James House 
Gun Digest Book of .22 Rimfire 

User Guide to the World’s Most Popular Caliber


This second edition of
Gun Digest Book of .22 Rimfire is a complete handbook and user guide for shooters of the world’s most popular caliber. Collectors and shooters alike will appreciate the comprehensive coverage of current and vintage firearms. Hardcore rimfire shooters will find technical details that reveal how they can use headspace, rim thickness, and other factors to enhance the performance of their equipment.


This comprehensively revised edition incudes:

• Hands-on testing of the .17 WSM and other recent cartridges, with complete performance details


• New rifles evaluated, including the Ruger American series, the Savage B-Mag, the Ruger 10/22 Takedown, CZ 455, and more!


• Expert advice to enhance performance of models that are amenable to alteration


• New coverage of optics for rimfire firearms

Best ballistics introduction available!

The author’s experience and skill explaining important aspects to consider when choosing ammunition will help shooters make the right choice for the type of shooting they do. Reader feedback from the first edition of this book describes the information on ballistics as ‚the best introduction available‘!


With the rapidity of the introduction of new models and discontinuing of others, any book on rimfires is a snapshot in time of a field that changes rapidly. In
Gun Digest Book of .22 Rimfire 2nd Edition, author James E. House provides thorough discussions of types of ammunition, ballistics, and firearms that will be of long-term use to rimfire shooters everywhere.

Über den Autor

Author James E. House has been shooting rimfires for approximately 70 years. He has written more than 350 articles on shooting sports and outdoor equipment appearing in numerous outdoors and firearms publications, and numerous books, including Customize the Ruger 10/22 2nd Edition.