.22 WRF/ .22 Win Auto

[Andy Griffith]

I play around with the .22 WRF rounds, and usually always shoot them in my model 48- even though the box says not to use them in a handgun (likely because of the "cheap" H&R's and such chambered in these rounds), but I check after each round fired to be certain nothing has lodged in the bore. I suppose I've fired nearly 1K rounds through my model 48 with no ill effects, but I do have to brush it throughly before going back to full power .22 WMR's.

I do like that CCI is running the WRF's and I shoot my Remington in .22 special also more than I did before they made this...but...

The .22 Winchester Auto round is identical in rim and diameter to the .22 WRF and magnum rounds, so why don't they just shorten the case and run them- other than they'd have to get someone to buy enough of them. I think it'd be right close to the old .22 IILARCO round (.22 magnum short) but just a bit less powerful, and it would still shoot in any .22 Magnum firearm, but it may or may not feed.

I doubt there's a chance, but sometimes a dream is better if shared.

 

[desi2358]

I would love to see the old Winchester Auto rimfire made again. It is one of the most requested of the obsolete rimfire rounds (only the 32 seems to have more demand). There are a lot of the old 03 winchesters out there that need ammo and yes, it can be used as a subload in magnums. Unfortunately the demand doesn't seem to have gotten great enough yet to get anyone to make another run of it.

 

[Jerry in SC]

I don't know if it's still applies, since the newer CCI 45 grain loading uses the TNT bullet, but the 45 grain Gold Dot WRF loading from Speer used a larger diameter bullet (according to the technician from Speer). Seems like it was .226" IIRC. I guess that was part of their reasoning as to the warning. I'm sure they were thinking of the weaker action types as well.