Thread: 22 magum

Can anyone tell me if I need to change the spin wheel to shoot reg. 22's outta this thang...?

If you're shooting a Ruger Single Six, yes, you have to switch to the magnum cylinder.
1. Open the gate. This lowers the cylinder latch into the frame.
2. Press base pin latch (on left side) and withdraw base pin.
3. Remove cylinder from loading gate side of frame.
To replace cylinder, simply reverse the above procedure. Holding the gun with
the barrel pointed away from you and in a safe direction, rotate the cylinder 1/4
turns in a clockwise direction to ensure that pawl is correctly positioned on
cylinder ratchet, before replacing base pin. Finally, close the gate.

The full instruction manual is available here:
http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/PDF/In...Manuals/11.pdf

22LR will fit in the 22 mag cylinder but will be hard to extract from the case being pushed a little into the cylinder.Split and deformed cases and bad accuracy so no need to "try just to see".22LR= .222" bore and 22 mag=.224" bore.22 mag will probably be more accurate but more $$.You may be able to find a 22LR cylinder that may or may not work.That is if your super didn't come with extra cylinder.If you find a used cylinder,you will a least need a range rod to check for alignment/timing.Or gunsmith,trip back to Ruger.

What will shoot out of the same cylinder is the .22 WRF. A little hard to find, but I use them almost exclusively in place of the Magnum (in revolvers). Very accurate out of my Rugers and Heritages, much better than any of the Mags I've used. If you ever decide to try them, get the Winchester, not the CCI.

DC

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The .22 Winchester Rim Fire (WRF) is all but obsolete. It was designed for the Winchester Model 1890 pump action rifle and was later adapted to Remington and Stevens rifles as well as Colt Revolvers. Winchester .22 WRF loads used a flat point bullet.

Remington manufactured the cartridge, loaded it with a round nose bullet, and called it the .22 Remington Special. The two are actually the same cartridge and are completely interchangable.

I mention it here because Winchester .22 WRF ammo will fit in a .22 Magnum chamber, but not the reverse. The WRF fires a 45 grain, copper-plated, lead semi-wadcutter style bullet at a velocity of 1,320 fps and 175 ft. lbs. of energy at the muzzle of a 22" rifle barrel. The sectional density (SD) of the 45 grain WRF bullet is .128. It hits with noticeably more authority than the .22 LR. Winchester also offered a 40 grain hollow point bullet.

Because its case is slightly larger in diameter than a .22 LR case (as is the .22 Magnum), the WRF will not go into LR chambers. Like the .22 Magnum, the WRF uses standard .224" bullets (like most centerfire .22's), not .220" bullets like the Long Rifle.

It is actually quite a useful cartridge, as it hits harder than the .22 LR and is less expensive and less destructive than the .22 Magnum. Unfortunately, sales have diminished almost to the vanishing point and .22 WRF ammunition is no longer cataloged by Remington, although Winchester and CCI occasionally produce runs of .22 WRF ammo. Note that CCI warns against using their .22 WRF ammunition, which is loaded with a JHP bullet, in .22 WMR guns.