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Article: The .22 WMR TODAY.
- Article from:
- Guns Magazine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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This sometimes-ignored and often-misunderstood cartridge is at last coming into its own as a new wave of premium ammo hits the market.
After 42 years of production, we are seeing the birth of new and better ammunition in the .22 WMR, an often-misunderstood caliber. Even before the first WMR cartridge hit the market in late 1959, controversy began boiling as to whether the WMR was simply a more powerful short-range round for larger game and varmints such as coyotes and wild turkeys, or a precision long-range cartridge for woodchucks, marmots and ground squirrels at ranges over 100 yards. Early guns and ammunition delivered high velocities and flat trajectories, but ...