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The 22rimfire bullet isn't a very tight seal, but it does have some wax that helps. In extended exposure to rain, creek crossings, like an extended survival situation, it could get moisture in it. The 22WMR is jacketed, and a tight fit in the case, you cannot wiggle it with your fingers.

Of course, Ziploc bags can be a simple way to keep things dry.

Considering how much time is spent on forums such as this arguing the virtues of different center fire cartridges and predominantly bolt guns as the carrier of said boolits in putting meat on the table, it's perplexing so many gravitate to .22's and shotguns when the subject of lone survival scenarios and gun choice pops up.

A reliable bolt action rifle in a powerful enough cartridge is more efficient at procuring ounce/meat per ounce/ammunition than most other platforms. I'd rather have a lt. wt. bolt gun in 6.5 swede/creed and a big handful of snare wire than all the shotguns and .22lr. in a Cabellas super store.

Vihjamur Stefansson proved this by spending years at a time on expedition in the arctic. http://www.thearctic.is/articles/topics/legacystefansson/enska/index.htm He and his team determined that the Mannlicher Schoenauer in 6.5x54 was the way to go and were able to hunt and eat their way across some of the most inhospitable terrain our continent has literally for years. Even Brad Angier pushed the Win. Mod 70 in 30.06 for the best all around woods running gun.

Like Ethan mentioned the geography/wildlife should be known before running off into the boonies, but even then, the center fire bolt gun has been the most popular means of filling bellies around the world for over a century.

Give me Mauser in 6.5 swede or .06 and I'd be a happy camper.

sorry, but woodsbumming and being able to take almost any shot you're offered at game is not the same thing. You'd have to brain deer to take them reliably with a 22 mag. and it would be sketchy for anything larger. Why make that much noise and give up the rapidfire of the .22lr, or the power and range of the 223, when the AR is so low cost these days and so much more versatile than any .22 mag. In the autos, 22 mag bursts rims quite often. want to risk your face? wanna pay $200 to have the 22 mag rustproofed and $500 to have some smith fabricate luminous sights for it?

When I was a young guy and out of work...none to be had of any kind...I fed my pregnant wife and me on venison, all shot in the eye with a 22 LR Marlin 81. I didn't need a HP rifle to do the job, and the 22 LR was quiet, something necessary for the job at hand.

When I was a young guy and out of work...none to be had of any kind...I fed my pregnant wife and me on venison, all shot in the eye with a 22 LR Marlin 81. I didn't need a HP rifle to do the job, and the 22 LR was quiet, something necessary for the job at hand.

When I was a young guy and out of work...none to be had of any kind...I fed my pregnant wife and me on venison, all shot in the eye with a 22 LR Marlin 81. I didn't need a HP rifle to do the job, and the 22 LR was quiet, something necessary for the job at hand.

This one

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/845547307

Yes a drilling like that or a BBF would be my choice as well.

Ever checked out the accuracy of a drilling? :-) The Savage combo rifle/shotgun is about as far as you want to stretch that bs. Use the 30-30 barrel with a chamber insert to .32 ACP, and the 20 ga 3" shell, if you like to run out of ammo quickly.

it's been done with the .22lr, too, many times, and the 223 has a lot more ability on bigger animals than turrkey and a lot more range on smaller critters than the .22 mag has. the .22 rimfire mag bullet has a terrible ballistic coefficent, especially the original Winchester blunt hp. The lighter, faster CCI bullets, with the plastic nose do consierably better vs wind and drop, but I dunno about their penetration vs big critters. 30 grs is a very small amount of lead. It might just shatter on a rib of a big critter. When you start with just 350 ft lbs, and a blunt, non-boattail bullet, you've got damned little energy left at 200 yds. 60-100 ft lbs. Start with the 1200 ft lbs of the 223, 3000 fps, not 1900 fps, and 60 grs of bullet, not 40 grs, and you've got a lot more leeway for very minor errors in accuracy.
https://www.mcarbo.com/22-wmr-ballistics-chart.aspx

Ever checked out the accuracy of a drilling? :-) The Savage combo rifle/shotgun is about as far as you want to stretch that bs. Use the 30-30 barrel with a chamber insert to .32 ACP, and the 20 ga 3" shell, if you like to run out of ammo quickly.