Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Rimfire Ammo
22 Winchester Rimfire
The 22 Winchester Rimfire or 22 WRF, though perhaps technically the forerunner of the 22 Magnum, was introduced by Winchester clear back in 1890. It uses a .960-inch case, thus longer than the 22 Long Rifle, but shorter than the 22 Magnum. In power it falls between the two with a 45-grain bullet at 1300 feet per second. It was dropped in 1950, but due to demand Winchester made special runs in 1986 and 1995, and with continued demand is now loaded by both Winchester and CCI. It is a fine cartridge for small game and small varmints offering greater range than the 22 Long Rifle, easily out to a bit beyond 100 yards. — Craig Boddington
