.22WMR

Sorry Mak, I have a 22 mag cylinder I use occasionally but only with the plated version of the 22 WRF cartridge which is a great target and small game round, especially those pesky tree rats that seem to overstay their welcome. Chris

MAK;
The only time I have used a WMR out of a sixgun, I borrowed it from a friend to finish off a bobcat that had been hit by a car and had its back broken. I was coming home from a town to the north when we spotted it sitting in the northbound lane on a two lane highway. I stopped and got out to look. I saw that it couldn't stand up. It as just sitting there. Of course I didn't have a gun with me, so I drove about 200 yds to my wife's 5th cousin. (The people here in the land that God made to punish those silly enough to live in keep track of that sort of thing. I think it's to make sure they marry into their own clan.) I borrowed a .22 revolver, A S&W of some kind, drove back and dispatched the poor cat with a shot to the head. It certainly did the job, but it was loud as hell. I think I would stick to .22 LR if I was to buy a .22 revolver. I have a Colt Ace that I use Yellowjackets in. Up north in the Holy Land, it was quite effective on jackrabbits.
 
Mike

This is in no way intended to be a disparagement of the 22 LR, but there are several times that I have found the extra power of the WMR to be a useful thing, outweighing any additional increase in recoil/muzzle blast.
Maybe some day, the politicians who can never hear anything but the sound of money being shuffled will realize there is a real world out there, and just like putting mufflers on internal combustion engines to make them friendlier,   the same can be done for guns without having the earth crack open, and women & children crying in horror.
I think for pure target purposes, the 22LR is as good as metallic cartridges get, but when having to shoot things that breathe, I'll keep my 22 WMR.

MAK;
I know you were not demeaning the 22LR, I used it in a rifle in Maine while I was in college. It was definitely more effective on woodchucks in the alfalfa fields than the LR. My student budget just couldn't afford much shooting of it.
 
Mike