Can you interchange .22 LR/L/S?

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This might be a dumb question, but can you interchange .22 cartages? So if I had a .22 LR, could I use Long and Short ammo in it as well?
 
23/4there said:
This might be a dumb question, but can you interchange .22 cartages? So if I had a .22 LR, could I use Long and Short ammo in it as well?
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Generally, yes, unless you are using a semi-auto where the action may not cycle as it should.
Peter
 
lots of older 22's are marked S/L/LR, this is from the days when you could buy all three and the shorts were cheaper.

i often shoot shorts in a single shot 22 to take case of pests around the yard.
 
22 s-l-lr

If you shoot shorts or longs in a LR chamber be sure to clean it thoroughly before going back to the longer shells. Otherwise accumulated powder residue, etc. will make chambering the longer rounds difficult.
 
.22 Shorts are not as loud as the Longs (which are also still available) and LR. They do not have as much energy as the other loads and make for ideal pest control rounds where you don't want to disturb livestock, neighbours, etc...I also use them on the trap line. If you get a fox, etc...in a leg hold trap, you fire a single .22 short straight down, between his eyes. The .22 Short lacks the energy to exit the skull and will typically bounce around inside a couple of times resulting in a very fast and humane kill. Unfortunately, with the massive rise in popularity of .22 semi-autos (which don't feed .22 shorts very well) the .22LR has become the dominant force in rimfire. According to my father, back in the 50s & 60s the .22 Shorts were less than half the price of the .22 LR at the local general store. The way they looked at it, that meant they could shoot twice as much from their Cooey, Stevens, Savage & Mossberg bolt guns. My local Canadian Tire still carries Winchester .22 Shorts.
 
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Can you still get .22 short, and what possible advantage could they have over long or LR?
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Advantage??? well you can fit about 20 of 'em in my Winchester 9422

That's about it. Some say they are quieter I don't see a difference unless you get CBs.
 
Shorts have a shorter case and a light powder charge. Less powerful that a Long Rifle. 27- 29 gr bullets.

Longs are the same (or darned close) powder charge in a Long Rifle case. This allows them to feed through detachable magazines. 29 gr bullets.

Long Rifle is the standard. 40gr bullets.

CB caps are even less powerful than shorts. CCI makes a CB Long to feed in magazines. 29 gr bullets and about 300 fps slower than shorts.

I don't think BB caps are made anymore. They were, I think, even less powerful than CB caps.

Craig
 
Yes I can remember shooting .22 shorts out of my Cooey and it almost sounded like an air rifle and I think the tube mag on my model 600 will hold about a million of them. :D
 
X-man said:
.22 Shorts are not as loud as the Longs (which are also still available) and LR. They do not have as much energy as the other loads and make for ideal pest control rounds where you don't want to disturb livestock, neighbours, etc...I also use them on the trap line. If you get a fox, etc...in a leg hold trap, you fire a single .22 short straight down, between his eyes. The .22 Short lacks the energy to exit the skull and will typically bounce around inside a couple of times resulting in a very fast and humane kill.

A humane kill of an animal in a trap.........mmm right......
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Remember guys... try not to mix your ammo! The .22 short can be fired in a 22L rifle but you will want to check the manual first! The 22 short may not have the ooomph to cycle the action in a semi auto. And you may wind up with a jam. You definitely do not want to use a longer/larger load... you may wind up with a barrel that looks like one of those trick cigars that explode. (Although not likely with a .22, you can still do some serious damage). Not mixing ammo is a good idea and there is a good reason for it. And reading the manual or checking the barrel is a good idea before every session too and there is a reason for that, especially if you own several long guns in .22 and especially if you own several pistols in .22.... use what is intended for the firearm is best. There is a reason that the chamber or barrel says "22L or 22LR only".
 
While on this subject. We have varmits that we have been trapping and releasing a distance away. They always seem to find their way home. The damage that they do is pitiful. Yet, I cannot bring myself to shoot the beggars nor do away with them in any other manner. Call me a pussycat or teddybear, don't care. Having said that... guys, please remember that there are municipalities that prohibit the discharge of firearms within their limits.

Here's the question, although I don't mean to hijack the thread while we are talking about .22's and not wanting the neighbors to hear the shot(s) that take out varmits.... what is the penalty for discharging a firearm within city or regional limits when contrary to a local bylaw? I am a law abiding citizen and do not intend to do this, but am curious as to whether or not this is a bylaw infraction or a criminal offense?

Perhaps we can save somebody some serious embarrassment here. I know I have a crackpot neighbour somewhere on the street that would just love to cause grief to myself or any other neighbour that breaks a bylaw... like, heaven forbid (!) parking on the street for more than 3 hours. You may find out, surprisingly, that you have just such a neighbor on your block... the hard way. So please guys, don't play around with the laws. It costs all of us when it hits the papers, especially just after a weekend like we have had in Toronto with multiple shootings (bet none of these bad guys had licenses nor their guns registered).
 
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