Can you replace?

[Okiehunter]

Can you pull the bullets out of a 22lr round and replace them with better ones?

 

[hogpatrol]

Better ones as in a .224 jacketed? Not unless you somehow turn a smaller diameter base on the bullet. The o.d. of a .22lr case is .222. In addition, .22 rimfire barrels are .222. Try stuffing a .224 bullet down there and make sure you pull that trigger on the first shot with a string about twenty feet long and stand behind a steel or concrete wall. ;D

 

[Shynloco]

When you say "better ones," exactly what did you have in mind and compared to what? Can it be done...YES. Would I recomend it...HECK NO! When you've been around as long as I have, you'd pretty much seen it all. I know of a fellow who makes his own .22 lr rounds, but uses the ammo to plink and shoot at rodents. Can't speak for they're accuracy and he even makes the bullets to boot. I still haven't a clue how you'd load those little casings and crimp them. I suspect you'd have to have some of the smallest hands not to be fiddling and dropping things when going through the reloading process. But unless your name is McGiever, I can't imagine how the heck you'd come up with the equipment for such a project, especially when comparing the cost of new .22 lr round and the questionable accuracy you'd have with "better ones."