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When I lived in Kansas, a friend had one of those mini revolvers with both .22 and .22 mag. cylinders.

When we chronographed them, there was only 5 foot lbs. difference between the .22 mag and the short.

The short does well out of a short barrel but the .22 magnum doesn’t unless you want to scare them to death with muzzle blast.

I have an old Marlin model 25 in .22 mag. It is a great gun. Not particularly well made or finished but it is totally reliable and about as accurate as you could possibly want.

I bought it used and it came with a cheap Tasco 4X scope. I was going to put a better scope on it but after firing it and noticing the previous owner had it sighted in perfectly for my use, I just left it alone.

It literally is a MOA rifle.

When I lived in Kansas, a friend had one of those mini revolvers with both .22 and .22 mag. cylinders. When we chronographed them, there was only 5 foot lbs. difference between the .22 mag and the short.

You should have chronographed a round designed for short barrel pistols such as the Hornady Critical Defense in .22 WMR.

As you know, the .22 Magnum's real name is .22 WMR, which stands for Winchester Magnum Rifle. The problem with most .22 WMR loads is that the powder is designed for a longer burn in a rifle length barrel, so the performance in a shorter barrel handgun is, shall we say less than optimal?

But the Hornady Critical Defense load has two advantages: First it has the Hornady FTX jacketed hollow point bullet that is designed for self defense, and it is loaded with a low flash pistol powder designed to burn better in handgun use.

https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rimfire/22-wmr-45-gr-ftx-critical-defense#!/

Because I have a number of 22 Mag handguns, I wanted a 22 Mag long gun.

The 10/22 rotary mag is a solid design and there is a Savage A22 Semi-Auto in 22 WMR that uses a Savage rotary mag similar to the 10/22 Ruger mag.

It is not black, has no pistol grip and with its decent sized bolt handle looks no more threatening than a 22 hunting rifle. I had some invasive raccoons in Missouri and that was my excuse.

So here you have a 10 round long gun that will fire all 10 as fast as you can pull the trigger. It uses the same rounds as the LCR 22 WMR, the North American Arms Sidewinder tiny pocket gun or any other 22 WMR.

A 22 WMR is loud, out of long gun or mouse gun it is going to make an impression on a person confronted with its discharge. Use the A22 CCI round or the TNT and you will get some expansion even in the hand gun.

The Savage has the Accu-Trigger, I added a bi-pod and a four power scope.

Its fall at 185 Yards is about 3.4 inches and is relatively flat inside of 120 Yards.