Guys, the OP has left the building. He hasn’t been back to the forum for almost three weeks. He won’t see your posts.
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As TX Nimrod has pointed out, eeps24 (the OP) has left the building. He hasn't checked in here for now almost four weeks. There's no point trying to provide information for someone who isn't reading it.
I'm going to close this. eeps24, if you do return and you would like this discussion to be re-opened, please contact one of the moderators and we'll do that.
When I was a kid my brother bought a strange .22 rifle from Montgomery Wards (or maybe Westurnauto), that was an autoloader, had a strange elastic Red carry strap that would roll-up into the butt stock. We shot mostly .22 Shorts in that rifle inasmuch as they were commonly available and cheaper than Longs and Long Rifles. In short, the action functioned with all three. I think the brand name was "Western Field" or maybe "J.C. Higgings"...it was in the Fifties and I am not sure now.The .22 short is the "weakest" of the 3 rds. There are manually operated firearms that will chamber and shoot all 3, but the short typically does not generate enough omph at the breech to cycle a .22 autoloader that was not specifically intended to shoot shorts.
They still do that. It's because the law says they can sell rifle ammunition to people age 18 and older, but they can only sell handgun ammunition to people age 21 and older. The law doesn't know or care that it's the same ammunition. If you tell the clerk it's for a handgun, the next question is "Are you over 21 years old?"langenc said:And some yrs ago, when available( 22 LR), the clerk at WM would ask "is this for a handgun." NO 22 long RIFLE would be my answer.