Found while cleaning and organizing the basement. I think all these go back to the 1960s, and were purchased by my father for his old Winchester Model 06 rifle. Not only do we have genuine Sears "Ted Williams" brand .22s, we have an example of the now-obsolete .22 Long cartridge.
The .22 Long was a holdover from the black powder days (1871, to be exact), and combined the 29 grain bullet of the .22 Short with a larger powder charge- 5 grains of black powder versus 4gr in the Short. It was obsoleted by the introduction of the .22 Long Rifle in 1887, which combined the heavier 40gain bullet of the .22 Extra Long with a heavier powder charge, but they kept making and selling Longs well into the late 20thC.
In a way, the 22 Long is still around in the form of the CCI CB Long and similar low-powered .22LR cartridges that combine a 30 grain bullet and a very light powder charge with a standard Long/Long Rifle case- although these modern low-powered rounds average around 30 ft-lbs, and the original Long had a muzzle energy of 67 ft-lbs.
I have 1000 rounds of sears ted Williams 22 long rifle extra- range rim-fire cartridges and in ex lent condition
ReplyDeleteOften you'll find the lib eon .22 rim fire rounds has dried out and become hard. That's a consequence of the 19th Century heeled bullet design. The lube is on the bullet rather than contained between the ballet and the case. All other cartridges that were originally designed with heeled, externally lubricated bullets (.38 special, .45 Colt, .32-20, etc) are now loaded with internally lubricated bullets.
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