ASSRA Forum - old .22 CF cartridge question

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Re: old .22 CF cartridge question
Reply #7 - 10/27/07 at 23:08:50
Fred Boulton wrote on 10/26/07 at 14:53:29:
I don't know why, but Eley used to make a .22 centre fire!
Fred.

The recently published 'The Classic British Rook & Rabbit Rifle' by Colin Greenwood (2006) has a nice discussion of 'The 22 Long Rifle Central-Fire'. A 22 Long CF appeared around 1899, and the 22 LR CF a few years later. They were available up to 1937 or so. Apparently they were used in 'Morris Tubes', conversion units for large bore rifles. By using a CF case, the conversion unit could be simpler and cheaper. If the attached picture comes through, it shows a 22 LR CF solid, a 22 LR CF HP, and a sectioned case. The cases had a deep cannelure near the base to support the primer.
Doug Nelson