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Being quite ancient, I distinctly recall the existence of a .22 cartridge longer than a .22LR, but smaller than the later-developed .22WMR.
As I was a child back in the early 1950's, I can't recall its name or specifics. I do remember seeing them pop-up from time to time at friends' homes and sports stores. It was the days of brass cartridge cases for everything, but some of those longer .22's had silver-ish or chromed cases.
I can't remember if they would chamber or fire in a .22LR weapon.
As those were the pre-herbicide, pre-pesticide days of cottonmouth moccasins EVERYWHERE, I was firing .22LR's at a prodigious rate, hundreds/week. especially during late Spring-times. Dad would buy them for me in those big wood crates.
I'm sure some of the ammo experts here can give details. . . . . . ?
leVieux
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Being quite ancient, I distinctly recall the existence of a .22 cartridge longer than a .22LR, but smaller than the later-developed .22WMR.
As I was a child back in the early 1950's, I can't recall its name or specifics. I do remember seeing them pop-up from time to time at friends' homes and sports stores. It was the days of brass cartridge cases for everything, but some of those longer .22's had silver-ish or chromed cases.
I can't remember if they would chamber or fire in a .22LR weapon.
As those were the pre-herbicide, pre-pesticide days of cottonmouth moccasins EVERYWHERE, I was firing .22LR's at a prodigious rate, hundreds/week. especially during late Spring-times. Dad would buy them for me in those big wood crates.
I'm sure some of the ammo experts here can give details. . . . . . ?
leVieux
.
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