A 10/22 and produce gone bad.

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So what do you do when you have a nice 10/22 left to you by a dear friend who passed in ‘21, oranges, lemons, and a grapefruit that aren’t fit to eat, and 100’s of rounds of CCI 22LR?

Well, I decided it was a good day to play Paul Harrell. I do own a somewhat similar jacket, but it was just too hot and humid to put it on.

I have been meaning to run my stash of CCI target and Mini-Mags through this real nice rifle for the past year to see what shoots better. I figured it was time; this had been Terry’s favorite 10/22 and I figure he would want me to enjoy it as much as he had.

I don’t have a chrono, but I am guessing the MM’s are a good bit faster. If anyone has timed these rounds out of a 10/22, feel free to tell me what you got.

As for accuracy, I was surprised that I shot better groups with the MM’s that with the target rounds. I figure I’ll keep the target rounds for my Buckmark and the MkIII which was also left to me by my old friend, as they both seem to like that round.

I found you can shoot citrus fruit all day long with the target rounds. It just kinda sits there gettin’ mushy. But only expect to hit it once with a MM, as it will explode in glorious fashion. And that’s all just plain fun to see.

i won’t try to equate this to effectiveness against a bad guy or for hunting. But if you ever find yourself under attack by mutant space fruit, I suggest you go with the Mini-Mags.
 
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Nice! While it's not as nice as the 10/22, I recently bought my brother's old Marlin Papoose off of him. Dad gave it to him 30+ years ago but he hadn't fired it in at least ten for fifteen years. He moved a couple years ago and was gonna dump it in his storage unit so I offered to keep it in my place for him, and when he was her visiting last month I bought it off him. Last week a buddy and I went out camping and I took the Papoose along so I could sight it in and make sure it worked properly. I didn't have a bench rest or anything but the rifle is acceptably accurate for what it would be expected to do. A few days ago I ordered some new 1" rings for it with the notion of adding a nicer scope to it and seeing what it can do.
 
The best splatter-fest I ever had was with a case of “puffed” tomato cans, some 2-liter bottles of expired grapefruit soda, and a .22 rifle. (When the product in the cans goes bad the rotting-gassing swells them big time.)

Tomatoes and soda everywhere! :rofl:

Stay safe.
 
Some of the most fun that I've had was shooting Pumpkins and Watermelons with my 45-70. We would put them on the 200 yard backstop and shoot offhand. You could pull the trigger, lower the rifle and then see the explosion and hear the thump.

This was a private range on a buddies farm. He planted Pumpkins and Watermelons on some layout ground one year and gave them to friends and neighbors. We chose the ones for targets that the mice/rats got into or that the Coyotes chewed on. So nothing was wasted.
 
Nice! While it's not as nice as the 10/22, I recently bought my brother's old Marlin Papoose off of him.

Nothing wrong with a papoose that is in good working order. :) I always wanted one and grabbed one several years back when I found one cheap. I haven't spent time with this particular one yet. I will have to compare the papoose/ruger takedown and the Norinco ATD browning copy one day :)

as far a splatter fest I miss my friends old strip mine that we enjoyed for years... the ranges I belong to do not allow such fun :)
 
...I found you can shoot citrus fruit all day long with the target rounds. It just kinda sits there gettin’ mushy. But only expect to hit it once with a MM, as it will explode in glorious fashion. And that’s all just plain fun to see....
I came up with a phrase for this practice: ballistic composting.
 
Y'all know that there's a conspiracy hiding all of the violent vegetables in this country, don't you?
Have you ever seen mainstream media report on eggplant attacks? No? Smashing Pumpkins? 9th Street Gourds?
EXACTLY the media is hiding all of those stories. That is the only reason that you can't even find one on the internet.
 
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