Do any of you experienced shooters have time for .22's?

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Only downside to a .22 is you can't reload :).
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Ross Siefried often writes about his quest for a reloadable .22, and it sounds like a neat idea.

I have (and love) a .22 Hornet. But considering the cost of primers and bullets, a reloadable .22 would cost more than most .22 rimfire ammo.
 
Except for two, my rifles are all military - I've got rifles in 7.62 NATO, 7.62x39, 5.56 NATO, and .22LR (CZ452 and Ruger 10/22). By far, I shoot my CZ .22 more than anything else.
 
I"ve been shooting for over 40 years,and just recently re-discovered .22's.Bought my 1st Ruger 10-22 recently.
Not 'super accurate',but minut of pop can is all I ask of it..and it's that and more.

Get a .22 and go have fun !
 
First gun after my .22 chipmunk was a Yugo Mauser. After that was a Mosin. Then another Mosin. Then a Swiss K31, then a Trench Shotgun, then a Henry .22, a Remington 511.

I'll be the first to admit, large bore, the feel of the recoil is fun. But lately, shooting the .22's... Well I get the same kick out of them as the large bores but not as much of the kick back. Plus the cost of .22 ammo, go through a box of 500 without thinking about it. .22 definately has it's advantages over the big boomers
 
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I still shoot .22 and always have, like most of the posters above. I still have a 10-22 I got about 1974, and a Ruger standard pistol I bought in 1976. Both are still great shooters, although more often I shoot an upgraded stainless target MK II.
 
Ross Siefried often writes about his quest for a reloadable .22, and it sounds like a neat idea.
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Already been done, the .22 Velo Dog, which is actually still loaded by Fiocchi.

Renowned gun writer and all around whackjob, Charles Askins, once had a Colt Woodsman target pistol rechambered for .22 Velo Dog (including conversion to center fire). He was going to shoot this in the centerfire match at Camp Perry. As was his wont, tact wasn't part of the equation, and he ended up in a fistfight with an official at the matches, causing him to be banned, and the minimum caliber explicitly specified as .32.
 
I'm not an experienced shooter, but this past Saturday I found an excellent use for .22s--teaching new shooters. I brought my 12-year-old cousin to the range that day, and it was his first time shooting a real gun. He loved my Ruger 22/45. He didn't want to touch my 1911 though, he's scared of it. But he had a ball with the little .22, so much that he asked his older sister to buy him one.
 
I enjoy shooting .22s and it was how I was able to get my wife shooting with me. She loves shooting her Walther P22. It is cheap to shoot and helps for training...... you can definitely see if you are anticipating recoil or jerking the trigger.
 
You all and your mouse guns.

I don't know why anyone would even waste their time with a .22. Go out there and get yourself a real gun.



Ok, I can't even type that with a straight face. Like the rest of you, I probably shoot more .22s than anything else. I have two rifles and one handgun in .22, and I'm eyeballing another handgun. For the price and the flat-out fun, I don't know what beats it. I suppose a BB gun may be cheaper but I'd sure miss the smell of the burning gunpowder.
 
I have a few and I always make time for them.. And it is also cheaper to stockpile ammo as you stated.. You can never have too many
 
YES.

I just bought a .22LR pistol. I have a10/22 Rifle and will be getting shortly a lever and bolt action .22 rifles. The Marlin leveraction will shoot .22 Short/Long/LR rounds.

.22's are fun and cheap to shoot. It's all about repetition. Golf, Tennis, Bowling, Billiards, shooting, they all require the same repetitive movement.
 
My10/22 is still one of my most favorite guns to shoot with. Practicing basic marksmanship techniques doesn't change, so I might as well shoot the most affordable one the most. Plus, I always seem to have at least one of my kids with me when I go to the range, and I know they would rather shoot the Ruger, than the AR... well, except the teenager. He tends to cost me a lot in the ammo dept. The one I shoot the least i the 7mm Rem Mag... $40 a pop for box of 20... that just gets a little pricey to shoot very often.
 
Happiness is a dressed up Ruger 10/22.
Also, I bought a Walther G22 last Summer.

Talk about fun & economy.
 
I went to the range last week to put some rounds through the 1911 (testing out some reloads) and Garand (son wanted to shoot 100 yds). Also took along the .22 (M44US) and put as many rounds through it as the others.

Shooting the .22 never gets old and the way ammo prices are going, it is a bargain shooter.
 
I fire more .22s than all other calibers combined. At least one of my .22s goes to the range every time and I tend to rotate my others
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Yep, I agree completely! I haven't been shooting 50 years but I have been shooting for 25, and I still love shootin my .22's.
 
The .22 . Cheap, fun, great practice round when you have a conversion kit for you AR15. 1911 or CZ75b. Cheap, really fun in a semi-auto like the Marlin 60 or Ruger 10/22. Did I mention Cheap? The variety and the high quality of guns chambered in .22 is amazing! I recently started a thread about "your favorite .22 rifle. The number and variety of responses was an eye opener.
 
22 rimfire is what they call a gateway drug

which got most of us hooked on shooting. It's fun you don't outgrow, however, and unsurpassed for teaching and reminding us how to shoot accurately and inexpensively. It's a good neighbor round, doesn't beat up the equipment or the shooter, and its accuracy is a welcome bonus.

The best thing about it is teaching your or someone else's sons and daughters a little triggernometry. Those shared moments can produce a lifetime of grins. No finer teaching tool was ever invented for the shooting sports, and a good 22 rifle is something you'll have and use for a good long time.
 
28 years of shooting here. I still take out a .22 all the time. In fact, I took out a 10/22 yesterday just to shoot a magazine.

-- John
 
22"s are just plain fun have rifles, revolvers,and autos
no matter what else comes to the range or woods the 22 are always there
 
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