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Art Eatman · May 16, 2013, 07:46 PM

Welcome!

One thing for sure, a .22 rifle is the least costly way to move up the learning curve. And away from work on paper targets, there are beaucoup tin cans and suchlike for plinking fun.

FWIW: "Plinking" came from the nickname of Ad Toepperwein's wife. Every time she'd pull the trigger in exhibition shooting, she'd say, "Plink!"

http://www.showmanshooter.com/html/toepperwein.html

Mr. Toepperwein was a friend of my grandfather's. I used to accompany him to Petmecky's gun store in Austin, Texas, wishing I could shoot well enough to draw one of Mr. T's indian-head outlines with my own .22.

May 16, 2013, 07:46 PM	#3
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Welcome! One thing for sure, a .22 rifle is the least costly way to move up the learning curve. And away from work on paper targets, there are beaucoup tin cans and suchlike for plinking fun. FWIW: "Plinking" came from the nickname of Ad Toepperwein's wife. Every time she'd pull the trigger in exhibition shooting, she'd say, "Plink!" http://www.showmanshooter.com/html/toepperwein.html Mr. Toepperwein was a friend of my grandfather's. I used to accompany him to Petmecky's gun store in Austin, Texas, wishing I could shoot well enough to draw one of Mr. T's indian-head outlines with my own .22.