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Old November 20, 2017, 05:11 PM   #1
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Do you find this strange?

For years, all I Shot was center fired pistols, 9mm mostly. About 13 years ago, I built a range out back, a lot like Hickok45 with a few less targets. A few years ago, friends and neighbors came over and we started plinking a lot with rimfire pistol and rifle. Now I enjoy shooting more rimfire than centerfire. Maybe I am getting old and just like less recoil and noise.
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Old November 20, 2017, 05:18 PM   #2
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I loved shooting rim fire when there was an unlimited supply of bulk ammo, now I find I shoot less RF and more HP rifle, I sure miss it

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Old November 20, 2017, 05:21 PM   #3
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Nope. 5X5
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Old November 20, 2017, 05:50 PM   #4
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Not at all. I have more 22lr than any other caliber and shoot them more than all the others.
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Old November 21, 2017, 12:48 AM   #5
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I am getting ready to purchase a .22 pistol. I've not used one much because like you I am used to using only centerfire pistols. I load light to medium loads anyway but recently noticed that I am totally happy with very light loads I loaded up for a little girl some years ago. That will save powder too. I think the enjoyment isn't in the recoil and blast but just shooting and a .22 does the job. We should be able to get .22 ammo for a while hopefully.
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Old November 21, 2017, 03:33 AM   #6
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I find 22LR is more fun for just plinking. I get enough range time just sighting
in, with the other calibers.
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Old November 21, 2017, 06:03 AM   #7
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Warner, I have several Ruger MK series pistols. They are fun. My eyes like the Hunter front sights better than the target.
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Old November 21, 2017, 10:13 AM   #8
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In 2008, I got dumped like two days before Valentines Day.

I had just shot my first competitive IDPA match the month prior. Since I was single, with lots of free time and money, I went balls out shooting and practicing.

I shot over 14,000 rounds of .22 alone that year. I'd tear off the box tops and keep them in my range bag to keep score. I'd go out and shoot a brick per trip. After church, I'd grab a sub from Subway and wait til the range opened then play til it closed.

Huge improvements in my shooting. Trigger time is trigger time, the basics don't change.

I still have that old Ruger Mark II, and I still shoot it the most. I've lost count of how many friends have fired their first shots with it, and across the board they all loved it and most went on to buy their own.

Then I got married and started a family and a career, so for years my shooting was minimal. This year I've gotten back into it and put several thousand rounds through it again. Now it competes for my free time with writing.

Everyone should own one. Why spend .20 or more cents a round in practice when you can spend .3 cents per shot? Especially now that .22 ammo is plentiful in Walmart again!
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Old November 21, 2017, 11:19 AM   #9
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Just purchased a Savage MarkII 22 rifle and so far haven't had a chance to shoot it.
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Old November 21, 2017, 01:54 PM   #10
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I did not learn to shoot a handgun until I practiced Bullseye with a 22. Recently all I shoot is 22, broke a long shooting drought, realized I needed a LOT of practice. I have gotten away from reloading, when I did, I usually preferred revolvers, easier to retrieve the brass. I found that after months of practice with 22 rifles I could fire centerfires with no problem-and was accurate, too,
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Old November 23, 2017, 08:15 AM   #11
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Just purchased a Savage MarkII 22 rifle and so far haven't had a chance to shoot it.
Great gun you bought,you will be impressed with the accuracy.
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Old December 12, 2017, 09:11 PM   #12
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For me age isn't a player when it comes to shooting rim fire. It has always been fun. I shoot plenty of center fire handgun and rifle. I enjoy them all.
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Old December 24, 2017, 11:45 AM   #13
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.22 brass on the ground is less messy than 9mm.
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Old December 27, 2017, 11:31 AM   #14
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I prefer the big bang. Enjoy the rimfire tho, that's fun too!
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Old December 28, 2017, 01:18 PM   #15
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I live within city limits, but my back yard backs up to 2,500 acres of IL prairie. I have a 60 yard range off my back deck that's my pellet rifle/pistol range (and archery too). To me, trigger time is trigger time. I put in a lot of time with the pellet guns and my accuracy has improved tremendously for pennies, even for the CO2 guns. I made the switch to pellet gun practice from rim-fire just before the Sandy Hook panic caused ammo prices to go through the roof. Last time I was at the $$ range a month ago, I burned through a couple hundred rounds (9mm), but that was the best 25 yard accuracy I've ever had. In the past couple years, my center-fire pistol and rifle shooting have steadily improved and I've set higher and higher standards for my own shooting. That's also created an incentive to buy higher quality pellet guns too. No more excuses for missing! Also, my rapid fire center-fire pistol shooting has improved quite a bit now too. Quicker target acquisition and rapid, accurate, followup shots.
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Old December 28, 2017, 03:52 PM   #16
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I have a Ruger Mk II .22 LR pistol.
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Old December 29, 2017, 09:00 AM   #17
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Not at all. I'm on a big rimfire kick lately. I personally love buying small boxes of a bunch of different ammo brands and experimenting to see what my guns like the best.

Gets expensive in other calibers.
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Old December 29, 2017, 09:44 AM   #18
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Not at all! I shoot many rimfires (I have an indoor, single lane range), but also shoot my pistol caliber levers. About five years ago, at age 60, the kicks from my large caliber centerfires started to bother me, yet I still enjoy shooting. Hence, the change-up!
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Old December 29, 2017, 10:00 PM   #19
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Not strange at all!

One of the best qualities of .22lr is that it's just plain fun to plink with!
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Old December 30, 2017, 06:54 AM   #20
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I more or less did the same with my range. However, now I find I'd rather shoot a 22LR revolver of tube fed 22LR rifle as I find loading rim-fire magazines annoying.

I'll grab a large handful or 2 out of a bucket of 22LR and put it in my shirt pocket. Then go to town plinkin stuff. Far easier than messing with magazines.

Find I'm getting decent shooting DA with my S&W model 17.
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Old December 31, 2017, 03:20 PM   #21
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Maybe I am getting old and just like less recoil and noise.
Well sir. No doubt your following the trend. i.e. Less is Best. Now that quip only applies to cartridges and liquor ya'll.
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Old December 31, 2017, 04:50 PM   #22
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I love shooting my .50 BMG, but between the limited number of places to shoot it (particularly at 600+ yards) and getting a bit older, but still wanting to shoot frequently, I bought a 6.5 Creedmoor to fill in the gap.
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Old January 2, 2018, 07:36 PM   #23
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I try to get 50 centerfire and 100 rimfire rounds at the range each week.

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Old January 3, 2018, 02:26 PM   #24
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The only thing that I do NOT like about our .22 shooting...is I have to think up , build and replace all the cool targets for me, the missus, kids and grand kids to shoot at

Kids also have a lot of fun shooting my 45 cal six gun with wax bullets... primers, special cases (very large primer hole) and nearly free bullets...no powder, pretty accurate to 25 yrds... and they have fun reloading them after we police the brass

Couple of hours wasting 22LR playing shooting games and challenging each other beats the hell out of watching them with noses in the cell phone
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Old January 4, 2018, 02:07 PM   #25
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Don't find it strange at all..
A while back I would spend hours at the range shooting my 45's until one day this old timer had me shoot his S/W 617-I was immediately hooked on .22's through the revolver platform and ran out and bought one..Fast forward some time and that same .22 is the only handgun I own that makes every range trip with me. I credit shooting a .22 revolver in double action as making me a way better shot today and find myself shooting .22 about 70 percent of my total range time...
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