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So I was going through my ammo locker and came across a brick (500) of Remington .22 long ammunition that I got from a coworker who's father passed away a number of years ago. Since I doubt that it would feed through my 10 22 should I feed it through my revolver or try to sell it? Not sure how old it is but the price tag was $15.50, does anyone even use it these days?
 
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.22 long will work fine through a 10/22. Might turn it into a straight-pull but length is fine for feeding. It's probably worth more selling it though.
 
Probably doesn't have much collector value, but it will keep your revolver running for quite a while. I would just shoot them.
 
I have two boxes of ?CIL? / Dominion I received from my dad many years ago. Shot them occasionally in my bolt 22. To me, the versatility of 22LR with Quiets, Stingers, Velocitors, etc (CCI sure makes a lot of different 22s) plus the full line of Aguilas means a 22 LR "only" firearm is probably all you need for 22s.
 
I used .22 longs many eons ago, and my conclusion is that they went obsolete for a good reason. Not as accurate as LR, not as quiet or as accurate as a Short or Subsonic LR, not as deadly as a HP on small game. I'd suggest burning them up in your revolver. Perfect use for them.
 
Wholesale Sports had some bricks of .22 long just before they went down. I picked up a couple to feed my Trombone but normally use .22 shorts since I can get 15 in the tube magazine.
 
Longwalker said:
I used .22 longs many eons ago, and my conclusion is that they went obsolete for a good reason. Not as accurate as LR, not as quiet or as accurate as a Short or Subsonic LR, not as deadly as a HP on small game. I'd suggest burning them up in your revolver. Perfect use for them.
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Rumor has it that they only lasted for as long as they did because people would mistakenly request .22 Longs, when they actually wanted .22 LR.
 
I have a super accurate .22 single shot rifle that I use up stuff like that in. Though another option is fire it through a Remington model 552 (auto) or 572 rifle (pump), or an older Marlin (bolt action), made to use .22 short, long, and LR interchangeably.

For those who don't know, .22 long is a .22 short bullet loaded into a .22 LR case. No advantage to these at all, I suspect the rumor stated above is true.

OP, where is "Bantario" in your location description?
 
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Cocked&Locked said:
I have a super accurate .22 single shot rifle that I use up stuff like that in. Though another option is fire it through a Remington model 552 (auto) or 572 rifle (pump), or an older Marlin (bolt action), made to use .22 short, long, and LR interchangeably.

For those who don't know, .22 long is a .22 short bullet loaded into a .22 LR case. No advantage to these at all, I suspect the rumor stated above is true.

OP, where is "Bantario" in your location description?
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I used to have a Marlin 80 that fed shorts and long rifles from the magazine, never should have sold it. "Bantario" was a reference to the McGuinty/Wynne years here in Ontario when they seemed to ban something new everyday lol, I am up in the Sault now but lived in the London area for most of my life.
 
Cocked&Locked said:
For those who don't know, .22 long is a .22 short bullet loaded into a .22 LR case.
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Long predates the LR so it would be more accurate to say the LR is a long case topped with an "extra long" bullet. The extra long has been obsolete for about a century while the short, long and LR are produced to this day.
 
28 gauge said:
The .22 long used the .22 short bullet and the long rifle case.
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The long predates the LR which was developed using the typical 40 grain bullet of the extra long and the case of the long. So to word it more accurately the LR "used" the long case. Exactly as I said in the post before yours...
 
B said:
The long predates the LR which was developed using the typical 40 grain bullet of the extra long and the case of the long. So to word it more accurately the LR "used" the long case. Exactly as I said in the post before yours...
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Six of one, half dozen of the other.LOL
 
B said:
The long predates the LR which was developed using the typical 40 grain bullet of the extra long and the case of the long. So to word it more accurately the LR "used" the long case. Exactly as I said in the post before yours...
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Yes, you are more precisely correct ^^^.
 
Shot them lots as a kid for chickens and muskrats. They were my go to, I always asked for CIL longs at the general store. No idea if they actually were better but they were my lucky ammo, so I had more confidence with them. Put a lot of chickens in the pot with them. I felt they were flatter too, but again could have just been me, because in my mind they were magic.
 
Some older guns like Win. 62 where chambered for Longs Only. I have 1 that I modified for long rifle. I had a Colt Pump that was chambered for Longs only.
They were cheaper that LR , back in the day. Maybe not now?
 
You folks ever run them through an open bolt Gevarm? My friend used 22 long in his A3 once.
The feed fire extract & feed once again resembled a Singer sewing machine at full speed. And yes he had to pull the trigger for each discharge.
Freaking awesome and zero jams.
I am guessing they were going at least 1000 fps?
Certainly they were copper washed round nose lead bullets but of unknown make.
 
I shoot 22 long CBs off the
picnic table as they are quite out of the Henry than short or LR cbs.. also function in my 597 mag as a straight pull.
 
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