I just bought a beautiful, refinished Remington #4, with a takedown lever. It says its chambered for .22S and .22L, NOT .22LR. .22LR likely didn't exist when this rifle was made. I have been shooting .22S on my indoor airgun range and its a dream. Its shooting 3/4" grps at 10m off a bench rest. It could likely do better with more ammo selection, better eyes on the shooter or if I wasn't recovering from a broken arm. I'm totally fine with using .22S in this gun fulltime, but might like to use other .22 if shorts aren't around.
Can it safely fire .22LR? The seller says it might stress the takedown pin. It appears it will chamber LR. I should note that when I switched from Aquilla .22S to CCI .22L, the .22L would never extract. It would stick and have to be pried out. BTW, my Ithaca 49 had the same problem with the CCI .22L. My Ithaca otherwise has no problem with .22LR.
BTW, both these rifles seem to favor .22S for function and accuracy.
TIA
Brian
Can it safely fire .22LR? The seller says it might stress the takedown pin. It appears it will chamber LR. I should note that when I switched from Aquilla .22S to CCI .22L, the .22L would never extract. It would stick and have to be pried out. BTW, my Ithaca 49 had the same problem with the CCI .22L. My Ithaca otherwise has no problem with .22LR.
BTW, both these rifles seem to favor .22S for function and accuracy.
TIA
Brian