Are the .22/.22 mag swappable revolvers worth it?

On the one hand two calibers seems better than one, but on the other hand .22 mag isn't that different from .22 lr, just more expensive. Is the extra price actually worth the fun?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    ive had a rough rider for almost 2 decades with an over 10k roundcount. ive shot 22 mag twice. once when i first got it and years later when i found a box of 22 mag in the ammo stash.
    you arent going to buy 22mag. you will look at pricing and think frick it ill buy 9mm or 40 or 45 or any other ammo.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I have an H&R 649 with a lr and mag cylinder. Biggest benefit in my opinion if you aren’t actually going to try to shoot varmints with it is if your teaching someone new to shoot… lr- mag gives a nice jump in noise and makes a good stepping stone. For those heritage revolvers where the extra cylinder is like 40$ hell yeah it’s worth it in my opinion.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >worth it
    >extra price
    they are super fricking cheap though, the value is high

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Get a diamondback sidekick instead of the heritage, heritage is such a piece of shit i'm going to sell mine in a gun buyback for $200 to spend towards a real gun

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Why can't 22 LR be fired in a 22 mag the way 357/38 and 44/ 44 special can?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      because they are different cartridges instead of the same cartridge with artificial constraints placed on them

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Wrong comparison…. It’s not 22lr-22mag compared to 357/38.. it’s 22lr/22short…

      Get a diamondback sidekick instead of the heritage, heritage is such a piece of shit i'm going to sell mine in a gun buyback for $200 to spend towards a real gun

      I like the idea of a sidekick, but I think I’d rather find a high standard double nine and get the same gun made out of real metal.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      it's not recommended but you can do it

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      it can worst that happens is you get a few split necks in the spent brass

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      22LR is a pitifully outdated cartridge. So pitiful, in fact, that it uses an externally-lubricated, heeled bullet. Meaning the bullet diameter is the same as the case. We started not using those types of bullets over 150 years ago because of how moronic of an idea it was (and is).

      Sadly we are stuck with it due to poorgays.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        maybe but .22lr and .22magnum are not remotely similar cartridges. might as well compare .22lr and 5.56

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      22mag is a hair thicker than 22lr. you get split cases when you fire 22lr out of a 22mag chamber. it will probably jam if a semi or be a b***h to extract cause of the split. theres accuracy issues since the bullet isnt centered. with revolvers you get lead shaving on the forcing cone since it wasnt centered.
      it wont kill you or kb the gun but you really should avoid loading 22lr in a 22mag.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      .22lr can't be headspaced on the case mouth because the bullet is heeled, (same diameter as the case). that means if someone put a .22 magnum in a .22lr chamber, the bullet can just protrude slightly into the barrel, so it will fit and detonate the gun. to prevent that from happening they made the magnum wider so it can't fit in an LR chamber at all. but then because the magnum chambers are wider, the LR cases expand in them like

      22mag is a hair thicker than 22lr. you get split cases when you fire 22lr out of a 22mag chamber. it will probably jam if a semi or be a b***h to extract cause of the split. theres accuracy issues since the bullet isnt centered. with revolvers you get lead shaving on the forcing cone since it wasnt centered.
      it wont kill you or kb the gun but you really should avoid loading 22lr in a 22mag.

      says.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        No.
        .22 Magnum is descended from the .22 WRF round. It used a standard bullet enclosed by the case.
        .22 LR is descended from the .22 short with the heeled bullet design.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I wouldn't go out of my way for a .22 WMR cylinder, but if you buy a Single-Six or Rough Rider that comes with one, it'd be a nice option to have, especially if you have any .22 Mag around for any reason.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    There’s literally no reason not to. A heritage with both cylinders is almost half the price of a Wrangler that only does Lr. Magnum is fun too. Little extra kick.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I have a rough rider in .22lr, and I don't think I'd ever be interested in getting the extra cylinder for wmr. I bought it purely as a cheap range toy, so it would just make each shot more expensive. Maybe if you plan to use it for varmint hunting or something then it'd be worth it.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    same question but .357/9mm blackhawks.
    >picking first handgun
    >want redhawk
    >ammo's expensive
    >family has tons of 9mm
    is it worth giving up double action for more ammo?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Not worth it IMHO. Ask yourself: what's the point of a gun like that? It's a cheap plinker, nothing more. .22 mag is a lot more expensive than .22LR so that just seems pointless. If you want a gun for something like hunting or defense there are many better options for that.

      There is definitely a cost savings to be had shooting 9mm even if your family didn't have a bunch of it already. Normally you'd shoot .38 special if you wanted to shoot a .357 revolver on the cheap. Right now the cheapest new brass-case .38 spl ammo on Ammoseek is about 40 cents a round. Meanwhile the same quality 9mm is only about 20 cents a pop.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        what is the cost of a cheap plinker hunting/defense gun?

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >.22 mag isn't that different from .22 lr
    You're too stupid to be around guns. Please don't go near them.

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I think 22 mag is a tiny bit slightly larger in diameter than 22lr. Am I totally, completely mistaken, bros?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Nah. In fact, Ruger even used the slightly larger diameter barrels as a default in strictly 22LR guns. I remember looking into it after I got my single ten

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I think 22 mag is a tiny bit slightly larger in diameter than 22lr. Am I totally, completely mistaken, bros?

        the 22mag bullet diameter is the same but the case diameter is like a mm wider

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >22 LR - SAAMI
          >Bore: 0.217 in (5.51 mm)
          >Groove: 0.222 in (5.64 mm)
          >22 WMR - SAAMI
          >Bore: 0.219 in (5.56 mm)
          >Groove: 0.224 in (5.69 mm)
          I'm probably moronic but from the little research I did I gathered that they are indeed different. If only slightly. To be fair, I also gathered that it made basically no difference for someone shooting 22LR.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'm really tempted to get the magnum cylinder because it's only $30 but with the price of ammo why bother

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    .22 mag is a cartridge you wind up with after a death in the family or something like that.

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I have a Heritage Rough Rider, both the .22lr and .22 WRM cylinders. Shot both. The pistol sucks, misfires all the time.

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I got a rough rider 6 cylinder on sale for 80 bucks. Totally worth it.

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