22 WMR is readily available, stayed fairly available even during the Great Ammo Panic of 2013 and costs about $0.20 per round (historically similar in price to 9mm). Up to 1,400 fps from a 40 grain bullet is nothing to sneeze at. For instance, Winchester now makes a PDX1 load in the caliber and Speer makes its Gold Dot, both of which are optimized for a short barrel. 22 WMR and of the single-action PMR-30 itself. This is changing a bit, though, thanks to the growing popularity of self-defense revolvers chambered for. 22 LR does at the muzzle – but from a pistol it’s down about 300 fps vs. 22 LR – from a rifle it has more energy at 100 yards than. 22 WMR was originally designed for a 16+ inch barrel, and it loses a lot of velocity coming out of a pistol thanks to slow burning propellant. 22 Mag the poor man’s 5.7×28, which is approximately true out of a rifle or carbine, with velocities for given bullet weights being extremely similar. Weight and capacity are obvious draws, then. In fact, a loaded PMR-30 pistol with a loaded spare magazine (that’s 60 rounds) tip the scales at what most full-size polymer frame pistols weigh totally empty: And the empty magazines weigh only 1.6 ounces. 22 Win Mag, CCI Maxi-Mag, Hornady V-Max ) is light ammo that takes up very little space. There probably isn’t a lighter full-size pistol on the market, with the PMR-30 pistol tipping the scales at only 13.6 ounces empty.
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