.22 wrf

[milehi]

I picked up a 100 rnds of CCI .22 WRF at a yard sale over the weekend. The guy said he bought them by mistake, instead of WMR. I bought them anyway hoping I could use them in my Henry lever, or trade them. I haven't researched this. Can I? Or is it an oddball round?

[Glass]

wiki says any WMR rifle will handle it ok.

[drafter]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Winchester_Rimfire


A variety of Winchester, Remington, and Stevens single-shots and repeater rifles were offered from 1890 onward, but new rifles are not made for this cartridge. .22 WRF ammunition is periodically offered by commercial makers for use in the old guns.[1] It can be fired in any rifle chambered for the more powerful .22 WMR.[1]

[milehi]

I read the Wiki, and I have a pistol with a magnum cylinder, but the ammo box says not to use it in a pistol. I think I'll sit on it and possibly trade for other ammo. It wont work in the 10/22, model 60, or Henry lever(.22lr, .22l, .22s) that I have.

[EE_]

Sounds like it will work in a .22 magnum rifle or pistol?

The .22 WRF (.22 Remington Special)

By Chuck Hawks

Illustration courtesy of CCI.
The .22 Winchester Rim Fire (WRF) is all but obsolete. It was designed for the Winchester Model 1890 pump action rifle and was later adapted to Remington and Stevens rifles as well as Colt Revolvers. Winchester .22 WRF loads used a flat point bullet.

Remington manufactured the cartridge, loaded it with a round nose bullet, and called it the .22 Remington Special. The two are actually the same cartridge and are completely interchangable.

I mention it here because Winchester .22 WRF ammo will fit in a .22 Magnum chamber, but not the reverse. The WRF fires a 45 grain, copper-plated, lead semi-wadcutter style bullet at a velocity of 1,320 fps and 175 ft. lbs. of energy at the muzzle of a 22" rifle barrel. The sectional density (SD) of the 45 grain WRF bullet is .128. It hits with noticeably more authority than the .22 LR. Winchester also offered a 40 grain hollow point bullet.

Because its case is slightly larger in diameter than a .22 LR case (as is the .22 Magnum), the WRF will not go into LR chambers. Like the .22 Magnum, the WRF uses standard .224" bullets (like most centerfire .22's), not .220" bullets like the Long Rifle.

It is actually quite a useful cartridge, as it hits harder than the .22 LR and is less expensive and less destructive than the .22 Magnum. Unfortunately, sales have diminished almost to the vanishing point and .22 WRF ammunition is no longer cataloged by Remington, although Winchester and CCI occasionally produce runs of .22 WRF ammo. Note that CCI warns against using their .22 WRF ammunition, which is loaded with a JHP bullet, in .22 WMR guns.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/22WRF.htm

[drafter]

Hmmm they seem to contradict themselves, but most likely from a manufacturer liability standpoint.


Note that CCI warns against using their .22 WRF ammunition, which is loaded with a JHP bullet, in .22 WMR guns.

[gunDriller]

what would you guys use .22 for ?

i get the impression from reading threads about guns that the preferred calibers for self-defense are bigger calibers, e.g. 308 (rifle) or 357 magnum & bigger for handguns.

[drafter]

what would you guys use .22 for ?

i get the impression from reading threads about guns that the preferred calibers for self-defense are bigger calibers, e.g. 308 (rifle) or 357 magnum & bigger for handguns.

Not everything is about self defense. Pretty sure .308 is going to make a hell of a mess of a rabbit :)

Even with a handgun, having something small is better than nothing. Let the caliber snobs walk around in their bulky coats trying to canceal their Dirty Harry special. To each his own.

[chad]

i carry a .22LR all the time. if i shoot you in the face 8 times with velocitors, it will fyu.

[Horn]

Anything chambering a wmr is a fine piece of equipment.

If it fits, wear it.

[osoab]

i carry a .22LR all the time. if i shoot you in the face 8 times with velocitors, it will fyu.

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