.22 Winchester Centerfire

Rifle cartridge .22 Winchester Centerfire / 5.8x35mmR United States Rifle 1885–1936 Rimmed, bottleneckTraister, John E., Antique Guns-The Collector's Guide, Stoeger Publishing Company 2nd Ed. 1994, p. 285, 0-88317-175-9 .228 .241 .278 .295 .342 1.39 1.61 45 1550 240 .22 Winchester Centerfire (.22 WCF) / 5.8x35mmR is a small centerfire intermediate cartridge introduced in 1885 for use in the Winchester Model 1885 single-shot rifle. Factory manufacture of ammunition was discontinued in 1936. The .22 WCF was loaded with a 45 grain bullet with a muzzle velocity of about 1550 feet per second, similar to the performance of the .22 Winchester Rimfire (.22 WRF) designed in 1890.Hawks Chuck The .22 Centerfire Varmint Cartridges http://www.chuckhawks.com/22caliber_cartridges.htm chuckhawks.com 31 October 2013Centerfire Rifle http://www.winchester.com/products/rifle-ammunition/Pages/default.aspx winchester.com 31 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130911075524/http://www.winchester.com/Products/rifle-ammunition/Pages/default.aspx 2013-09-11 deadLatitude and Longitude http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm satsig.net 31 October 2013.22 Winchester Centerfire (.22 WCF) Reloading Data http://www.loaddata.com/members/search_detail.cfm?MetallicID=2172 loaddata.com 31 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131102212430/http://www.loaddata.com/members/search_detail.cfm?MetallicID=2172 2013-11-02 dead Experimentation with the .22 WCF among civilian wildcatters and the U.S. military at Springfield Armory in the 1920s led to the development of the .22 Hornet cartridge.Barnes, Frank C., Cartridges of the World, DBI Books 8th ed. 1997, p. 16. 0-87349-178-5. See also List of rimmed cartridges Sources Barnes, Frank C., Cartridges of the World, Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. References Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Rimmed cartridges 22 Centerfire