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.22 Rem Rimfire Auto/ Remington Model 16
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I am looking at a Remington Model 16 semi-auto rifle. The caliber marked is .22 Rem Rimfire Auto. Is this a standard .22 long, long rifle? Or was it a magnum .22 round of sorts? The big question is rather ammunition is obsolete or still available for this rifle. Thank you for your help. Brad
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I found this note tucked away in a corner of my hard drive. It's not my work but I did correct the spelling:
.22 Remington Auto
It's meant to ONLY shoot 22 Remington Automatic shells. They are similar to a LR but tapered (larger to the base). The development of autoloading rifles was made possible by the invention of smokeless powder. The 22 variation was designed so that the black powder shells of the day where not interchangeable. The 22 Winchester and 22 Remington automatic cartridges are NOT interchangeable. Each company wanted to benefit from their OWN ammo sales. People have tried to shoot 22 LR with very poor results. Even more disastrous is when black powder shells or Lessmoke where shot in these. The Remington guns where not as popular as the Winchester and sales where poor. Obvious that is why you don't see many. At a dollar/shell it can be expensive to shoot. Ammo has not been produced since the late 1930's - early 40's.The lack of ammo has also kept the price of the guns down.
Best.