Hi all, 

I’m new here, soon I plan on remanufacturing a few different large rimfire calibers. For starters I will be making 56-50, 56-56, 44 long , 44 Henry. These will be sold as unprimed cartrage and to be reloaded by the buyer. Now I’m curious on how they factory loaded rimfire cartridges back in the day. I would think that driving a primed rim cartrage full of black powder into a seating and crimping could be dangerous. So this is why I start this thread. Maybe we can find some documation on the subject and educate ourselves.

Thanks for the input, yes this makes sense. I am unfamiliar with reloading rimfire and just want to make sure I’m not creating a bomb. And definitely a good test experiment with the 22rf.

Thanks Bent_ramrod. Although I am very familiar with the process of draw forming and the shaping of metal parts, I was mainly stuck on the reloading aspect. I would think marlin guy is correct and it seemed logical but I will see what I can find on this book and post some examples which could possibly lead to further discussion.