Jim Watson
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Of that time frame? I'm thinking that there wasn't really any high velocity ammo for .22 yet like there was starting in the 1950s/60s, so I'd say yes.
I know for sure - 1939 catalog reprint - that .22 LR high velocity was available with velocity at 1400+ fps rifle and 1135 fps in 6" revolver.
You could get a heat treated mainspring housing for your older Woodsman for $2.00 to shoot it without beating up the gun. (The Woodsman MT was then $41.50, Sport and Target models $32.50. Of course they came with the new mainspring housing, recognizable by serrations instead of checkering.)
I once read that when Winchester brought out the original Super Speed .22 that it was even hotter but there was no rifle then available that would handle it except Winchester model 63 auto and 61 pump, so they toned it down a bit.