The .22 ILARCO / 5.7x24mmRF, also known as the .22 Winchester Short Magnum Rimfire or .22 American,[2][3] was a rimfire cartridge designed in 1987 for the American-180 rimfire submachine gun. At the time the cartridge was created, the design of the American-180 had been taken over by the Illinois Arms Company, Inc., hence the ILARCO name.

.22 Winchester Short Magnum
.22 WMR (left) compared to .22 ILARCO (right)
TypeRifle
Place of originUnited States
Production history
Designed1987[1]
ManufacturerWinchester
Specifications
Parent case.22 WMR
Case typeRimmed, straight
Bullet diameter.224 in (5.7 mm)
Neck diameter.242 in (6.1 mm)
Base diameter.242 in (6.1 mm)
Rim diameter.294 in (7.5 mm)
Rim thickness.050 in (1.3 mm)
Case length.669 in (17.0 mm)
Overall length.950 in (24.1 mm)
Primer typeRimfire
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy
40 gr (3 g) FMJ 1,350 ft/s (410 m/s) 160 ft⋅lbf (220 J)

History

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Sometime after the Illinois Arms Company, Inc. (ILARCO) purchased the rights to the American-180 they determined a more powerful cartridge would be appropriate, which resulted in the creation of the .22 ILARCO. The new cartridge was designed so that a simple change of barrel was all that was required to switch between standard .22 Long Rifle, for which the gun was designed, and the new cartridge.

Dimensions and loading

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The .22 ILARCO uses a shorter version of the .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire case, which use the same 40 gr (2.6 g) projectile as the original .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire cartridge.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rimfire Small Arms Rounds". Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ "THE CARTRIDGE COLLECTOR". Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. ^ Barnes, F. C., & Woodard, W. Todd. (2016). Cartridges of the world, 15th edition: A complete and illustrated reference for more than 1500 Cartridges. Gun Digest.