![]() 22 WMR guns, although they provide no reason why.Ĭopyright 2005, 2013 by Chuck Hawks. 22 WRF ammunition, which is loaded with a JHP bullet, in. 22 WRF ammunition is no longer cataloged by Remington, although Winchester and CCI occasionally produce runs of. Unfortunately, sales have diminished almost to the vanishing point and. 22 LR and is less expensive and less destructive than the. It is actually quite a useful cartridge, as it hits harder than the. 22 LR case, the WRF will not go into LR chambers. At one time, Winchester also offered a 40 grain hollow point bullet.īecause its case is slightly larger in diameter than a. It hits with noticeably more authority than the. The sectional density (SD) of the 45 grain WRF bullet is. of energy at the muzzle of a 22" rifle barrel. The WRF fires a 45 grain, copper-plated, lead semi-wadcutter style bullet at a velocity of 1,320 fps and 175 ft. 22 Magnum repeaters often will not feed the shorter. Revolvers and single shot rifles chambered for the. ![]() 22 Magnum (WMR) is based on a lengthened. I mention it here primarily because Winchester. The two are actually the same cartridge and are completely interchangeable. Remington manufactured the cartridge, loaded it with a round nose bullet, and called it the. It was designed for the Winchester Model 1890 pump action rifle and was later adapted to Remington and Stevens rifles as well as Colt Revolvers. 22 Winchester Rim Fire (WRF) is all but obsolete. It is collection of used parts and a "Scrapped" barrel that I had John Taylor reline for me.By Chuck Hawks Illustration courtesy of CCI. I also have a piece parts project that will become a 20" inch barreled. ![]() they are a "Hoot to shoot" with mixed Ammo. 22WRF ones that are set up to handle both. One of my 1890 Actions has no serial number on either the front housing nor the Trigger group frame, so even that happened in the Production Life. It took me several cleaning sessions to get all the 'Crud' out. I had a Barrel that looked like Junk as received but Cleaning showed sharp Rifling still existed and it does shoot well. Used Replacement S-L-LR carrier/Lifter assemblies show up on Ebay periodically so a drop in replacement is possible.Ĭlean your Barrel bore thoroughly to remove accumulated lead and other fouling usually found in these old firearms. It does NOT appear to have the 'toggle' part nor the pivot pin for the 'toggle'. 22 short, 1900 manufacture, and has a 96,xxx serial number. However, albeit I am super vigilant that all bullets do exit the barrel, again, it is both a wonderful piece of history as well as fun to shoot. Production of the Model 1890 ceased at the end of 1942, but the last two were made in 1949, serial numbers 854746, and 854747. I do not have access to a bore-scope, but a brush free-floats in the bulged area, seeming like about (my guess) more than 1/8" clearance. 1927 to 1942 Model 1906 parts were used in 'parts cleanup' with Model 1890 receivers that were in the 1890 serial number range. In its early days (?), someone stacked bullets in the barrel - oops - 1st one did not go all the way through, and a few more (?) were shot into this bullet before shooter stopped. Other than that, it is remarkably accurate, and a hoot to shoot. Hence, I need be sure neither I, nor anyone else, EVER inserts a cartridge other than the "short"! He guaranteed I'd be able to do this but once, and neither he, nor anyone else, may be able to ever render repairs if done. A fairly competent gunsmith restored it for me at a fair price, with the ONLY problem being the only loading tube he could obtain is cut for. I could easily refit the wood to my Rossi 62A. So is it really worth the time and effort to get it shooting? I would do the work reline and all. I am sure it's far from a collecters item now, but could make a good shooter with a reline and a little tlc.Īlso was thinking on converting it to 22lr, drill out the carrier to the correct length, I noticed this one does not have a carriage? stop. ![]() Other than the abuse it seems like a solid gun. The bore is a sewer pipe with a slight buldge (you have to look real close to see it) close to the last dovetail for the mag tube. It is missing some pins and small parts, checked online for replacements and there available. Seems to function like it should although the bolt and receiver are choked full of gunk and the bolts awful stiff. Yep, it looks like many many years ago it was a put together for what ever reason? Judging by the miss matched serial numbers, the receiver was made in 1910 and the back half was made in 1911. Picked up a beat winchester 1890 in 22 short at the gun show over the weekend.
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