What do people do with nice .22 LR Rifles?

[browningguy]

People use nice .22 rifles for the same thing you would use aa ugly .22 rifle for. Only they look prettier doing it.

 

[joesmithmtp]

I have a 1997 Marlin Model 60 that I bought for my son and his Scout Troop (I was their Scout Master) for work on a Merit Badge. It is practically new. My son is now a young Naval Officer somewhere in the Pacific. I've taken the .22 back and plan to re-fit it for coyote. I have ordered a new recoil buffer - after learning that the older plastic buffers are easy to break and that the newer ones are made of stronger stuff. I will be shooting CCI's Vilocitor which throws a 40gr red dot designed hollow point. This round, designed for critters up to coyotes - 1435fps. This is a little different for the lowly .22. South Carolina has lost 30+% of its deer herd, un-told number of turkeys, dove and quail. A friend of mine trapped 20 yotes on her rural property last winter, and one attacked a dog being walked at a park in the middle of Mt. Pleasant (population 70,000) which butts up to Charleston. The police trapped a dozen and are still catching one every so often. Soooooo, we've declared war on the these predators. The season is 24/7 12 months a year and you can use lights at night on private property. A new recoil buffer, scope, military style sling, and CCI's Velocitor; it ain't your granddad's .22 anymore... Or maybe that and a lot more.

 

[bushmaster1313]

South Carolina has lost 30+% of its deer herd

They are up in my New Jersey backyard.

We once counted 11 deer.

 

[defconskylude]

playing dress up with my .22's

Ruger 10/22 HK SL8


Marlin XT-22 L96 AICS


Marlin XT-22 Blaser LRS1


Ruger 10/22 Barrett M82A1 and Marlin XT-22 M200 Cheytac Intervention


Ruger 10/22 Archangel M1A


Ruger 10/22 Archange Sparta


Marlin 795 L85


Ruger 10/22 AUG


Ruger 10/22 FS2000


Ruger 10/22 Beretta RX4 Storm


Ruger 10/22 M14 EBR and Marlin 795 Tavor TAR21


Marlin 795 UMP and Ruger 10/22 Archangel Marauder G36

 

[taliv]

that's actually kinda cool. completely wacky way to spend money, but hey

how do they shoot?


welcome to THR

 

[defconskylude]

they shoot like any other 10/22 or marlin

they get a lot of looks though hehe

Here's the M200 and M14 EBR at an indoor range

 

[redbullitt]

I like the better/pricey 22 mainly since it is what I am going to put the most rounds through. If it mirrors my main rifle, then that is even better. Playing in the wind is definitely fun with the 22 as well.

That said, I do not have a Sako quad or a 40x or anything like that. I use a Savage Mark 2 that I dropped into a boyds stock. I consider it a very nice 22. Plenty accurate for anything practical I use it for. The stock I used is also a similar profile grip to the A4 I have on my 308/260, so that is a bonus as well.