.22 WMR

[papajoe222]

Just curious if there are any .22 WMR lovers out there? I have and love both of mine and although the cost of shooting is on par with say a .223 Rem. I still like to take one or the other out to the range and punch a big hole in a paper target now that ammo is once again available. My ten year old couldn't wait until he was old enough to shoot the Savage. Now, he leaves his 10/22 target rifle at home and begs me to bring it along for him. It'd be nice if my state would allow its use for squirrels and bunnies, but I'm happy just plinking around with them.

 

[ms6852]

I love the 22 magnum. I love shooting my CZ with iron sights to two yards. I also carry a NAA 22 mag as a bug, and on occasion in hot summer days I carry the KEL-TEC PMR 30. Fully loaded with 30 rounds the gun weighs 19 ounces. I normally load 26 rounds to avoid jams. So far this gun has performed flawlessly with this method.

It is my go to guns for rabbits, hogs, and whatever gets my fancy.

 

[Mn Fats]

Spendy. Fun. I can only justify shooting it out of my ruger mag cylinder. Did I say fun?

 

[Picher]

I use my CZ 455, .22 Mag for varmints around the bird feeders, whether they're woodchucks, gray/red squirrels, crows, coons, skunks, etc. Some rounds don't expand well, but I found Remington 33 grain Accutip-V as the most accurate and effective round for my rifle (1" 5-shot groups @100yds). Winchester hollow points are pretty good, but not as accurate and shoot to a little different POI than Rem Accutips.

 

[caribou]

.22WRM is the best ''fur'' round around and put through a pump Winchester rifle, may be the best all around small game/fur combo, ever....

 

[FL-NC]

I've had a stainless marlin for 20 years. Love it but rarely use it.

 

[someguy2800]

The only two I've ever shot was an old H&R revolver and a mossberg bolt action both owned by my wife's uncle. I want to say both are 70's vintage. The revolver is a 3" double action but was loaded and ejects through a loading gate like a single action colt. I don't remember if it was any accurate but I do remember that it's in the running for the loudest gun I've ever fired. The mossberg looks like it was captured from the Viet Cong and I think someone tried to clean the scope from the inside with mayonase, but after cleaning it up a bit I was astonished with the 3/8" 50 yard groups. I'll buy one if I ever run across one like it.

 

[Armored farmer]

9422 Xtra winchester.
2 ruger single sixes
Yes I am a fan.
It' like a turbocharged. 22lr

 

[Legionnaire]

Another fan here. My Single Six is more accurate (and more fun) with the .22 WRM cylinder. Also have a Ruger 77/22 in .22 WMR that is a great field carry gun. For many years I had a Savage 24 .22 mag/20 gauge combo that was a great squirrel-gitter.

Back before the rimfire shortage, I saw a guy liquidating his personal inventory of .22 WRM ammo; picked up a couple thousand rounds at a good price then--would be considered a steal today. I'm still working my way through that.

 

[chicharrones]

Just curious if there are any .22 WMR lovers out there?

Yep!

I probably have put in more time to make my two .22 WMR guns into how I wanted them compared to any other gun I own.

I still want to get a double action revolver in .22 WMR at some point.

Ruger Single Six 9.5" and Zastava MP22 16.25"
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[chicharrones]

It' like a turbocharged. 22lr

Sure 'nuff.

 

[Varminterror]

I grew up using a 22WMR and 22 Hornet for hunting coyotes, an older Marlin rifle. I have a Savage 22WMR, thumbhole, these days, but I rarely ever shoot it, in favor of the 17HMR version. The only 22WMR I really enjoy these days is the Kel-Tec PMR30, which is a hoot. Big, ugly, and lacking sophistication, it's a lot of fun on bunnies, kinda like the ugly cousin of my Taurus Tracker 17HMR.

 

[dranrab]

Ruger 10/22 Magnum and Ruger 77/22 Magnum. I love the round. Ammo is now widely available again. I have seen it for 10.99 a box.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

In .22 mag (WMR) I have a Savage 63KM singleshot rifle with mannlicher stye stock bought used and a Taurus 72 pump rifle with 16" barrel bought new.

I don't love them, like my Ruger MkII or Marlin 336, but I kinda like them. The Savage turned out to be very accurate. The Taurus has been reliable and as accurate as any open sighted .22. If I take only one gun to the mountain, it is likely to be the Taurus.





Aside: Like most used Savage Stevens model 63 .22 WMR and 73 .22 s,l,lr my used 73 needed an extractor. A local gunsmith had them.
A lot of the original production extractors were brittle and broke but the replacement parts were properly heat treated.

 

[I6turbo]

I'm a fan of the 22 WMR and love my 452 Lux. One of my favorite guns.

 

[JT-AR-MG42]

.22 Magnums are a lot of fun to work with and just the gun for blackjacks at a distance.

Just what is that carbine you have Chinch? Me likey!

I've got 4.
A CZ 452, a Colt SA convertible, along with both a Colt and a Smith DA.
Last weekend I picked two flats - 500 rds. - of W-W 40gr. FMJs for 80 bucks at a local show.
Just wish the guy had more at that price!

JT

 

[chicharrones]

Just what is that carbine you have Chich? Me likey!

Just a Zastava MP22 (aka CZ99, aka Remington Model 5, aka Charles Daly) in .22 WMR that has been bobbed and re-sighted.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I have a Ruger 77/22M that shoots MOA with ammo it likes. With a 3X9 variable scope, it's a great late season gun for squirrels.

 

[GooseGestapo]

Remington M597 Lt bbl in Boyd's gray laminate stock, Marlin M882ss.
I enjoy shooting and hunting with it. Got it to hunt pigs on a WMA during "small game" hunts.
Like Picher, both shoot the 30-33gr v-max bullet better, but I hunt with the Winchester or CCI 40gr hp.
FINALLY, ammo is becoming available and affordable, again...........

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

I had a Win 94/22m that was my truck gun for almost 2 decades. It never net me down. W/W fmj or jhp mostly. I shot a 250 lb. board with it one day. He turned going into the woods & I fired once & hit a rib. He took 2 more steps & fell over dead.

 

[ms6852]

Papa Joe this is the one I have, as is, no scope.

 

[Olympus]

I'd love it a whole lot more if the ammo didn't cost the same as factory .223 ammo. I can reload .223 for cheaper and reduce the load to get dang near close to 22WMR velocities. What I like about it is that I can use my suppressor with it where I can't use it with the .223. I bought a Ruger American Predator in 22WMR and it makes the perfect "truck gun" or walking rifle, especially when I put the suppressor on it. I can be cruising the gravel roads and see a coyote off in someone's field and put an end to it without anyone being the wiser.

 

[d2wing]

I really like my Ruger American in .22 WMR. Great for woodchucks and such.

 

[Riomouse911]

I, too have the Single Six convertible that is more fun to shoot with the WMR cylinder than the .22 LR one. My other WMR handgun is a Taurus 941 8-shot revolver. It's no Smith, but it's fun to shoot (and dang loud!).

I also have a Henry .22 WMR that I really like a lot... so much so that I bought my son and I Henry .22LR's for Christmas last year.

I missed out on a like-new 10-22M that my LGS had in last week on consignment. Man I wanted that one!

 

[chicharrones]

I did some experimenting this morning between some Remington 40 grain PSP and Hornady 30 grain Vmax.

With my Zastava rifle zeroed at 50 yards with the 40 grain, the 30 grain was only 1/2" high at 100 yards with no elevation changes made on the scope. Pretty nifty, IMO.