Thoughts on reloading rimfire

All you naysayers!

Reminds me of something I read many years ago in Reader's Digest when it was worth reading.

"They said it couldn't be done.



With a smile he went right to it.



He was trying something that couldn't be done,



And he couldn't do it."​


Concho Bill
 
Now and then I load a few thousand .45 ACP rounds on a Dillon loader. If similar equipment was available to load .22 rimfires and components were available, heck I'd try it. Never been accused of having good sense anyway....
Finding good ammo is pretty easy, finding GREAT ammo is much more difficult. But, you need it(great) because the competition is going to having it.
 
thought on reloading rimfire

Knapper Right'
The ammo is subject to availability. Not everyone gets the really good ammo. Federal had some but that's long gone. they had it down pat.
The buyout company decided that 1,000 percent Mark up wasent enough.
Reloading rimfire will just take a lot of patiance and time, with the proper tooling.
Imagine a hand seated bullet in a rimfire case. in a special die.
No nicks no dings and even sizing all the way around.
The bullet will first of all be straight in the case just like centerfire.
velocity will be more uniform along with uniform priming.
Bill did it and won.
 
Level playing field my***

Mr Owen's comment about finding ammo worth a damn says it all.I am NOT in the "chosen few" club so frittering away money and time finding ammo that works is the big downside to this sport.However All THE PEOPLE that I meet at these shoots are a joy to be around. Attend ANY rimfire BR shoot and much conversation is centered around acquiring good ammo. Crafting one's own would be nice. I don't know anything about the safety issues so no comment.
Having a CF gun built and developing loads for it is what I like to do.
Having a RF gun built and doing what is currently required to get one to shoot is NOT!!!!
Being able to rely on one's skill and resources at loading is a part of the CF endeavor. I don't hear anyone at an IBS event discussing the lack of quality ammo.
LASER
 
thought on reloading rimfire

Laser your right too. As centerfire shooters we load to the rifle in Rf the rifle is built around one certain ammo.
We do the best with what we have. I tried weighing ammo. But i didn't know what i was weighing? Case priming , powder. bullet powder.?
The only logical thing to do is tear it down and adjust the ammo untill it's all even. <but that's impractical.]
You may as well start out new. So here's an example of what one would have to do to make near perfect ammo.
Buy cases. {weigh and sort by weight. Prime the case, Being very carefull to get just the proper amount of priming compound in each one. {weigh primed cases. charge case .{ all charges must be equal. with less then i/10th of a grain differance. step four seat hand selected bullets and crimp into case. The crimp must be uniform with the same pressure.
The bullet is .224 dia . The current bullets have a skirt on them. I doubt that it's necessary. You could cast and weigh bullet's or swage bullets to a more uniform weight. The bore diameter
on the rimfire is 222 so a 224 bullet is used. . the lube i have noticed has been several types , from dry to greasy I have been told in the past that we run out of lube at 22 to 24 inches.
so lube would be another factor. You would have to experiment on what to use.
 
Is there a reason there is no interest in loading the "Cricket" for smallbore. The reloading risk would be the came as any centerfire. With fair and reasonable rules made for bullet type and velocities for competition it would be a method of breaking the chains to the current high priced offerings. A quick check of the bullet and one shot to confirm velocity at the range and a fair competition could begin.
 
Knapper, Go for it. There are always those that say you can't. They will be the first to get some of your ammo, or make some like it, if it works!
 
The technology is not on the market. We re-loaders of centerfire ammo know what we need and how to do it but, like I said, where are the primed cases, the bullets, and the powder, not to mention the equipment to load these things.

This is a job for a pioneer and there is a lot of work and little rewards in the pioneering business.

Now if Eley or Lapua or even Remington were to offer the components for sale and someone would offer the loading equipment, it would sell.

You wouldn't need to load 10,000 rounds at at time, just enough for a match. If you wanted to change, just work up another load.

I know that this is not for everyone and there may not be any money saved at all. This idea tickles the imagination of those of us who still have one.

Concho Bill
 
Fun

J Pappas said:
The only thing I can think of that would be more fun than testing different lots of ammo would be to have to load it first then test it. Then, after testing, load about 10,000 rounds. Or carrying more crap than I carry now to a match and loading between relays. That sounds like fun, too.
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testing lots of ammo is one thing, frittering away time and money is quite another. I'm wondering if the load developement process would/could be similar to centerfire. Some initial intense work, then just load what you need. Not having to worry about where the next good lot is coming from would be nice. Seems though, that if the mfg went to selling primed cases then the same hassle would exist. Who gets the best lots of primed cases instead of lots of bullets. Would be nice to eliminate hassles instead of creating more.
I wish I had the wherewithall to get involved in the developement of this process. I AGREE THAT IT IS A PAIN IN THE ARSE TOTIN' ALL THE STUFF AROUND! We had to modify my vehicle to get two guys stuff in for a shoot. Don't know if I would bother if I could not preload.
LASER
 
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