I watched one of the how-to videos and it was somewhat lacking in details but it looks like a laborious process.

 

Been around a while... not a quick process that's for sure. Used to be places that sold primed 22 cases for target shooters but not sure if anyone is currently offering

 

The priming seems to be the worst part. Very time consuming process.

 

Thanks for that link. In following the links and reading the articles, it seems to preform as advertised, BUT, it is a labor intensive for the amount of ammo you can reload. Reloading a .22lr that has been mashed on the rim makes me a bit leery. Also, repurposing cap gun powder or scraping match heads for a primer makes me think that you could end up with a fair amount of variability. Still, these are only technical and mental hurdles. I know I've got some old formulary books from the 1800's with match head mixes in them. It is crazy sensitive, but........ Might be a nice thing to play with.

 

I'd rather have a .22 caliber muzzleloader

 

I sold all my .22lr's. I can reload a .32ACP all most as cheap as you can buy .22's. I bought a .32 sleeve for a 12ga and now I have a .32 rifle.

C.S.

 

Speaking of that, seriously considering a .32 adapter for a .303 Enfield.

 

I really like the look of this 95gr cast bullet, good driving band, large meplat. I thought about running these over a load of Trail Boss or 9-10 gr. of Unique in a regular full neck sized case. But, with a .32 ACP case in an adapter taking up all the excess space it would be more like 3gr. of Unique, if it will fit.

 

Let me know when someone makes an AR in .32 ACP. Otherwise I'll keep buying 22lr at $0.09 cents each or less.

 

Didn't mean to highjack this thread with my .32 nonsense, just opening up other, simpler options.

Personally, I don't care for AR's but I know lot of others do. I wish Marlin would make an 1894 in .327. Shoot, I wish anybody would make a long gun in .327!!

Ok, I'm done. Go on with you .22 thread now.

C.S.

 

Reloading 22lr makes as much sense as recycling toilet paper

 

Pffffft.....here's my .32. I can reload all day.

 

I'd rather have a .22 caliber muzzleloader

It's been done, but muzzleloaders don't do well with such small projectiles.

Pffffft.....here's my .32. I can reload all day.

That's what I want!

 

Awesome boomstick!

 

You can load 110gr soft points with blackhorn 209 in a .30-06 at 1600 fps if I really get desperate for plinking or small game ammo

 

OR, you can use the 115gr cast I mentioned for 1/3 the cost, a light charge of Unique or Bullseye for 1/5 the cost, slow it down below the speed of sound so there's no sonic boom, no need for ear protection and still plenty of "power" for small game!!

But you do what you want and others will do likewise.

C.S.

 

just to further derail this thread, how does a sleeved smoothbore shotgun fare in the accuracy department? What I've gathered is that you basically get pistol accuracy from a shotgun sized package. Plus those sleeves aren't cheap either.

 

It's have a scope base mounted right now. When I get it back, if it's worth posting, I'll let you know how it does. I don't expect it to be a target rifle but if it shoots minute of squirrel I'll be happy.

C.S.

 

Yesterday I saw a Winchester double barreled 16 ga shotgun with removable 9mm rifled sleeves and a scope mount.

 

I could see this being great in a SHTF bag or box. If everything goes to hell and you have the kit and a box of matches and pound of pyrodex you would be able to keep yourself loaded for small game with a 22.

 

http://www.gunadapters.com/pathfinder-kit-12-gauge/
Only thing is if you already had a 12 guage, you could buy a Marlin 60 for $109 used.