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I was fooling around at the reloading bench trying to figure out how to make 22lr more accurate. So I decided to pull the old lead bullet and replace it with a .224dia for fun to see if it would work... well .224dia is to big it needs to be a bit smaller 22lr on my caliper comes up at .222dia

Here is a fun picture. Any ideas how to get it to work. I already looked at the .17 Remington and the .204 Ruger but those bullets are to small.

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The round as is pictured probably would not chamber,if it did and you fired it...it probably would get lodged in the barrel, but it would be worth it for the fun factor.
 
Its funny any time someone tries something new people on this site immediately say Its impossible or don't do it...

Some of the greatest inventions came from mistakes... any how I had no intention of ever firing this it was just kinda funny picture it would be awesome if it worked but the bullet is 2thousands to big.
 
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Its funny any time someone tries something new people on this site immediately say Its impossible or don't do it...

Some of the greatest inventions came from mistakes... any how I had no intention of ever firing this it was just kinda funny picture it would be awesome if it worked but the bullet is 2thousands to big.
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I could see some great invention being needed. Maybe a few prosthetic finger or a glass eye. After all you were pushing an overzized bullet into a live primed .22 case? It is just not good reloading practice.

BTW, jacketet bullets were not for improving accuracy, but allowing greater velocity.
 
How do you know its not a failed case? Maybe it was left over from a failure to fire and I disassembled it and removed the power? before you go around assuming everyone is unsafe maybe you should ask about the facts.

I don't see any need for safety glasses or prosthetic anything

Might not increase accuracy... but it will give you alot of different bullet choices if it was possible... ballistic coefficient would be much lower so the bullets would travel farther. Not to mention added penetration of a jacket bullet.

Often times through greater velocity accuracy is archived.

Anyways its not possible and wont work like everyone mentioned so lets just forget it and take the picture for what its worth a joke.

There is a reason why hornady uses jacked bullets in the .17 and 22 mag maybe the velocity is to high for lead but maybe there is
another reason.

P.s. todbartell whats a 375 bonez ?
 
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msg.drew said:
How do you know its not a failed case? Maybe it was left over from a failure to fire and I disassembled it and removed the power? before you go around assuming everyone is unsafe maybe you should ask about the facts.
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I do not know that!
You said "I was fooling around at the reloading bench trying to figure out how to make 22lr more accurate. So I decided to pull the old lead bullet and replace it with a .224dia for fun to see if it would work."

You said that you were trying to make it more accurate and neglected to say that it was a failed case. You said that you were trying to see if it would work? If it was a failed case it is good that you removed the powder. If it was a failed case, you must have assumed that it could not be detonated. That is foolish! I do not go around assuming everyone is unsafe. In this case, just what you were doing, and I stand by my original statement.
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