I have dug alot of shell casings but this one caught my eye as I was about to toss it out. There was another .22 cal shell casing next to it and it was obvious that they were different sizes. Has anyone seen a bullet so close to this popular cal and yet slightly larger than a .22? I inserted the .22 shell casing inside the larger one to show the difference in size better. It has no apparent head stamp.
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shell casing slightly larger than .22 cal?
- Thread starter Aarong81
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Larry (IL)
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.25 ACP handguns are pretty popular.
BMRockford
New member
.25 ACP
starvin said:
Does a 22 special have a larger cal bullet than a .22 long rifle? This casing is larger than .22 but only slightly, and I doubt that size difference would make it a .25 cal. There seems to be high votes on .25 cal so far though, so now its a debate. I love a good debate! lol....so far I'm leaning towards '22 special' only because it seems SO close to .22 Cal.
And yes, this is a rimfire casing. I found a larger rimfire, presumbly pistol, casing in the same area and it was probably between .25 to .30 Cal. Those are more common to find but I only posted this one because I havn't seen anything like it before.
Here is a photo of .56-50 Rimfire Spencer case on left, .25 Stevens RF, .32 Long RF, and 3 variations of .22 RFs
It is definately not the same as the .25 Stevens rimfire but the Cal does look the same compared to the .22's pictured. Can someone post a photo of a .25 rimfire that has the same length as a .22 longrifle? The one I found is shorter than the .25 Stevens in this picture.
It is definately not the same as the .25 Stevens rimfire but the Cal does look the same compared to the .22's pictured. Can someone post a photo of a .25 rimfire that has the same length as a .22 longrifle? The one I found is shorter than the .25 Stevens in this picture.
I think I figured out what the casing is. I believe it is a .25 Stevens Short rimfire. Here is an auction webpage with BOTH long and short versions in the listing. I am almost certain the short matches what I found.
http://www.gunauction.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=8330683
http://www.gunauction.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=8330683
The .22 in a calibre designation refers to the bullet diameter so a .22 rimfire, .22 special and .22 mag are all the same size diameter wise. The difference would be the length of the bullet and amount of powder behind it. The casing would definately not be a .22 calibre but to me looks too small for the .32. I think you nailed it as a type of .25 calibre.
I think so too, I looked for a long time and cannot find a single photo that has the two shell casings next to each other for size reference. After all these years of both casings coexisting together I would think more people would have reason to stress the importance of NOT using a .22 LR in a .25 Stevens rifle......by mistake of course. 
The photo I posted with a penny in the pic shows a .25 Stevens Long which is the closest one to the penny, if only you imagine that as a Short and next to the .22 Long Rifle(the longer silver colored casing) it would match the sizes in the original pic I posted.
The photo I posted with a penny in the pic shows a .25 Stevens Long which is the closest one to the penny, if only you imagine that as a Short and next to the .22 Long Rifle(the longer silver colored casing) it would match the sizes in the original pic I posted.