My Dear Coffinmaker
I the ancient days, Native Americans were reloading large bore rimfires using the methods put forth by
St George. Neccessity and all....
RE Rimfires -
I see Longwalker found the kit for you!
I recall from days gone by that prior member John Boy was activiely loading/reloading .22 rimfire using
BlackPowder, specifically for an historic arm of some sort. He had even located a source
of new primed cases at the time, but did make use of that kit or one like it.
If necessary, some folks actually went to the effort of ironing out the prior rimfire hit, but I am not sure why.
now, as an aside, when the huge .22 rimfire shortage of a couple years ago struck, I myself went to my first ring of hell
workshoip, and dug into my scrap pile barrel rack and took one of my ancient .22 rimfire barrels for a special project.
I planned put it on an ancient single shot shotgun as a switch-barrel to utilize .22 blanks to drive a separate cast bullet.
It worked fine, but I discovered that .22 blanks were in short supply too!
So, I poked around and found those lovely .22 "power hammer" blanks at the hardware store! Huzzah!
except, whilst available, it wasn't exactly economlicalk cheap.
Next I thought, well, if not rimfire, how about a lowpower centerfire .22 conversion?
So I modified the whole mess and rechambered the .22 barrel to accept 209 centerfire shotgun primers.
That, with no powder, and a cast lead .22 bullet (or roundball, or pellet rifle ellet) worked a treat as a low-powered .22 !!!
I got enough penetration to sink the bullet almost to the base in a pine board, but no further. I further proceded to experiment
with great success using 209's and roundball in empty large bore cases and no powder as backyard gallery loads.
The experiment was a success, but the practicality was less than optimal.
So I sat down and looked at the whole mess I made, primer availaibilty (or lack thereof)
and I went to wally world and bought a quality .177 air rifle and a couple thousand pellets.
using the various air guns I can get all the practice I want in the side yard at very little cost, and the neighbors
dont even notice. If necessary, the pointy pellets with a head shot will drop a rabit like a brick.
now I need to find a decent air rifle scope that will stand up to the crazy recoil ( and doesnt cost more than the rifle).
yhs
prof marvel