- Feb 19, 2013
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Henry 22 Lever guns label them on the barrel..
22 shorts - can I shoot them out of a Revolver?
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Henry 22 Lever guns label them on the barrel..
Doco Overboard
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We shot 22 shorts for years because they were cheaper and never had a problem. The possibilty exists for a corroded chamber but thats more from sweaty fingers than corrosion. We cleaned our rifles all the time as well or it was trouble. Dry firing does more damage to 22's than anything. I still shoot cb caps when I come across them but Im low now. Early ammo was BP if I remember correctly and may have been a contributing factor early on but modern powders quickly became available. Shorts just lost popularity when better cases and rim priming allowed a little more power and reliabilty. Hell, 22 ammo is still evolving in the 21's century
I'm not sure a Marlin 60 will pass shorts thru the lifter block without jamming. The action thru the block is pretty picky.
i can easily shoot enough 22 shorts in one sitting to foul up a 22LR to the point where you would have to pound out a 22LR casing if you shot one afterwards.. damaging the chamber, and requiring chamber polishing before it feeds smoothly once again. match chambers like a smith and wesson 617 revolver are especially prone to this issue. definately don't forget to clean your gun that day, until the chamber is shiny, if you shoot 22 shorts out of a LR chamber
Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
- 22,283
Yes they will work. I even shoot shorts out of a semi auto by manually feeding them one at a time typically as a coup de grâce. If you only have a box or two you might want to save them for special occasions when you need to shoot something without making a lot of noise that might disturb the neighbors.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If a few shorts will erode a ring enough to hamper extraction of a LR case, a few thousand LR rounds will etch deep enough for the barrel to become two piece.
Magnumite
Ultimate Member
the 22 Long and 22LR case are the same length. The 22 L and LR chamber differ in the cut for the LR's longer bullet. I bought some 22 Long ammo in the first part of the panic, Rem Sub Sonic.
To clean lube, lead and powder fouling after firing 22 Short in L or LR chambers take a flred 22LR case and flare it slightly. Then insert and remove it a few times, bore snake it and shoot away with 22 LR. aclean normally once you get home
To clean lube, lead and powder fouling after firing 22 Short in L or LR chambers take a flred 22LR case and flare it slightly. Then insert and remove it a few times, bore snake it and shoot away with 22 LR. aclean normally once you get home
BigDaddy
Ultimate Member
- Feb 7, 2014
- 2,235
I was thinking that old H&R probably saw plenty of shorts in its day. We had a Rem 121 pump that we took to my grandfathers farm. Sometimes it was boxes of shorts or longs or long rifles, all marked with price tags less than $1.
Don't know why my father choose shorts vs longs vs long rifle. Maybe it what was in stock at the hardware store. Back then we cleaned with Hoppes and probably not very thoroughly. I still have that rifle and it has none of the problems that are warned about in this thread.
I've never had a problem with .22 shorts in any revolver or bolt action chambered for .22 long. Fire away.
safecracker
Unrepentant Sinner
- Feb 26, 2009
- 2,405
I've fired thousands of .22 shorts through various revolvers and rifles without any function, cleaning or other issues.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
VG-10
Active Member
I used to own a semi-auto magazine fed 22 that had an adjustable magazine with a setting for shorts, longs and long rifles. worked reliably and was accurate. I foolishly let my brother borrow it, never to be seen again
I wish I could remember who made it. I've never seen another like it!
I wish I could remember who made it. I've never seen another like it!
Biggfoot44
Ultimate Member
- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,199
Not saying chipd didn't experience what he experienced, but that is substantially outside the norm. It does occasionally happen for S&W's to escape the factory with rough or improperly sized chambers
brownspotz
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- Oct 22, 2013
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