Plinkin' with .22s

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Subtitled: Its all good, young and old.

It is February, some parts of the country have more weather than others that affect getting to shoot.

Now is the time to get your plinkin' guns and ammunition ready for warmer temperatures and days.

.22 rim-fire is affordable, a serious instructional and teaching caliber; it also affords one a lot of quality practice, for less monies.

Plinkin' is a whole lot of Fun!

Economy, world events, just everyday things one has to do and put up with , and sometimes not being serious, is seriously needed in one's life.

Don't have a .22 to plink with?
Now is the time to get one. Tax season and folks getting rid of guns, Divorce season is coming up too, so keep eyes and ears open.

I prefer simple guns, as, well, I like simple and fun does not require a lot of anything, to plink.
Add, one might have a kid, or a new person to introduce.
Or, who knows when someone shows up, or you might have an opportunity to invite someone.

H&R .22 Special 7 shot break tops, H&R 999s, Model 18s, 17s, and others busting balloons, knocking tin cans off a box...

Beretta 21A, or NAA Min-Revolver with a 1 1/8" barrel and shooting "long distance" , heck set up some balloons at 10 yds and try to shoot only certain colors, or play "tic-tac-toe" with these...

Newer handgun models, and spinner targets...

I borrow a old Rem 514, and I am happy as can be shooting that single shot and hitting a golf ball.
Challenging is two folks having to hit that ball where the other one got it to...

It is all good. Young, old, both folks and guns.

Goal is to have fun, and now is the time to get ready for Plinkin' .

Kids, save the tin cans of Spinach come in, they are a whole lot easier to hit than the Geritol bottles the old folks will be saving up...*hehehe*


Steve

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Yep, I'm about ready for some good old fashioned shoot-em-up. .22LR is about the only way to do that nowadays without breaking the bank. I'm also going for a GSG-5 next month as I've talked to my local dealer about it. He sold the 8 he got in in one day. That along with my Steven's bolt and all three of my pistols along with a couple bricks spells a heck of a nice day. Maybe I'll even take the Glenfield to make sure it still works.

In fact I just might draw all my existing .22s out and give them a good cleaning to let em know that they're gonna be busy in a while.

 

[ColinthePilot]

here in TX, i've been plinkin all winter. sounds like i'm going to move on up in caliber. Just got a ton of 7.62X39 cheap. Time to dust off my Yugoslavian girl and take her out to the range. Maybe pull the Garand out of the gun case.

 

[chris in va]

Care to divulge where you got this cheap x39?

I took my Kadet out today. I couldn't load the $(*%* magazine fast enough. Already I'm considering a 22 rifle.

 

[Blakenzy]

I agree. Plinking with .22s IS fun. However the sport tends to cause a buildup of what may be mistaken as trash(empty bottles, cans, etc.) by the uninformed. Many-a-time I have been accused of being a homeless trash collector, gathering assorted empty containers for my shooting session. Little do these people know that water filled containers make for excellent reactive targets, specially with high velocity ammo.

 

[Bud Tugly]

I shoot my .22's a lot, but also enjoy just going out to the woods for fun with my pellet rifle or even an old BB gun. They're nice and quiet so you don't disturb anyone and you can shoot all day for next to nothing.

Brings back fond memories of my dad first teaching me marksmanship and gun safety, plus it's fun to shoot holes in old milk jugs and hear the plink when you make a hit on a tin can. Sometimes keeping it real simple can be awful satisfying.

 

[ColinthePilot]

Care to divulge where you got this cheap x39?

Sure, I got it from drj3828 but I know for a fact I bought out his whole stock last weekend, along with a second SKS. He was selling all of his 7.62X39 stuff, ammo, rifle, dies, everything, so i bought it all.

 

[Majic]

For some of the best targets just get a couple of bags of cheap candy and cookies. You won't even have to worry about your mess when you are done because all the little critters will take care of that for you.

 

[jakemccoy]

I want a good .22LR rifle. Any suggestions?

 

[Big Daddy K]

Cant go wrong with a 10/22

Bought a 550 of Federal yesterday for around 10 bucks. Put a new scope on my Marlin 39, a Simple red Dot on an old Stevens single and my 10/22 delux is topped with a little Simmons 22 mag and ready to go.

Also taking my Savage 17 topped with a sweet 17 and my new little Hi Pont carbine in 9.

I have put the big guns up and ready for some simple safe plinking.

 

[jamz]

I made the .22 leap a year ago when ammo prices first jumped. Most of my guns now are .22s.

77/22, 10/22, Ruger single-six, P22, Hi-Standard R101, Beretta 948, and a 1911 conversion kit.

Agreed Steve, .22 is the way to go!

 

[doc2rn]

I have been such a .22 nut this past year that I bought out a Walmart before the last price hike. I got 20,000 rds and made the switch from bigger calibers, since I only found about 200 rds for my favorites at the last gun show. I now have tons of fun with old favorites like my Ruger 77/22, Marlin model 60, Ruger standard, MKI, MKII, & MKIII. My bonus check from the gov is going to go towards ammo. Stockpile it while I have the monitary means.

 

[Vermont]

I just bought my first .22 (a Winchester Wildcat). There is over a foot of snow on the ground here, and probably more at the farm where I shoot, but I might just have to take it out, regardless of the snow. I don't think I can wait until spring.

