewhat scarce. ALSO, this typifies some of the erroneous information contained in several of the "guides" which list one of the chamberings for the "22 SPECIAL" as being 22 Winchester MAGNUM Rim fire. Since the "22 SPECIAL" was discontinued around 1941-42 and the 22 WMRF was introduced in the early 1950's, the error should have been readily apparent to researchers. It was not.
Second - a fairly scarce variant of the "22 SPECIAL" with a 10" barrel (6" was standard) which H&R called the "EXPERT" model.