Question about .22 nail setting blanks

[USAF_Vet]

I know they are loaded hotter than standard other rim fire blanks, but will they damage a barrel?

I picked up a Taurus 94, and while I have some .22 lr and a box of .22 short, I'd rather like to save wat little I have until supply and demand equalize. But I still would like to shoot my new acquisition, even if only as a function check.

 

[BCRider]

Why make all that noise simply to check functioning? Stick some empty rimfire cases into the cylinder and "shoot" it with the empties as cushioning for the firing pin. Don't have any empty rimfire casings? Then 1/4 inch size plastic wall anchors will work for a couple of times before you have to turn them in the chambers to a new spot on the "rim" flange.

 

[USAF_Vet]

I know I can use anchors and spent cases. That isn't what I asked about, though.

 

[Ironman615]

That's a tough question. I've fired a lot of them in nail guns, attaching wood to concrete, and I never noticed any corrosion or build-up of residue. Still, I don't know that I'd fire them in any regular firearm. I'm pretty sure the manufacturers wouldn't recommend it, either--gun or blank manufacturer.

 

[LAGS]

I would not even try to fire one in a 22 revolver.
Just use common sense.
Look at the Wall thickness of your cylinders, Vs the thickness of a nail gun barrel.
Plus look at the Lock up at the back of the case on a revolver vs a nail gun chamber.
That recoil sheild is not designed for that kind of pressure.

Don't even try it.

 

[CraigC]

I've used quite a few. One must remember that there is very little chamber pressure without something in front of it.

 

[kBob]

There is a guy out there that makes cartridge cases for rifles accept nail driving blanks to produce a low powered rifle round. Must not be too corrosive or folks would be screaming not to buy them.

Do remember that blanks can be dangerous and the blast alone can even kill at contact or near contact ranges.

-kBob

 

[MedWheeler]

I can't see that they could damage a barrel. As was mentioned, without a projectile ahead of the pressure-charge, there really isn't much of one.

Might be corrosive, though; most rimfire blanks are. Just thoroughly clean up afterwards.

 

[LAGS]

I still cant see why someone wants to test fire a gun with Blanks that are not intended to be used in a regular gun. And they say that right on the package.
If you just want to see if your gun goes Bang, and you do not have a Test Fire chamber or want to go to a range, then just pull the bullets off regular 22's and Pop those Caps.
There is a shortage of 22's out there right now, but to even risk any damage to your gun for the expense of 9-22 cartridges is just not worth it to me.
You care enough about your gun to want to see if it fires the primers , but you are willing to risk damaging it to do that ????
And firing Blanks only tells you if the gun will discharge a cartridge.
It will not tell you if the gun is safe to fire live ammo.
There are other checks you have to do first.

 

[oneounceload]

Even Gander has .22 at 2.29/box - just use what is intended to be used in your gun

 

[CraigC]

There is no risk. Blanks, no matter what kind, produce less pressure than any factory loaded .22LR cartridge. With no projectile, there is very little pressure. The fears are unfounded.

 

[BCRider]

I can understand wanting to see and hear it go BANG! But unless you see holes in a target then it seems a little like you're only getting half the experience.

I know the ammo thing is tight at this point but I'd still want to shoot proper ammo and get proper results on a proper target. If that means I can only shoot a little ammo spaced out over more days to make it last that's fine. I'd rather do that than make noise with blanks to no or only half a purpose.

 

[NavyLCDR]

I'm trying to figure out this over pressure concern. There has to be an obstruction for the pressure to build up. You shoot blanks in a semi-auto and there isn't even enough pressure to cycle the action without a blank adapter sealing the end of the barrel. Do these nail driving blanks really have that much more powder in them that they would blow up a gun just from the force required to open that crimp on the end of the casing? Wow!

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

Will they even fit in a .22 chamber? I don't know, because I've never tried.

 

[dfariswheel]

They almost certainly won't fire even if they fit.

There's the new .17 rifle out that uses a cartridge based on the nail gun case.
It has to have a special action with a much stronger mainspring in order to fire the much thicker case ammo.
The American Rifleman tested the rifle and cartridge a month or so ago and said that action was significantly harder to cock due to the heavier spring.
They said that because of that, you would not be able to re-work any other .22 action to fire the new round.

So, I strongly doubt a revolver is going to have enough strength in the mainspring to fire with nail gun brass, even if it will chamber, which I doubt.
Most companies are smart enough to design nail guns not to be able to use live .22 ammo, and most nail driver cases not to fit a firearm.

 

[Gottahaveone]

They almost certainly won't fire even if they fit.

Sorry, fired entirely too many of them to buy that one. Sometimes the Grackels will swarm the yard and land in the big oak out front. A yellow (next to strongest) nail setting blank in any .22 revolver moves the birds like nobody's business.

They are loud as all heck, and shoot a nice 6" flame out the end of the barrel. But after 60-75 shot thru various .22 handguns, I feel pretty confident in saying that they will chamber and fire just fine. Not that I'm recommending that anybody else do this, I'm just relaying personal experience

 

[CraigC]

They almost certainly won't fire even if they fit.

God, I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall. The .25 caliber blanks certainly won't fit but the .22 caliber blanks ABSOLUTELY chamber and ABSOLUTELY fire. I've used several hundred of them, mostly in a Single Six. They work fine and are not a danger to the firearm. Sometimes you need to run off critters without shooting them or launching a projectile and for this, they work perfectly. People ought to try it before claiming it doesn't work.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

I have a Remington .22 nail gun (the hand held whacker one) that I bought over 30 years ago and have used the heck out of over the years and have never cleaned it other than spraying some WD40 on it once in a while. No corrosion whatsoever on it and I live in the Pacific NorthWet. And as far as overpressure the cases are shorter than .22 shorts. None of the alarmists theories hold water.