Found this among my few 22 rim fires, it is the M24 full metal jacket 22 rim firep1010019_0015.jpg
Found this among my few 22 rim fires, it is the M24 full metal jacket 22 rim firep1010019_0015.jpg
Crazy, any idea what it was for?
Fred Pillot
Captain
San Jose Zouaves
1876
It was issued for survival rifle/shotgun combination weapons. They (military) needed a full metal jacket and could not
use a lead bullet. I am sure there might have been other applications for the cartridge in the military
I know this is an old post, but the Army had a .22 barrel insert used to qualify with the M-16 in locations without a real range. A little off topic but they also had an insert for the 4.2 mortar that fired 60 mm mortar rounds and one using compressed air that could be fired in a big building.
Very strange to see a heeled FMJ bullet.
Somewhere in my plunder I have a box of military .22 Hornet soft point ammunition. It has a warning on the box not to be used against enemy combatants.