 

[ScottsGT]

I just got hooked on it too. I guess with my latest budget crunch and the high price of ammo, I don't have a hard time investing big bucks into a nice .22 gun. I just got a Walther P22 with a supressor, and now I'm about to build a 5.5" AR-15 upper to use the supressor with. Stamp collecting is getting expensive!

 

[JWarren]

I actually keep a 550 round brick of .22 rimfire by my front door. I just never know when I will get the urge to grab a handfull of rounds and shoot a bit.

-- John

 

[1911NM]

Too much snow and mud to try and shoot my center fire bottom feeders. Getting the family out with my 22/45 ruger, Remington 597 POS that only runs when it feels like it, wife's 10/22, and if I ever get the Marble peep, an old Winchester pump sitting in the closet, along with a couple bricks of long rifle and whatever reactive targets we can scrounge is a guaranteed great time for an afternoon.

 

[Tom C.]

I have been plinking for about 45 years. My first plinking rifle was a Marlin 39A. I still have it, and it is still great, but these days I supplement it with a 39M and a tricked out 10/22, but I really prefer to plink with handguns these days. A Ruger MK III512 or MK III678H work very well for that.

 

[SASS#23149]

It's wwarming up to 50 here tomorrow,so off to the range we go.
My buddy and I are taking a half dozen .22's,a couple of larger caliber snubbys,and whatever else grabs us.

With components going sky high,we've both re-discovered the fun of .22's recently.

 

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Clean Up.

Good points made in regard to leaving an area better than one found it in regard to targets.

Responsible Firearm Owners lead by example.

Food works great, as some have mentioned, and it is not only fun and challenging it is naturally biodegradable.

What we need is a good Cracker Test. *lol*

Fresh vs Stale, Name Brand vs Generic, Saltine vs Wheat, etc.

I mean inquiring minds want to know, and it is up to responsible firearm owners to conduct this most serious testing and evaluation . *wink*

Marsh mellows are interesting. Especially if everyone else gets a regular one and some brat has set you out a Mini Marsh mellow for a target.

"Give me a hint, how far out and what is it next to?"

*ahem*
Those that shoot the Bifocal Weaver-ish hand gun stance will understand what I am speaking of .

"You missed"
"Yes I know. I am instilling for you the sage words " One cannot hit, what they cannot see".

Nice comeback I thought, if'n I do say so myself...

*grin*

 

[BozemanMT]

CB shorts and Agulia subsonics
CTD has pretty good prices on both.

the solution to 22 pistol shooting in less than rural areas.

Of course, you still need a good backstop and safety first

But no louder than a pellet gun.

 

[Red Tornado]

I've been migrating toward .22's for some time now. My collection is about 1/2 .22's, half other.

I sold a Swede M96 last year and turned it into a Remington 513T. I thought I'd miss my Swedish beauty, but really not. I've gotten far more enjoyment out of the 513T. (Somewhere WA sheds a tear.)

Of course for plinking, nothing beats a single shot. The Rem 510 (which is better than that 514, Steve ) is pretty hard to beat. Plus, if you're sitting down next to your box of ammo, you can keep up a higher sustained rate of fire with a single than an auto or bolt. No down time for reloading magazines.

I'm ready for nicer weather. I miss my babies. I even bought some good ammo this winter to try come Spring. Is it warm yet....
RT

 

[mainebear]

We like to pick a bags of old stuffed animals donated to the Salvation Army Thrift Store. You can get a big bag for only $3.00. Great fun to blow up Winnie the Pooh. Oh yeah, and Tigger too.

 

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Of course for plinking, nothing beats a single shot. The Rem 510 (which is better than that 514, Steve

*LOL*

Like I said, some real serious fun can be had plinkin' *big grin*

Truth is, I no longer have a single shot .22 rifle.
Those 510s, 514s and other 51X series are great guns.

We would get any and all single shot .22 we could find,and pass them out to kids.
I lost track of mine one day and I was not paying attention, and this kid said "I really get to keep it?"
"Yeah"

All the kids shot different ones, for gun fit and whatever else they liked and kept them.
That gun , has since gone onto teach and assist so many and was used to teach that kid's kid.


I was born in the mid 50's, and I grew up with Winchesters. I really don't know what model I had, but I would like a single shot Winchester like I had as a wee brat, that was destroyed. [That is another awfully sad and bad event].

These old single shots, by Win, Rem, Mossberg, and others, are really great guns! They really don't make guns like these anymore, so simple, yet made so well.

I like the tube fed .22 rifles, lever, pump, semi auto too.
You don't have to worry about a mag, and more "self contained". Feeding a tube is easy...

Remington Fieldmasters (pump) and Speedmaster (semi auto) are two other neat guns, if you can find a good used one. These shoot S, L, and LR.

New or Old, It is all good...

 

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Kids! I Swear !

These two kids decided eating last nights leftovers was not such a bad idea today.

Instead of going out to eat, they opted to use that money to buy a bunch of .22 ammo.

I guess I should mention these kids are over age 60. *lol*

Of course I am to blame...

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Henry "Golden Boy" is one of the best kept secrets. Nice trigger, nice buckhorn sights.

No, you can't borrow mine.