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Etta Place · 05-31-2008, 01:30 PM

Ammunition that is called .22 long rifle - is that just used for .22 caliber handguns? Why do they call it long rifle?

**Se2002** · 05-31-2008, 01:55 PM

It seems that some time between the mid 50s and late 60s the naming convention changed to make way for the shorter version of the .22 round.

Honestly, I don't know, but hopfully someone here will.

Etta Place · 05-31-2008, 01:56 PM

Nevermind - I looked it up on Wiki:

22 Long Rifle
The .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge is a long established variety of ammunition, and in terms of units sold is still by far the most common in the world today. The cartridge is often referred to simply as a .22 LR and various rifles, pistols, revolvers, and even some smoothbore shotguns have been manufactured in this caliber. For many decades, it has been a very popular cartridge around the world. It is one of the few cartridges that are accepted by a large variety of rifles, as well as pistols. Virtually every manufacturer of cartridge firearms makes at least one model chambering it, and this has been true for more than a century. The .22 Long Rifle and related cartridges use a heeled bullet, which means that the bullet is the same diameter as the case, and has a narrower "heel" portion that fits in the case.

Etta Place · 05-31-2008, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirisaac

Nope, not just for pistols, but also revolvers and rifles:

.22 Long Rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We must have been looking it up at the same time!

Oreo · 05-31-2008, 02:17 PM

The Long Rifle is just a name. I just call it 22LR

blefferd · 05-31-2008, 03:10 PM

there are also the .22 short and .22 long rounds!

**AZXD** · 05-31-2008, 03:57 PM

Etta,
Glad you got/found an answer ... But more glad that you're still around

If I was part of the reason for your haitus ... I am sorry

I know I came down kind of hard on you in another thread, but I still like and respect you!!!

05-31-2008, 01:30 PM	#1
Etta Place XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,756	A dumb question about ammo? Ammunition that is called .22 long rifle - is that just used for .22 caliber handguns? Why do they call it long rifle? __________________ "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." (– James Madison)

05-31-2008, 01:55 PM	#2
Se2002 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: AL Posts: 1,396 Blog Entries: 1	It seems that some time between the mid 50s and late 60s the naming convention changed to make way for the shorter version of the .22 round. Honestly, I don't know, but hopfully someone here will. __________________ If the prospect of having your thumb hit by the bolt is unacceptable do not attempt to load your Garand.

05-31-2008, 01:56 PM	#3
Etta Place XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,756	Nevermind - I looked it up on Wiki: 22 Long Rifle The .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge is a long established variety of ammunition, and in terms of units sold is still by far the most common in the world today. The cartridge is often referred to simply as a .22 LR and various rifles, pistols, revolvers, and even some smoothbore shotguns have been manufactured in this caliber. For many decades, it has been a very popular cartridge around the world. It is one of the few cartridges that are accepted by a large variety of rifles, as well as pistols. Virtually every manufacturer of cartridge firearms makes at least one model chambering it, and this has been true for more than a century. The .22 Long Rifle and related cartridges use a heeled bullet, which means that the bullet is the same diameter as the case, and has a narrower "heel" portion that fits in the case. __________________ "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." (– James Madison)

05-31-2008, 02:17 PM	#5
Oreo XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The new USSR Posts: 148	The Long Rifle is just a name. I just call it 22LR __________________ "The society that separates its warriors from its scholars will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools." - Thucydides Support: - SCCC - 2nd Amendment Rights - US Armed Forces - GRPD - BPPD - SAPD

05-31-2008, 03:10 PM	#6
blefferd XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 1,636	there are also the .22 short and .22 long rounds! __________________ ____________________________ NEF 20 Guage Parder Model (single shot) S&W 642 .38

05-31-2008, 03:57 PM	#7
AZXD XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Valley of the GUN Posts: 17,175	Etta, Glad you got/found an answer ... But more glad that you're still around If I was part of the reason for your haitus ... I am sorry I know I came down kind of hard on you in another thread, but I still like and respect you!!! __________________ . . The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. John F. Kennedy The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. John F. Kennedy *Birth Certificates are a "Reasonable"* Secret** So-called "reasonable gun control" measures will take us all to the day when the last single-shot shotgun that grandpa owned is cut into pieces.

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