.22WMR stands for Winchester Magnum Rmfire... Not to be confused with .22WRF, which stands for Winchester RimFire, which is an older round but will safely fire in a .22WMR chamber... However .22WMR will not be safe to fire in an old rifle or pistol chambered for .22WRF... capeesh???
Winchester invented it, so they called it the Winchester Magnum Rimfire. Federal did not want to put "Winchester" on their ammo boxes, so they just call it 22 Magnum. Remington did not want to mark "Winchester" on their rifle barrels, so they just call it 22 Magnum.
There are many like this. Glock will not chamber their guns in 45 Automatic COLT Pistol, 40 SMITH & WESSON or 9mm LUGER. Instead they are chambered in 45 Auto, 40 Auto and 9mm Auto.
You very seldom see a gun or a box of ammo marked 38 S&W Special, or 44 Remington Magnum, but that's the actual names of the cartridges. The competition just does not like using the whole name. When Marlin started chambering rifles in 30 WINCHESTER Center Fire, they did not want to put WINCHESTER on their guns, so they called the round the 30/30.
Wow....... this thread sent me on a 15 minute web search. I recall my nieghbor had a pump rifle with an odd .22 caliber designation & I could not remember what it was ....... finally found it .... WRF
votes in 8 for hes a idiot.(wifes vote always counts as 2!! its in marrage vows!! men just dont ever remember that part!!) 2 not giving a opinion..(afraid of their wifes response?) and 2 roosters who still dont know when not to CROW!!
so im right and hes a IDIOT and hes right on the ammo, im just more RIGHT than he is!!
Wow....... this thread sent me on a 15 minute web search. I recall my nieghbor had a pump rifle with an odd .22 caliber designation & I could not remember what it was ....... finally found it .... WRF
votes in 8 for hes a idiot.(wifes vote always counts as 2!! its in marrage vows!! men just dont ever remember that part!!) 2 not giving a opinion..(afraid of their wifes response?) and 2 roosters who still dont know when not to CROW!!
so im right and hes a IDIOT and hes right on the ammo, im just more RIGHT than he is!!
Can I hear an" Amen!" on this one. I've spent many a cold nite on the couch because I was right and smart. Hmmm... I'm never right any more and am amazingly dumb, but I sleep well!
Well she may be right or she may not be. But Hunter what is an IDOT????
Regardless A woman needs a good man to keep her in her place or she will just end up getting in all kinds of trouble. And those are my views........ as long as she isn't around.
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