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WMR is just a solution looking for a problem…
So expensive that it is pointless. Much more powerful cartridges can be had more cheaply here.
I can get MG 7.62x54R rounds for less than some .22WMR. Why bother with it then?
.223 is also cheaper often..
Did you bother reading my post? 22WMR is a niche round for lightweight guns. You might enjoy setting off a 7.62x54R in a 2kg rifle and watching it tear up a rabbit, but people who hunt small game prefer comfortable recoil and limited meat damage. 204 Ruger, 22 Hornet, 5.7×28 are similar but all cost much more than 22wmr to shoot.
Oleg,
I grant what you’re saying, my son has a Ruger 10/22 that he can drive tacks with chambered in .22 WMR (me, not so much). It’s just that I can reload my .22 Hornet for just a little less per shot to do the same job. I like the cartridge, just wish it was cheaper.
I agree. For plinking, Winchester Dynapoint is about $7/50. When pricing reloaded ammo, the assumption is that your time is free.
I would much rather play RO2 than reload ammo I do not really need to use.
Best FPS ever, in my eyes. Also good tactics in veteran clans..
Why bother with .22 wMR?
Rabbits are easily dispatched with 16J head or heartshots.
If you wanna be nasty, you can get a 40,80, or 160J airgun.
Which is always a fuckton cheaper to shoot thany any WMR gun!
See the videos of Brits creeping around killing them en-masse with their PCP airguns.
Seriously.. killing rabbits with shotguns and other gunpowder guns is just unsporting. Like going grizzly-hunting with a PTRD rifle with hollowpoint rounds!
Air guns have certain down sides which are not shared by cartridge weapons — and 22WMR has other uses besides hunting. And how much is a good PCP air gun to buy?
You can buy a 40-60 .25 ACP airgun like Walther Dominator for say.. 400$…
I love mine. It is not accurate (only 4 moa) but it is an 8-shot repeater. Great fun bolting!
Enumerate the downsides please:
I only see upsides:
-quieter
-cheaper to shoot
-less poluting: no toxic stuff from primers
An airgun can also be modified for higher power. The 60J version of 1250 could probably be tweaked by a gunsmith into a 80-100J.
Of course, that means you have to fill the reservoir a lot more often.
Imo, the sweet spot is 40J or so. Even 16J pellets break glass nicely and are a fun to shoot.
Also, I would not like to be shot anywhere with a 40J pellet.
I wouldn’t want an airgun next to my bed when something goes bump in the night, but an RMR-30 would be a pretty versatile widget to have. If you’re passionate about pneumatic rifles, more power to you, but that has little to do with the RMR-30.
I can buy a TT-33 for what.. $150.
If it works with JHP or some such ammo. You need anything better?
~700J SA pistol? What is there not to love?
I think its a common trap for people to get caught in the cost per ft-lb of energy comparison. Different ammo for different purposes, a 12 gauge shotgun shell costs more then 2 .308 cartridges, and can’t make 800-yard hits…but then you wouldn’t use it for that purpose either.
That being said, I do wish that .22WMR wasn’t as expensive as 9mm.
I have been a staunch supporter of the .22WMR since I bought my first one in 1968. I can reload for my .223 about as cheaply as I can buy .22WMR — but only if I don\’t count my rather expensive time. The .22WMR has a considerable advantage over the .22LR in terms of range, and particularly effective range. It works well for me both in a rifle and my Single-Six.
The first gun I fired was a bolt action .22LR. Both of my kids have a .22LR as their first gun. But a good friend has a .22WMR revolver. We were doing some work at a hunting camp one day we decided to pull it out and let me try a few rounds. It was loud. What? Loud. Huh? LOUD. WHAT? LOUD! I don’t see any clouds? NOT CLOUD. LOUD! Huh….
I don’t understand it as a round. It turns squirrels instead out yet sounds like Inspector Callahan’s preferred duty gun.
A lady I shoot 3-Gun with has a matching refitcta of pink furniture guns (her AR and riotgun have been featured on my blog). It’s not too late to rectify the shortcomings of your childhood…I bought a green SKS once only because it resembled a toy gun I lusted after as a kid. My dad got me a cheaper Win94-type toy gun instead.