"The rumors of it's death are greatly exaggerated."
All major companies still manufacture .22 MAG (Federal has 3 different loadings) and Winchester still makes the .22 WRF, which also fires in the .22 MAG chamber. The .22 WRF is my favorite for shooting eastern gray squirrels out of the tall bottomland trees back in KY, as the plain bullets don't blow the squirrel apart if I have to take a body shot.
I still use a .22 MAG rifle that I bought in 1965. Last time I used the rifle, I broke a turkey's neck at about 35 yds, using Federal 50gr .22 Mag. The .22 Mag ammunitiion always did cost 4 times as much as .22 LR, but I prefer it for hunting.
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