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Offline blackpanther

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Anybody have a smith 648 .22wmr
« on: February 13, 2004, 07:53:31 AM »
Have not shot it much but is really fun but very loud.
Their is not a red insert front sight for them like my ruger only a white outline rear.My gun smith said not problem to cut a notch and install one like the ruger.My old eyes just can not see any thing else to shoot with open sights.Don't want a scope.Have a wolff leaf spring to reduced the double action pull to install also.Will shoot it over the crono to see what kind velocity it has.

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Offline bhk

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Anybody have a smith 648 .22wmr
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2004, 06:16:07 AM »
I have one and love it.  Mine shoots one-inch groups at fifty yards with a 2x Leupold mounted on it.  By the way, if you want to shoot a MUCH quieter load in it you can use the old .22 WRF cartridges, now loaded again by CCI and Winchester.  They shoot a 45 grain hollowpoint bullet at about the same velocity as you would get from a .22 long rifle out of the pistol (mine shoots them at about 1000 fps).  The are a little cheaper than the magnum shells and great for rabbits and squirrels.  The have the same diameter bullet that the magnum bullets have and are very accurate (also shoot to the same point of aim in my revolver).

Just a note - the new .22 WRF boxes have a warning that states: 'not for use in revolvers' on it.  When I contacted CCI about this, they told me the warning was meant for old cheap .22 WRF revolvers (not magnum revolvers), some of which have .22 long rifle diameter bores on them.  They shoot great.

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Anybody have a smith 648 .22wmr
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2004, 06:55:17 AM »
I have one as well.

It appears to shoot all types of amo very well (better than I can shoot it).

My Chrony shows:
CCI Maxi Mag - 1344
Rem V-Max - 1627
Maxi Mag TNT - 1901
Maxi Mag +V - 2013
Win Supreme - 1785
Win Dynapoint - 1145
CCI Golddot - 1122
Federal 30gr - 1877

Have fun.

T>D>C