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Rimfire Question

medic07
Was looking at the auctions and one seller was showing the grouping of his 22WMR rifle and stated that he was getting 1/4" groups at 50 yds using reloaded rimfire ammo.

I had never heard of reloading rimfire ammo? The primer is ignited by crimping the rim (hence the term rimfire) with the firing pin. How in the world do you take that crease out of the rim or am I missing something here????

This one caught me off guard.
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  • dcon12
    quote:Originally posted by medic07
    This one caught me off guard.


    No it did not. Don
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  • duckhunter
    As always, you are on top of the subject. Email the seller and ask how he does it and let us know.
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  • ljwrench
    I've been trying to pound out that crimp on my .22's but have had no luck.
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  • medic07
    Ok...I sat back down and reread the item description (a novel in and of itself). It appears that he is changing the powder charges and possibly weighing and sorting the bullets to achieve the best possible groupings.

    So it appears that he may actually be able to reload rimfire...and he even admits it is extremely dangerous.

    Here is the link...I learn something new everyday
    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=81180808
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  • CeeWhy
    He might not actually be "re"loading them. Perhaps he's taking store-bought ammo, pulling it apart then reassembling it wit ha different powder charge and bullet, without ever actually firing the original ammunition. The people who originally wildcatted the .17HMR did something similar, I think.
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  • iceracerx
    It also looks like the Seller needs a lesson in measuring "group" size. Those groups look like 3/8" to 1/2" to me.
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