Adapter to shoot .22 Rimfire in your Main Hunting Rifle

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I went down to the Edmonton Gun Show today. Looked around, wanted one of everything, and because when it comes to gun stuff, I can tend to be an impulse buyer.......so I was glad I left my RPAL, wallet, cash and credit cards at home. I saw too many items I wanted, but I took business cards from the dealers that had items I will "seriously" think about buying.

One item I want for sure, and something I'd like to share CGN members is an adapter that will fit ANY rifle caliber from .224 to .460 Weatherby Magnum. It shoots a precisely formed shotgun pellet in 'your' caliber, and uses .22 blanks that are used in nail-guns to propel it. This little kit comes in a small, multi-compartment plastic box, with instructions, a buckshot pellet sizing die and a steel punch to push the pellet through the sizing die. Take any caliber of brass, say .308, and there is a stainless steel insert in place of the original base. It has an off center hole drilled in it for a .22 blank, so your firing pin in your center-fire rifle strikes the rim of the .22 blank. After you have resized a pellet to your rifles caliber, it fits in the neck just like any regular projectile. When you go to the link, the pictures might be more explanatory.

Uses are many. Small game hunting with almost no noise. No recoil, so younger shooters can more easily transition to full size rifles from their .22's or air rifles. Imagine you are out deer hunting with your .270 and you see a nice, plump rabbit or grouse that'd be nicer for supper than your MRE's. Your .270 would kill, skin and gut it at the same time. There might even be some undamaged or un-lead-poisoned meat left on any bones you might be able to find. Or you could stick this special round, made with this kit, into your hunting rifle and shoot your small game. Or you can target practice cheaply, and concentrate on trigger and sight control, without the distracting recoil. You can become much more familiar with your rifle with these rounds.

Anyway, I thought this was interesting so I am going to order one. If any one here wants to look into buying one, or more info, please go to this guys website. His name is Brian and he is a real friendly older gent who makes these himself at home.

Go to www.gamegetter.ca

One of these would make an ideal Xmas gift for under $50.00 for your hard-to-buy-for gun nut friend!

 

[trevj]

I've known Brian Hammond for a couple handful of years, and used his GameGetter as well. Good stuff!

Cheers
Trev

 

[yippert]

I've got 2 of them and they both work great. My CZ 7.62x39 requires that the cartridge feed from below by sliding under the extractor. It's a bit awkward as the short blunt bullet often doesn't enter the chamber easily. My 30 06's Brno and Sako work better as you can close the bolt on a cartridge already in the chamber as the extractor snaps over the rim. That makes for much easier loading. They all shoot fine though.

 

[Suputin]

I was the first person to commission a 7.62x39 game getter from Mr Hammond and he used my brass and dies to form the thing.

 

[Vic1]

I use a lot simple way, just re size buck shot with Lee re sizer for lead bullets to desire size, load em over 3 gr of Clays and magnum primers. Awesome round for grouse or rabbits and I usually make them 50 or 100 at the time. I try them with 308, 7mm, 300WSM, 300 WBY, no problem with any of above calibers.

 

[Driller]

I pick up some CCI commercial grade 44 magnums #9 with the shot incased in a thin semi -transparent plastic cap a while back. I thought they were designed more for snake shot or home defense but at 210 pellets per cartridge there’s no reason they or others wouldn’t work on small game. But I carry a bore snake with me, not being to adventurous, when it comes to the barrel.

Driller