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You might remember me from ages ago.

I'm from Australia and got the whole forum overhauled when I made a thread asking about guns and people started arguing and stuff about gun bans and being aggressive towards me etc.

I made THR history! Yay!

Anyway...

I have a firearms related question!

If I were to get a revolver chambered in .22L would it be capable of firing .22LR, .22S, ,22SR and .22L ?

I am of the opinion that it could do those rounds as the only issue comes in to play when using magazine fed firearms as they need to have exact dimensions to feed properly, and also due to such things as extractors and working the actions (for semi autos), but in a revolving cylinder firearm this should not be an issue.

What do you think?
 
I don't personally know of any revolvers chambered in .22 long (most are .22 LR or .22short)but if one were it would shoot the .22 long,.22 short,.22 cb or .22bb. but not a .22 long rifle(too long for cylinder). I am not familiar with the .22SR.
 
Yeah I don't think there is a .22SR.

Sorry.

.22L and .22LR have the same length case, right?

Also certain .22LR such as ultra high velocity have a lighter bullet so I would assume also shorter?
 
Just be sure when changing from a shorter round to a longer round to thoroughly clean the chamber to remove the carbon ring that will form.
 
Welcome to THR... errr, um, welcome back? I suppose you had a different member name?

Anyway, AFAIK, the case from the .22L is almost identical to the .22LR. Like jimmy said, finding one chambered for the .22L rather than the .22LR could be difficult.
 
My suggestion would be to buy a revolver chambered in .22LR. Then you can shoot all loadings for the .22 rimfire EXCEPT .22 mag,et.al.
 
"Only use factory ammunition specifically intended for the firearm you are using."

In other words only use the caliber and type of ammunition that the manufacturer recommends.

That should keep you safe and give you the best performance in your particular weapon.
 
CoRoMo said:
Welcome to THR... errr, um, welcome back? I suppose you had a different member name?

Anyway, AFAIK, the case from the .22L is almost identical to the .22LR. Like jimmy said, finding one chambered for the .22L rather than the .22LR could be difficult.
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Found one chambered in .22L which I don't think they make ammo for, as in .22L is superceded, apparently?

It's brand new from Eastern Europe.

I live in a country with a heavy emphasis on victim disarmament laws, and I also don't believe in allowing the government to know what kind of weaponry I have, so it may or may not be totally within the law, as in highly illegal and beggars can't be choosers.
 
jimmyraythomason said:
My suggestion would be to buy a revolver chambered in .22LR. Then you can shoot all loadings for the .22 rimfire EXCEPT .22 mag,et.al.
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Yeah if one turns up I shall.

If it turns out to be a break action for reloading and not cylinder popping out the side, then would it be plausible to shoot magnum ammo through it as a single shot?
 
That was the most useless post ever and didn't even help the thread in adding to off-topic discussion.
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Oddly, what you consider to be the most useless post ever happens to contain the answer to your question. From the article:
The .22 LR uses a straight walled case. Depending upon the type and the feed mechanism employed, a firearm which is chambered for .22 LR may also be able to safely chamber and fire the following shorter rimfire cartridges:

.22 BB, in cap, short or long lengths
.22 CB, in cap, short or long lengths
.22 Short
.22 Long
The .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, also called .22 Magnum or .22 WMR, uses a different case, which has a significant taper and does not use a heeled bullet. Firing a .22 LR or derivative in a .22 WMR firearm will likely result in a potentially dangerous case rupture.​
 
Jorg said:
Oddly, what you consider to be the most useless post ever happens to contain the answer to your question. From the article:
The .22 LR uses a straight walled case. Depending upon the type and the feed mechanism employed, a firearm which is chambered for .22 LR may also be able to safely chamber and fire the following shorter rimfire cartridges:

.22 BB, in cap, short or long lengths
.22 CB, in cap, short or long lengths
.22 Short
.22 Long
The .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, also called .22 Magnum or .22 WMR, uses a different case, which has a significant taper and does not use a heeled bullet. Firing a .22 LR or derivative in a .22 WMR firearm will likely result in a potentially dangerous case rupture.​
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It doesn't actually answer the question of firing various .22 rimfire ammunition in a revolver chambered for .22L.
 
It doesn't actually answer the question of firing various .22 rimfire ammunition in a revolver chambered for .22L.
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I'm not sure how that information is being lost in translation....

It tells you that the .22s except for the WMR are all straight-wall cases, identical to each other except for over-all length, powder charge, and bullet weight/design.

It says the longest of them is the .22 LR. Any of the others are shorter than that will fit and function in a LR chamber. Ergo, any shorter than the .22L will fit and function in a .22L chamber.

It mentions, "Depending upon the type and the feed mechanism employed..." to indicate that autoloading and certain other repeaters may not cycle correctly with cartridges of different overall length and or total energy produced.

You're discussing a revolver. Revolvers will work with anything that fits in the chamber as you are manually placing each cartridge in the chamber and extracting it, and you're providing the energy to cycle the action. All the cartridge has to do is go "bang." And it will.

Is that clear enough?

Welcome, back, but please chose your words wisely. Rbernie is a well-respected and even-tempered member of long standing in our community here, and who also happens to help moderate these forums. The chances of him posting something that was not pertinent to the conversation and/or that could not lead you to quickly find the answer you seek are somewhere between slim and none.

I'm sorry that you could not decipher exactly what you wanted to know from that very informative article, but I hope we've been able to clear it up.

-Sam
 
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