I've looked at the 22TCM/9mm guns and I won't lie, it is interesting and the price of entry makes it pretty easy. RIA guns are incredible for the money and I have owned and fired many before I got all fancy and s***.
@Sevens the lacquer on the 5.7 cases is an interesting fact that I was not aware of. I try to keep my cartridges down, but every time I kick one out of bed, it or another two comes crawling under the blankets while I sleep. How many times can a man "get out of .44 Special"? Four. The answer is four, just so you know. Ha!
@Kilibreaux Do you work for RIA? Because you're doing a fine sales job! That is very good info. I am curious and the fact that the 22TCM is chambered in an RIA bolt action rifle is appealing as well. I wouldn't carry a cartridge like that, just because I can't imagine many scenarios where punching holes through steel would really come into play, but I live in the middle of nowhere on the SE side of Oregon and I am always looking for guns that can potentially knock over coyotes at long range and a 22TCM pistol/rifle combo is very interesting.
I don't want to turn and cut .223 cases, but as I said before, if I started with enough cases or had access to more I'm game for a lot. Straight wall cases are nice and easy, but the velocity that comes out of bottleneck cases is undeniable. If I ever get my hands on a proper .256 Win. Mag rifle and quite frankly, T/C single shots are about the only "proper" ones ever made, I'd load for that like crazy without a single properly stamped case, but that's just necking down a .357. I load my .250 Savage with .22-250 brass, but that is simply necking up. As incredible as the .35 Whelen is, even better is the ability to run '06 or even .270 brass through the sizing die and have a .35 Whelen case.