Log in. Forgot password or user name? Top Ad. Posts Latest Activity Photos. Page of 2. Filtered by:. Previous 1 2 template Next. Tags: None. The other 2 are meant for varmints and the likes. Comment Post Cancel. A 22 lr is a rimfire cartridge and and are both centerfire cartridges.
You want the 22 lr for small game and the and for predator hunting and for taking out praire dogs and things of similar size. Its to much. I can't think of any centerfire cartridges that are small enough to use for small game and 22 lr is so cheap to shoot i dont know why you would choose anything else. I dunno, i guess i'm just having a hard time processing it. With handguns its black and white: 9mm is bigger and stronger than 22LR, 45 is bigger and stronger than 9mm.
But 2. Please don't cringe when you read that. So besides stopping power.. Is there something else about the rifles i don't know? First, it's. And 5. Weight was one of the larger considerations in choosing the 5. A soldier can carry a larger quantity of lighter weight ammunition. There are other reasons, and people will chime in, I'm sure. PS: Don't ever tell a FN 5. That's a philosophy not an absolute that I like.
It's definitely a bigger bullet As mentioned above Maybe this will help:. So what exactly is the difference between the. Both can be fired out of rifles, and both can be fired out of pistols. Both have been used historically by civilian and military shooters. Both can be used for hunting. Both are extremely popular rounds —. Rimfire is an older design, which for the most part has been replaced with centerfire. Almost all ammunition used now is centerfire. With rimfire, the firing pin impacts on the rim of the case.
With centerfire, the firing pin impacts in the center of the case. Fairly self explanitory. As mentioned above, rimfire is an older technology than centerfire.
Nearly a century separates the two cartridges, but what makes them different? Size-wise, the newer cartridge is slightly larger. The caliber of the cartridge measures the diameter in inches. So the newer cartridge is 0.
A human hair is from 0. Is such a slight increase in diameter really going to make a difference? Below is a cardboard pizza box shot with a. The entry point can be seen on the left and the exit on the right. A penny is used for reference. Now compare that to the same exact pizza box shot with a. Again, the entry point can be seen on the left and the exit on the right, and a penny is used for reference.
Not much visible difference, right? Instead of a cardboard pizza box, this time the target is a gauge metal pipe. Notice that the pipe is visibly deformed at point of entry left , and there is no exit point. Now compare that to the same exact gauge metal pipe shot with a.
Not only did the. To understand why the. Rimfire cartridges have for the most part been replaced by centerfire cartridges because the thin case walls of rimfires cannot handle nearly as high of pressures as those of a centerfire cartridge.
Commercially available,. Most commercially available. The varying grains give the fired round different properties during flight and upon impact. The most popular grain weight for the. Ammo probably being the most difficult thing in the firearms world to find. They are called blocks because the packaging is typically blocked-shaped and holds a large number of 22LR rounds. Every round has a primer. When the primer is struck, it ignites a spark that ignites the powder that expands, causing the bullet to shoot.
The primer on a 5. Whereas, on the. Centerfire rounds are known to be more reliable and consistent when firing than rimfire, which can sometimes not fire when struck. Manufacturing processes are always improving. In contrast, you can use the 5. If you are interested in learning more about 5. Great explanations. Add Comment. There are several revolvers chambered in. As was said before, most guns chambered in one caliber will not work in the other. However, Ruger makes a single-action rimfire revolver, the Convertible Single Six , that has interchangeable cylinders, one in.
You might be tempted to shoot. After all, the shorter length and lighter power of. Resist that temptation. However, the. This means it will fit in the chamber, but if you try to fire a. Years ago, I had something similar happen near me at a training class. The student on my left picked up a piece of loose ammunition off the ground and slid it into his Unfortunately, the round he picked up was.
When he pulled the trigger, there was a weird noise, and I was showered with bits and pieces of broken brass as the cartridge blew apart inside the chamber and then flew out the ejection port as the gun tried to cycle. The bottom line is this:. We conducted two tests in order to show the differences in. For the first test, we chronographed the speed of two different rounds of both.
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