'Hogleg'

DeltaSteve · Oct 2, 2020

I just bought a 'hogleg'. LOL No,it's not a .44. It's just a .22 revolver with a long barrel.A low priced American made by Heritage Arms.Bought to mostly shoot bird shot with.My question is: can I shoot long rifle through a .22 mag cylinder? Thanks.

Kansas4010 · Oct 2, 2020

No. Heritage sells a convertible model that comes with two cylinders. One is for long rifle the other for 22 mag. Unless you have that model don't do it.

Fawteen · Oct 2, 2020

Short answer is no.

Longer case on the .22mag means the bullet portion of a .22LR round will not be seated in the bore of the cylinder.

It will fire but the accuracy will be horrible, the least that will happen is lead being shaved off as it jumps from the cartridge to the cylinder bore to the barrel.

teddy52food · Oct 2, 2020

No. .22 mag is bigger.

BarnyardEngineering · Oct 2, 2020

Per Wikipedia:

" It is dangerous to chamber .22 LR rounds in a .22 WMR firearm. Doing so can result in injury from high pressure hot gas leaking around the LR case, which is too small for a .22 WMR chamber. However, there are several makers of revolvers with conversion cylinders allowing the shooter to easily switch between the two calibers on the same firearm. "

The diameters of the two cases verify this:

.22 WMR - .242in
.22 LR - .226in

DeltaSteve · Oct 2, 2020

Thanks guys. I'll just order the right cylinder.

TimV · Oct 2, 2020

Heritage makes a fun little plinker, and in case you weren't aware of it you can also get birdshot in .22 mag. I've linked Midway's description below, which shows them being out of stock at the moment, but you might find it elsewhere.
22 mag birdshot

DeltaSteve · Oct 2, 2020

The pawn shop where I bought it has several boxes of birdshot on the shelf. I'll get some when I pick it up later today.

Goose · Oct 2, 2020

Mine came with both cylinders, .22LR and .22Mag.

Let us know how it turns out. Maybe I shouldn't even mention this at this stage of the game, but when I first began firing mine, the first thing that happened was the front sight came off. While I was attempting to press that back in place, the barrel itself came loose from the frame.

I sent it back to the factory at my expense and they rebuilt it under warranty and sent it back. I've fired it some since then, but I've never had a lot of confidence in it, especially since I have a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Mag that will do the same thing.

steve_in_mo · Oct 2, 2020

The 22LR casing can also swell and get jammed in the larger chamber.

Brendon-KS · Oct 2, 2020

The 22LR case has an OUTSIDE diameter equal to the bore diameter with a heeled bullet to fit into the smaller ID. The 22 Mag case has an INSIDE diameter equal to the bore diameter and uses a "normal" (non-heeled) bullet. So, the 22LR case would have a very sloppy fit in the 22 Mag chamber and will result in problems.

DoubleO7 · Oct 2, 2020

(quoted from post at 11:22:10 10/02/20) Thanks guys. I'll just order the right cylinder.

Since the Heritage is basically a Ruger single six clone.......

I seem to recall that the Ruger single six was/is offered with two cylinders, 22LR & 22 mag.
Called "convertible" and only cylinders that have been properly timed should be used with any given revolver.

Heritage might be the same way, maybe not.

4520BW · Oct 2, 2020

the early models the cylinder was not
removable. I believe they started making
the new model in 73.

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