Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Sell me on magnum rimfire

I like Taking my Model 648 with me when fishing the ponds. The magnum shot shells are much better than LR's for snakes.

A 22 is all you need for killing cows. Until you need a bit more.

Never saw or heard of a 22mag not being enough.

.22 mag is the round of choice for our night poachers. The only variable is candlepower.

DF

At one time it worked well for that. Never killed dealer than a 22, but it had less
get aways than a 22.


Long time ago, not far away, different life.

FMJ bullets are good hog killers, even in the .17 HMR.

And, that’s not hearsay. BTDT, multiple times.

DF

Exactly. And I'm a confirmed .22 RF slut.

I have numerous lr rimfires also a Hornet. But I now have 2 .22mags. I love em. There are times when more speed or range is needed, and I don't want to reload for my Hornet the mag. nicely fits this spot. I bought a bunch of ammo when it was about 9$ per hundred. Now I wouldn't be with out one.

Get’em all. I have several .22LR’s, .22 WMR, .17 HMR, .22 K-Hornet, before I get into more serious, larger rounds.

If ya gonna claim to be a Loony, ya gotta act like a Loony.

DF

What? You're not loony enough for a 17 Hornet? Faker......

Ha!

Haven’t gotten one yet. JB speaks highly of it. Sounds interesting.

So, ya never know what may show up one of these days.

DF

This is my new “.22 magnum”, the compact version. Pretty much duplicates the ballistics of the .22M rifle in a 5” barrel, but at a fearsome price for ammo unless my handloading scheme pans out. Gathering the stuff for that now.

Meanwhile, it’s pretty cool…….

Interesting.

Would like a full report on that one.

DF

A distributor listed Ruger American in 22 Mag , and it had a ‘heavy’ no taper contour barrel threaded at muzzle from the factory. Price was nice so I ordered one. I already have a TAC 65 suppressor and figured the combination would be good for local coyotes. Accuracy is very good with Hornady 30 gr V max ammo, and finger snap quiet with subsonic Winchester 45 gr ammo (1060fps). I don’t know if the subsonic ammo will kill a coyote quick enough, and the TAC 65 does not do much sound reduction of the muzzle blast with full power ammo. The sonic crack of the bullet is quite loud and is to be expected but I thought the muzzle blast would have been reduced more.
In the past I’ve owned a Marlin 882 and Handi Rifle in 22 Mag but only shot paper with them. I’m happy with the Ruger American.

So far, I can report that it’s pretty loud, but not as obnoxious as say a hot .357. Didn’t make me want to double up. Very crisp trigger.

Have a selection of factory stuff now. I’ll get it out for serious work soon.

Yup, no use denying it. Everyone knows it😜

If I want to be bored out of my gourd I can easily load my .223 to duplicate .22 hornet ballistics. Or I can just grab one of my .22 mags and go kill some varmints. Hmmmm, tough choice but I think I'll take option #2 and leave the boring shyt for somebody else.

I have 3 22 mag rifles, a Henry lever, an H & K Model 300 and a Rossi semi auto.
The Rossi is a winner with it's 10 rd mag, it fires every time, shoots 1 1/4" @ 100 with Hornady's 30grv v-max.
The H & K is so Hard to get and such a beautiful gun I don't take it out much, it shoots awesome.$$$$$
The Henry I keep as a barn & tractor gun without a scope on it, shoots great also. The Rossi goes with me most of the year in my Polaris ranger SXS. Perfect little rifle that Rossi. I shoot tons of varmints on our farm. The 22 mag is my Favorite round.

When I couldn't find a WMR barrel for my CZ 455, I decided to try a 457 barrel (they'd already disco-ed the 455s by then). It plugged in just fine, and the little rascal shoots superbly. I also have a CZ 512 autoloader in WMR that shoots just as well at 100 yards with the same ammo. You can't tell which rifle shot which groups.

Prior to that, I had no use for the WMR either. I just didn't need one. Or, know I needed one, take your pick. They are great little rifles for common vermin. You just have to use it within it's limits.

If you like not having squirrels get back to the hole or rabbits needing a follow up 22 mag is awesome. It's also way more fun than the lr

I've found the perfect use for my .17 HMR...

It's the only realistic tool for burning through the stacks of .17 HMR ammo on my shelf....
And I like smacking stuff out to 200 or so with relative ease, and a dinky little cartridge