The Rimfire Review
Or, how to pursue marksmanship while keeping your bank
account and your extremities intact.
The rimfire cartridge is the oldest metallic cartridge. When Horace
Smith and Daniel Beard Wesson set about creating a self contained cartridge,
they took a standard percussion primer, lengthened the case, filled it with
powder, and seated a bullet on top. It so happens that one of the standard
percussion caps of that day was .22 inches in diameter, making the very first
metallic cartridge weapon a .22 revolver. It all started with the .22.
Since that time, the rimfire cartridge has proliferated into the most
numerous of firearms. Cost of ammunition is relatively low, noise is relatively
low, it's marksmanship at it's purest. These days, rimfire continues to thrive,
with the introduction of the new high velocity 17HMR cartridge. (more on that
below).
Here is a collection of various rimfire firearms that I have had the
opportunity to try out over the years. Some I own, some I no longer own, some
were merely loaned, and some I sit and admire while their rightful owner pounds
on my door demanding their return.
So here's a collection of observations on various rimfire firearms. I'll
add to this as time and opportunity permit. Note that one popular form of rifle
is not here, a juiced up Ruger 10/22. I am anixous to try one of these out, and
put it up against my best bolt actions.
My experiences with
17HMR
Shoot the breeze on your .22's.
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