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Refresh my memory! Can a .22WRF (Winchester Rimfire) be shot in a .22 WM rifle safely?

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They are both the same as far as I know.

May be someone can enlighten us otherwise.


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I believe the .22WRF used a 45 gr. bullet and the case was shorter. But that is all that I remember.

This came about during a discussion at the range where a friend was shooting his .22 Mag.

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You can, but why would you. There are WRF rifles out there, that the ammo is hard to find for. It seems a run of it comes along every dogs age, and WM is made everyday.
 
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Because if you have the ammo and no rifle----why but an uncommon rifle just to shoot the ammo?

I believe that I read that it was a very good round for squirrel, etc. due to having a little more spunk that a .22 LR but not as destructive as a .22 mag. and the flat? nosed bullet was a better killer than a round nose.

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Yes safe to shoot the older .22WRF in a .22WMR chambered rifle, cases are the same dimension except for length, the WRF being 0.092" shorter.
 
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I figure sell it for enough to buy two boxes of WM.
 
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Thanx Eagle!

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Yes but not visa versa..shooting wrf in your 22 win mag tends to lead up the chamber and throat.

growing up my brother and I hunted antelope and a few deer with the wrf Win pump..poor choice but turned out to be perfect for turkeys in the roost tree behind the house. It was a ranch my dad leased in Mexico across from our ranch in Texas..

The wrf and the 22 win mag are ideal Javalina calibers but then so is the 22LR


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