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Dec 31st, 2013 at 11:53am
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Does company manufacture black powder .22 rim fire cartridges? Thanks for your answers, Hank45.
  
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Reply #1 - Dec 31st, 2013 at 12:16pm
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Does company manufacture black powder .22 rim fire cartridges?
No Hank.  There is not any company in the world that makes black powder 22RF ammunition.  And hasn't been for decades.  The transition went from BP in the early 1900's - to semi smokeless and now only smokeless

You have to make your own if you so inclined.  There 3 of us in the US making them.  Here's some reads:

For those that are interested in 22LR BP reloads, here are some threads ...
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Since 2011, I have refined my process and can make a box of 50 in around 20 minutes  Smiley
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Reply #2 - Dec 31st, 2013 at 1:42pm
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If I could get primed cases, I'd think about doing this, not because I really want to, but because the store shelves are almost bare, except for the junk stuff I don't want.
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Reply #3 - Dec 31st, 2013 at 2:32pm
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Black powder blanks used in starting/dog training pistols are still being made. Saw some within the last few weeks at a couple of gun stores.
  
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Reply #4 - Dec 31st, 2013 at 5:24pm
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No nothin at my local store. No junk .22 ammo either.  Cry

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Reply #5 - Dec 31st, 2013 at 6:46pm
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This is an 1906 advertisement for U.M.C. black powder 22 Shorts;
  
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Reply #6 - Jan 1st, 2014 at 7:59am
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I received the new SingleShot Exchange yesterday and only had time to flip through it. There was an article on shooting black powder .22's.

I have a box of 550 loose .22 rounds that have bullets oxidized so badly that they wont fit into the chamber of the Stevens 44 that I'm working on. I think I'll pull the bullets and dump the powder. Now, if I only had the proper bullet.
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Reply #7 - Jan 1st, 2014 at 9:15am
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Went and looked at that article. It's about shooting .22 rifles at sillywets at reduced distances. No black powder involved. Just in the headline---fooled me.
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Reply #8 - Jan 4th, 2014 at 11:09pm
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What an odd day this is-found this thread by accident. Last week I was in a boring training class at work and for about 30 min. I had a 22LR in my hands, moving the bullet all around and pulling on it. It eventually came out and the powder flipped over the desk. The bullet would now fit back in the case and come back out easily so for the next hour I was thinking about a blackpowder 22LR. At home I loaded the case full of Goex 4F and pushed the bullet back in.  A blackpowder 22LR, just one and it fired just fine. It would be nice to find a way to easily convert more because it really makes a 22 interesting to shoot. I have an 1860's 22 Cal. revolver and want to make some BP shorts and try to shoot it sometime. Smiley
  
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Reply #9 - Feb 7th, 2014 at 9:53am
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SchutzenBob,
Thank you for that pic of interesting history.   

Prior to finding the primed .22 L.R. brass a couple of years ago, I was pulling bullets from .22 cartridges to get the brass. I found the easiest way to do that was to grab the bullet with a pair of pliers and twist it to the right....since I am right handed.

I then took the following steps to prepare and load the case using, at that time, cast bullets from a Lyman .22 caliber mold.

I have found, since then, that 4.5 grs of b.p. was more accurate.

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