22LR with V-Max
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I believe it is because the 22lr bullet is fitted over the case whereas the 22Mag is seated inside it like a regular centre-fire cartridge. A South African company does make pointed bullet 22lr cartridges but I have never seen them in Canada.
Sink a 100 grand or more of your own money in it.
At 1250 or thereabouts feet per second, the performance isn't there.
At $10+ per box, the market isn't either.
Then there is the tiny little problem of barrel diameter. The current rimfire bullet is the same size as the case, at .223, same as bore diameter. Centerfire .22's are mainly .224. Chambers would need to be larger to account for the wall thickness of the case. Bullet makers would otherwise have to spool up yet another set of machinery, in order to service what is pretty much a non-market.
It adds up to a resounding "ain't gonna happen anytime at all". Aside from the whining about the price, there would be no end of the guys that shot coyotes or whatever else with them, and then #####ed about the lack of performance from the bullet.
Get a .22 hornet, and reload for cheaper. Want a rim fire, get the Mag, or a .17. I'm pretty sure they don't believe in you either.
Cheers
Trev
Wow. It was just a thought/question. Which Ben answered in a previous post. As for me "not being a believer" in the .17 was more of a statement about how I prefer my .22, that is all. For the record, I think the 22WRM is a great round. I didn't realize that the .17 crowd was as sensitive as the Glock crowd.(For the record I own a Glock, so this is meant as joke)
I agree with this, a premium, highly frangible bullet in .22LR would be very desirable. No reason to cost more than .17 HRM bullets and I would gladly the same price for a bullet I can use in a .22LR rifle. Would not even need to feed well in an autoloader. When I want to use my semi-auto I use cheap bulk ammo.
Even if it was single feed I would be okay with that. I just wonder if .22LR velocities will cause a varmint style bullet to expand as we are accustomed to seeing them do with centerfires.
In the end, you would end up with a round that would cost at least as much as the 17M2, and quite likely much more. I doubt it would be very popular. Perhaps if it had come out before the 17rims, it might have had a chance. But at 22lr velocities, it wouldn't really do anything spectacular anyway.
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I beleive the external lubed,heeld bullet design of the 22LR precludes a copper jacketed V-max boat tail bullet. I also remember reading somthing about the rifling on a 22LR barrel not holding up to the pressures created by a jacketed bullet. Wasnt a jacketed bullet configureation like on the 22WMR exparemented with in a 22LR size in the now obsolete 22 ILARCO?
I beleive the higher pressures generated meant a reduced powder charge was necessary to use in conventional semi auto actions. This translated to a lower velocity. Looked pretty but thats all it did well, other than stay clean inside a large capasity mag when used in a blowback action.
I beleive the higher pressures generated meant a reduced powder charge was necessary to use in conventional semi auto actions. This translated to a lower velocity. Looked pretty but thats all it did well, other than stay clean inside a large capasity mag when used in a blowback action.
I have two 17mach2 rifles,and three of my friends also own 17mach2 rifles.They provide far better trajectory than a 22lr,at half the cost of the 17HMR.If I need a flatter shooting cartridge,I take out the 22Hornet,as it is far superior to the 17hmr,and I can load it for a comparable cost.
