.22 LR Long Rifle Handgun Cartridges
Learn more about .22 LR (.22 Long Rifle) Handgun and Rifle Cartridges
Looking to find out more about firearms before you apply for your SAPS firearm licence? Learn all there is to know about .22 LR (.22 Long Rifle) Handgun and Rifle Cartridges right here.
The Stevens Arms Co. developed the .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge from the .22 Long cartridge case developed 16 years earlier, with a 40 grain round nose bullet loaded to a higher velocity than the older 29 grain .22 Long bullet. Modern .22 Long Rifle High Velocity cartridges drive a 40 grain copper-plated bullet at a muzzle velocity of 1255 fps and muzzle energy of 140 ft-lbs from a rifle barrel. This rimfire cartridge has become the most popular sporting and target shooting cartridge in the world.
.22 LR (.22 Long Rifle) Handgun and Rifle Cartridges |
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| Cartridge Specifications | |||
| Case Type: | Rimfire, straight | ||
| Introduced: | 1887 | Made For: | Rifle |
| Cart Len: | 1.000-in | Case Len: | 0.613-in |
| Case Dia: | 0.226-in | Bul Dia: | 0.226-in |
| Ballistics approximated for: |
| 7-inch pistol barrel |
| Cartridge Variants: | |||
| Weight | Velocity | Energy | |
| From: | 36 gr | 1107 ft/sec | 98 ft-lbs |
| To: | 40 gr | 1146 ft/sec | 117 ft-lbs |
| Cartridge Used in Database | ||
| Weight | Velocity | Energy |
| 40 gr | 1107 ft/sec | 109 ft-lbs |
| Rankings for cartridge used in Database | |||
| PF: | 44267 | TKO: | 1.426 |
**See below for further reference regarding the power rankings listed in the tables above:
MV-Muzzle Velocity
Muzzle velocity when fired from a typical handgun. Measured in feet-per-second.
ME-Muzzle Energy
Muzzle energy when fired from a typical handgun. Measured in foot-pounds.
PF-Power Factor
In shooting competition the Power Factor is used to determine the competitive division in which a particular handgun/cartridge can be used. A simple calculation of the bullet's mass times its muzzle velocity.
PF = bull. mass x muzzle vel.
TKO-Taylor Knock Out Formula
Developed by big-game hunter John Howard Taylor in the 1940's. Calculates the relative effectiveness of bullets for hunting game.
TKO = (bull. mass x muzzle vel. x bull. dia.)/7000
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