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Accuracy is not a problem, except for the cost of the best ammunition. Shooting this cartridge at 200 yards is becoming more popular, for in fact it is not a whole lot more wind sensitive than common Schuetzen calibers. In silhouette, it has become common enough for special. It is very popular for both Schuetzen (there are a lot of matches for rimfires only) and for black powder silhouette (the ideal practice caliber with no casting or barrel/case cleaning). 22 LONG RIFLE – This has always been a very popular caliber, and we produce many barrels for this cartridge. One advantage of this twist rate is that it can be rechambered for the long rifle if wanted. Our reamer is a special match grade which minimizes bullet jump. If we chamber a barrel for this caliber, we use the regular long rifle barrel with 16” twist, as there are very few slow twist barrels made. Do not try to use the special BB caps based on the long or long rifle case. It is very quiet, however, and produces little smoke or smell for indoor shooting. Some shooters use BB or CB cap ammo, but this is generally not very accurate. The best available ammunition is the Eley match made for rapid fire ISU pistol shooting. It is more difficult to find ammunition for the short, and the standard velocity is more trouble to locate. There is no real advantage to using the long rifle caliber even today for 50 or 75 foot shooting, and when loaded with black powder, the short fouled the bore less and produced less noxious smoke in poorly ventilated gallery ranges. There are many original rifles in this caliber, about as many as the long rifle, as many shooters considered the long rifle to be for outdoor shooting. 22 SHORT – This was the first rimfire caliber, and was the most popular indoor gallery cartridge around the turn of the last century. If you want a rifle chambered in a rimmed caliber not listed below in many cases we can rent a reamer or use a reamer you provide.Ĭlick on the list items or scroll down for additional information about these calibers. 45 since the design of the action does not allow sufficient space for them to be chambered. We also do not chamber in calibers larger than. We cannot chamber for rimless cartridges since the Stevens 44 1/2 extractor needs a rim to function properly. Our rifles available are in most common traditional calibers, and a partial list of our reamers follows.