Does FMJ .22lr exist - or is it all just copper coated?

[pneumagger]

Does anyone know if FMJ ammo exists for .22lr exists?

[usp45ss]

No FMJ's that I'm aware of. All the ones I've seen are copper coated.

[apochachuva]

I remember reading somewhere that they used an actual jacket on some .22lr in WW2 to comply with Geneva conventions, but it could have been total BS and I don't remember where I read it.
If you're feeling suicidal you could always try to pull the bullets from .22 mag that's 40gr and try to seat that in a .22LR case, but I personally wouldn't touch that with a 10ft poll

[Golovko]

I remember reading somewhere that they used an actual jacket on some .22lr in WW2 to comply with Geneva conventions, but it could have been total BS and I don't remember where I read it.

I just read about that in one of Paulson's silencer reviews. It's mentioned on the 5th page of the .PDF available at http://www.advanced-armament.com/articl ... ms0203.pdf.

For those on dial-up, beware as the .PDF is several MB in size and the link points directly to the .PDF.

Specifically, he wrote:

Standard velocity target .22lr was replaced by T-42 jacketed .22lr in February 1945 to conform to Article 23e of the Hague Accords.