Accurate rimfire rifles and hand guns that weigh about the same as center fire firearms are great tranning and learning tools for becomming a better rifleman-women. Low cost ammo makes it possible to better one self at bench rest shooting and shooting prone, sitting, knelling and standing. I have seen some who will spend $ 1500 or more for a center fire rifle and scope but get low cost junk brand 22 rimfire sporting arms . After getting a few center fire arms for which I would work up hand loads for varmint and big game I realized I shot the 22s far more than the centerfire firearms. So I started to get top quality rimfire rifles and hand guns. Shooting accurate rimfire arms is much more fun than shooting Wall Mart specials. One year after checking out my reloads I shot my my big game rifle three times to drop a pronghorn, mule deer, and elk but a lot of prairie dog pups were put down with a Anschutz 22 with a set trigger top off with a 4 X scope that same year. When I miss with that old 22, got it in 1956 ,I know that its me not the rifle. Cooper, Kimber, and Anschutz rimfire rifles cost as much as big game rifles but thy are shot much more that the centerfire arms. Quality rimfire arms will last a life time and can be past on.
