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To play devil's advocate...
Sunday, February 14, 2021, 19:21

I've toyed with the .22 WMR from youth and I'm a bit less excited about it's utility. Unless you are poaching small deer and it's legally the largest gun you can tote out of season. Good for late night inspections involving flashlights and game officers. As it used to be in the Game & Fish regulations around here. To about 125 yds. it can do pretty well if the gun is up to it. Finding ammo is starting to be a real game and WMR prices are nudging $40/50 rounds in some places, when even available at all. It bucks wind much better than the .17 HMR, which on windless days does great to 200 yds.

Out of a handgun the benefit is greatly reduced to a heavier better constructed "jacketed" bullet at perhaps 200-300 fps over the .22 LR. However this does not apply to the single shot. But whatever blows air up your dress.

The practical re-chambers begin with the .22 K-hornet (the std. one his horrible from my experiences, by comparison). Then perhaps the exotic .218 Bee up to Gary's rather innovative .224 on the .30-30 case. The .220 Swift is not quite there even itself. From a short barrel though it would greatly loose efficiency, but still produce. Life is short, play hard!