.22 short
- Thread starter madmac
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Pretty much, but not all function with them very well.
i dunno about new, but i had a lakefield MKII that fed from a ten round mag, and i regularly used CCI CB rounds, same lenght as a short, and they cycled fine. rifle was groved for a scope, and it was a surprisingly good shooter.
22 short is more expensive than 22 LR. For reduced noise/range I shoot Agulla Super Colbri. A Long Riflecase with a short bullet, no powder and big primer. Sounds like an air rifle. Cycles through my Savage Mk2 perfectly.
Not to be nosy, but..
......any reason why new?
Not that it's a bad question
. Are you looking for something to exclusively fire .22 shorts?
- Location
- Winnipeg,Man.
why would you fire shorts out of a gun that uses long rifle? the casings and bullets are shorter and leave more space between the casing and barrel throat for residue to pile up. Would there not be a larger chance of the acidic residue damaging the chamber? If it is the noise that you want to reduce, use the old plastic bottle silencer and your neighbors will not hear you firing.
- Location
- Winnipeg,Man.
The shorts may cycle fine as most guns feed by the casing flange not the cartridge length. But because they work in the gun, does it not seem possible that damage can occur. Many guns were made to fire all 3 sizes of carts as it is a selling gimic as at one time shorts were very cheap compared to longs and long rifle. It did not matter that the shorter carts left room for accumulation which could cause damage. it would be like feeding under-length carts into a high power rifle and waiting to see what erosion that would cause.
I have to politely disagree (though I still respect you, now worries!
)...I've come across a few tube-fed rifles that won't do shorts (or even CB Longs ), among them a lever-action .22 that will mercifully go unnamed here, and the Cooey pump-action .22; I'm not pleased about this discovery by any means, and it's not overly prevalent, but I thought I'd share the info, all the same. 
i just bought this... i wanted it for a while. I have savage and a ruger rimfire but wanted this marlin.
ht tp://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firearms/BoltAction22/981T.asp
bolt action -tube fed- shoots it all -synthetic-with sights
got to be ok hunting 22 for kicking around in the bush and throw her on the ATV and go!
ht tp://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firearms/BoltAction22/981T.asp
bolt action -tube fed- shoots it all -synthetic-with sights
got to be ok hunting 22 for kicking around in the bush and throw her on the ATV and go!
FWIW, My Cooey Model 60 and Henry Golden Boy both feed shorts just fine.
Winnipeg Toymaker might have a point when he says,
"the casings and bullets are shorter and leave more space between the casing and barrel throat for residue to pile up."
My Cooey has got to be at least 40 years old, shot most of it's life with shorts and I don't think it's any worse for wear because of it. It's in very rough shape, but that's because it was rarely cleaned and was probably used as a fence post for a good portion of it's life. As far as I can see, the throat looks pretty good.
Winnipeg Toymaker might have a point when he says,
"the casings and bullets are shorter and leave more space between the casing and barrel throat for residue to pile up."
My Cooey has got to be at least 40 years old, shot most of it's life with shorts and I don't think it's any worse for wear because of it. It's in very rough shape, but that's because it was rarely cleaned and was probably used as a fence post for a good portion of it's life. As far as I can see, the throat looks pretty good.
