Taking a break on house projects for a bit. Relaxing a bit . Definitely need to find me a plumber...
Handy lil guy this ,getting 2427fps with 9 grain of powder , and a 40gr vmax. From a 12" barrel .Don't leave much left of a barn rat though I found out ... Real ... Explode-y lol

Nice

try a fox

? What caliber?

.22 TCM

… you’ll shoot your eye out kid

Just talked to an old bud. Met on the gravel road as I was going to remake a trap. He had a 22 TCM bolt gun with him that he has 50 rounds through. He said it went from shooting dimes to buckets. Even after cleaning it.

I told him scope.

Before it went to crap he loved it. Looks like a 22 hornet replica

What is the parent casing for that round?

That rabbit hole gonna get you with all the fun rounds can feed it.

.223/5.56 if you makin your own... But the ammo is like $35 per 50rd so you can forgo all of the stuff I'm doing buy just buying that stuff shooting it and you know the rest.

If you make your own gotta cut anneal neck turn , which idk been a neat learning experience , given me something to do with all this messed up necked brass I have lying round... Seem to shoot better too

Yeah I head about that. They really screwed this lil round up the way they did . Trying to make it for both a pistol and a rifle then then shotty rifles ... All they had to do was make this where you could have a longer heavier bullet on a dedicated cheaper lil bolt gun and would have had a winner

Lest then I can say I (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) something other then paper and steel lol

I think I just watched your video on YouTube. My thought is the same as yours, it's the new 22 Hornet. I plan to use this for raccoon calling and quiet Varmint popping. It should be perfectly suited for that. There just isn't a modern cartridge that filled that gap! I think because the Rock Island M22 rifles were so poorly made, it just didn't take off. Sticky chambers, light primer strikes, poor machining, wild variation in rifle accuracy from one to the other.

It would be awesome if one of the major companies picked the 22 TCM up. With a 7" can it's super quiet, and with a rimfire can it's hearing safe! Also a limiting factor was the magazine length, they used the same size magazine as they did in the pistols, this really limits bullet selection. Factory ammo was poor quality control, that didn't help either.

I'd love to chat about your experiences so far.
I have 3 of the bolt action rifles from Rock Island and they are definitely a rifle that required some tinkering with to make them shoot. They are poorly made, the triggers were awful, and rough marks on every milled surface. A lot of polishing, spring replacement was needed to make them run and shoot reliably.

I'm planning to build a better bolt action version from a Howa Mini action or a Ruger American Ranch. The Ruger takes AR mags. Once I get a custom bolt gun and an AR in 22TCM running smoothly, the Rock Island M22s will go on Gunbroker.com. I'm getting all the bugs worked out before I sell them, I don't like sending my headaches down the road for someone else.

I just ordered a McGowen 16" AR barrel in 22 TCM pistol length gas system, 1:10 twist. I'm very interested in your magazine mods, buffer and gas block choices, best loads for accuracy and experience with any feed issues. Which mags do you think feed the best? I know you had a AR Guy mag coming.

The double tap in the second video could be a firing pin issue. ARs have free floating pins. If the primers were pistol primers, especially Federal, then the firing pin might have tapped it a bit to hard. Pistol primers have a thinner cup and Federal Pistol Primers have a softer alloy and are the most sensitive.

You can email me at TrapperRods@gmail.com to get in touch if you have time. Merry Christmas!

Here is a video I did in a series about reloading accurate rifle rounds. https://youtu.be/anuTK8MJBoM?si=ewAOX5DBmgazT51C