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Originally Posted by Walklightly
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Answer what? You didn't ask a question, you only told a short story.
Are you asking if the old guy could possibly have seen a revolver marked ".22LR Magnum" on the barrel? Unless you (or he) could tell us the make of the revolver, I don't believe anyone can answer definitively. The answer should be "No," because obviously .22LR (Long Rifle) is different from .22WMR (Winchester Magnum Rimfire). The major gun makers were and are careful to mark the caliber (chambering) correctly on their barrels. For example, at the time when .22 rimfire was making the transition from black powder to smokeless, Winchester introduced their Model 1903 semi-automatic carbine. They were concerned enough about mixing up smokeless cartridges with black powder cartridges that they actually came out with a new cartridge that did NOT use a heeled bullet like all other .22 cartridges had used. If they were concerned enough to actually create a different cartridge because of concerns regarding swapping, they certainly would have been careful enough not to put a misleading marking on a barrel.
But ... there were second (and third) tier gun makers in those days just as there are the Ravens and Wilkinsons today. Who knows what some small shop churning out cheap guns might have put on their barrels.