
The Argentine EDDA submachine gun uses the. 22 caliber designs, the garden gun was equipped with a high-visibility front sight but no rear sight. It has an effective range of about 15 yards when using snake shot. It was specifically designed to use snake shot, and marketed as a " garden gun" for use in dispatching small garden and farm pests. 22 WMR, bolt-action shotgun manufactured by Marlin firearms Company. The Marlin Model 25MG is a smooth bore, eight-shot, magazine-fed. High-Standard produced various models and versions of their classic two-shot over/under derringer in both. The Grendel, AMT and Kel-Tec designs used specially designed chambers with flutes or gas ports, designed to lubricate the long, thin cartridge with gases from the chamber, overcoming the Blish effect and allowing easy extraction of the cartridge. Semi-automatic pistols for this cartridge are (or were) produced by Kel-Tec, Grendel and AMT, the latter two now defunct (AMT has been since resurrected by High Standard). 22 WMR are made by Smith & Wesson, Colt, Taurus, North American Arms, Heritage Arms, and Sturm Ruger. 22 WMR rifles were also introduced by Ruger ( 10/22) and Marlin, and are currently produced by Remington ( Model 597) and Tanfoglio Appeal Rifle as well as the Excel Arms Accelerator Rifle and Savage arms A22 magnum.

In 1977-1985 Harrington & Richardson produced the first American-made semi-automatic.

22 WMR operates at pressures beyond what normal blowback actions typically handle, but the self-loading Jefferson Model 159 was introduced for the cartridge. Ī number of single-shot and repeating rifles were offered in. The Chiappa M6 Survival Gun is similar combination gun that comes with a 12 gauge or 20 gauge shotgun barrel over a. The Springfield Armory M6 Scout is also made in. The Chiappa Double Badger combination gun also comes with a. 410 gauge Savage Model 24 combination gun, followed by Winchester's own Model 61 and 275 pump-action rifles and Model 255 lever-action rifle. It first appeared in the Marlin Model 57M Levermatic carbine in 1959, which was followed by the. 22 WMR and as convertible kits with both cylinders which allow the shooter to easily switch calibers on the same firearm. 22 revolver models with cylinders chambered either in. 22 WMR chamber results in swollen or split cartridge cases, high pressure gas leakage from the rear of the chamber, and bullets striking the chamber throat out of alignment, which can result in injury to the shooter or bystander and which does result in poor ammunition performance. 22 WMR chamber does not support the smaller.

22 LR firearm.Īlthough the bullet diameters are the same, the larger. 22 WMR round will not fit into the chamber of a. 22 WMR loadings using a 40-grain (2.6 g) bullet, the combination of more powder and higher sustained pressures gives velocities of 1,875 feet per second (572 m/s) from a rifle and 1,500 feet per second (460 m/s) from a handgun. 22 WMR case is a lengthened version of the older. 22 Long Rifle (LR) both in diameter and length. 22 WMR uses a larger case than the more popular.
