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Oldfriend, I'll give you one little hint of advice even though you haven't asked for it. If you shoot with your auxillary cartridge you might like using standard velocity .22 rimfires. The rifle and the cartridge can stand the high velocity stuff just fine but you won't be extracting the empty .22 hulls from te cartridge with your fingertips. The standard velocity stuff lets you take out the empties a lot easier. And I use Shorts quite a bit, the CCI Short CB's in fact. Very good for close range shots. The only problem with using Shorts is that the loaded auxillary cartridge won't feed from the magazine. When loaded with a .22 Long Rifle it will, because the protruding bullet can guide the auxillary cartridge up to the chamber.

WB, the outfit that made some recently was Alex Industries (or something like that) but I don't find anything about them currently. I was hoping they were still in business. Marbles made auxillary cartridges for years and if you're really lucky you can stumble across one for the .22HP at a gun show. Sometimes the folks who have them don't know what they are and then the price can be very low. Keep looking, an auxillary cartridge is worth having.

Mine has a steel buttplate but it is curved not flat.Here's a sideview showing the curve.I've been told this is a 1899H made in about 1917.Serial # 2057xx.I'm thinking if yours is an H and mine has a different buttstock,it must be something else.Can anyone tell me what mine would be?Sorry for the hijack if you like I'll start a new thread,just give the word.

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303 Mike, thanks for the advice.

RedForman, my buttplate, from end to end is pretty flat. From edge to edge (width) it is curved or rounded. It is "dished" if looking at the underside. Not too much though, just enough to be noticed.

303 Mike,

You might give the Aguila .22 Sniper Sub Sonic round a try. It has a 60 gr bullet and the 1 in 12" twist in the HP might be fast enough to stabilize it.

Or you could use the .22 CB longs. They are the same as the shorts, but with a longer case. I got tired of trying to feed the cb shorts in an old single shot rifle I have, so I switched. They work great on ground squirrels and rabbits inside 40 yards or so.

-Mb

.303 Mike, I'm so glad that you said that!!..I think I have a Marbles .22HP insert someplace and I forgot about it until just now. Gotta find it after hunting season.

Thanks for the hints about the CCI CB Longs, Pardners, but first I've got several boxes of CB Shorts to burn up. One reason for having the Shorts, if I may get "off subject" for a moment, is my old Remington Model 241 auto chambered for .22 Short, and it cycles with the Short CB Caps! The loudest thing about shooting that little auto with the CB Caps is the bolt slamming shut with the next round. It's quiet and it's fun. And, if it doesn't completely cycle with the CB Cap load, it's easy to clear. That makes it a good partner for my .22 HP in at least one way.

I think you can still get factory ammo from Norma. Hornady makes the correct bullet for the 22hp since it is actually .228 and not .224