What the hell is it?

[Joe Chartreuse]

So I ordered a conversion cylinder ( .22lr) for my NAA .22 WMR from e-bay. Got it, and they added a gift. A second .22 LR cylinder, but at 3/4 size. A mini mini. I looked at the NAA site and they didn't show anything that it fit that I can tell. Does anyone else know what it fits? Maybe a discontinued buckle gun?

 

[Uncle Howie]

I’m betting it’s a .22 Short cylinder(?).
(Won’t fit your revolver.)

I have an older Freedom Arms revolver chambered for .22 Short.

That cylinder is… really short!

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

I’m betting it’s a .22 Short cylinder(?).
(Won’t fit your revolver.)

I have an older Freedom Arms revolver chambered for .22 Short.

That cylinder is… really short!

It actually takes LR, but you are right. Way too short a cylinder and smaller diameter.

 

[GasGuzzler]

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

I finally found a bud with a camera phone that would send to e-mail. The larger cylinder is the .22lr conversion cylinder-standard size for the NAA .22 LR as well- for the .22 WMR . The smaller cylinder is the "extra" that I got. Also .22 LR, also 5 shot, but a much smaller sizes. I am thinking a discontinued buckle gun cylinder, but no way to check.

 

[Mobuck]

My Saturday morning SWAG.
Your original revolver is/was 22 WMR so it would have a longer cylinder than a standard 22lr. The replacement has to fit your revolver but the second one fits the standard 22lr frame.
Why the shorter one was included demands a different SWAG.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

My Saturday morning SWAG.
Your original revolver is/was 22 WMR so it would have a longer cylinder than a standard 22lr. The replacement has to fit your revolver but the second one fits the standard 22lr frame.
Why the shorter one was included demands a different SWAG.

I would agree, but I also have a .22LR and this cylinder is smaller than even the standard. Think of it as the size of a .22 short, but smaller diameter. At this point I am almost certain it is from a discontinued buckle gun. As for why he threw it in with the other- I guess he didn't know what to do with it. When I contacted them to ask about it, he said he had no idea where he got it either.

 

[Major E.A. Sterner]

It's for the .22 LR only pistols that were made before the .22 mags came out.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

It's for the .22 LR only pistols that were made before the .22 mags came out.

That would explain it. Had to be a discontinued weapon. Thank you.

 

[protoolman]

They didn't discontinue anything. There are 3 sizes. Short only, lr, and magnum convertibles. The lrs in " belt buckle" size are still available. That clearly looks like the medium, lr only size.

 

[contender]

It's not a belt buckle gun,, at least from when FA made them.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

They didn't discontinue anything. There are 3 sizes. Short only, lr, and magnum convertibles. The lrs in " belt buckle" size are still available. That clearly looks like the medium, lr only size.

Sort of right,. from what I understand, they discontinued the belt buckle guns, then recently bought them back.

 

[DRT]

My freedom arms 22 LR & 22 mag. I think they made a 22 short also.