The .22 JGR Center Fire pistol calibre?

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Years ago in the Toronto area, a group took the .22 CF Velo Dog case, reworked the case, loading a .22 jacketed bullet, overall length loaded kept to the standard length of a .22LR round. They were taking S&W, Colts etc. revolvers and rechambering them to take this new cartidge.

I believe thet the JGR comes from the names of the developers.

I saw the presentation at a gun show many years ago and picked up fired case. I seated a standard bullet I had for a .222 rifle I was reloading for and still have it. I will post an image here ASAP but amd starting the ball rolling now.
 
I belive a rifle in the caliber you are talking about was in the EE a few weeks ago with dies and brass. The asking price was quite low, less than 300$. I looked at it but it seemed to me like a reloadable .22 rimfire equivalent, there would be minimal gain in performance and no savings. It would still have been a neat little rifle though.
 
The case was made by shortening 22 Hornet brass and turning the rim off to make a rimless case.
 
The .22 JGR CF cartridge

Turkeyslayer 1300 said:
I belive a rifle in the caliber you are talking about was in the EE a few weeks ago with dies and brass. The asking price was quite low, less than 300$. I looked at it but it seemed to me like a reloadable .22 rimfire equivalent, there would be minimal gain in performance and no savings. It would still have been a neat little rifle though.
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green said:
The case was made by shortening 22 Hornet brass and turning the rim off to make a rimless case.
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It was many years ago of which I speak and memory can be selective.:redface:

As for a rifle, it would make a dandy substitute for a .22LR because one could use cast bullets in it and adjust the charge to duplicate any thing from a CB cap up to a hard gas checked slug approaching 2,000 FPS.
I must try and find it in the EE.

Again, my memory could be very wrong and the case is probably derived from a Hornet. How the Velo Dog got in there I don't know as they themselves must be very collectable today.

So, there would probably be no advantage over a .22 Hornet which can be reloaded as I said above.

Since writing and posting to the above, I checked the EE and found the Sold rifle to which TurkeySlayer refers to above. And the literature pictured in the EE thread verifies that they were chambering revolvers for it too.

So, comes the question? Would my one fired case without a new primer and a 40gr. jacketed .22 bullet of any value?

Thanks
 
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I had just sold one to a board member with a bunch of printed info on the gun and cartridge drawings. I was able to make brass from .22 hornet. Had Hornady make up a set of dies. The info I had was that there was a reloading tool made for the cartridge but was never able to locate one. The rifle was a neat little thing madeby SPORTCO ARMS of AUSSIELAND.
 
IIRC the point of this ctg was to convert 22LR cal arms use to a CF reloadable case. The JGR had the same OAL as a 22LR. Saw a write up on a Walther PP converted to this ctg plus rifles. IIRC Dominion made a small lot of factory ammo.
 
.22 JGR Center Fire

Hi all
I was the one that bought this last rifle. I'm interested in finding the reloading tool or any original ammo.
I finders fine will be given to any that finds them.
Thank you
 
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