It's been cold and windy here on the Northern Neck of Virginia, not the best shooting days. The wind let up a bit yesterday, and even though it was still cold (33 degrees at 10:00 AM), I spent a pleasant couple hours at the range. Did a little .22 rifle shooting, then finished up by chasing golf balls around the berm with my Ruger .22/45, results shown below, shot from 7-10 yards...



This Ruger pistol has been a lot of fun and a great value. I bought it in 2006 to take a little pressure of my K .22 revolvers, I figured I would try to find out how many rounds it would take to wear out a Ruger .22. So far, I've shot about 25,000 rounds through it with only one serious cleaning. Most times I just wipe it down with an oily rag, keep it lubricated, run a patch down the bore every once in a while. I keep it in my range bag so it is always available whenever I go to the range.

When I have been practicing a lot with this pistol, I can hit cigarrette butts at 7 yards, but my cold hands could only produce golf ball accuracy this day. Tomorrow the weatherman says temps will rise into the 50's, so cigarrette butts, watch out!

Golf ball ain't lookin' too healthy. Those 22/45's and MKII Rugers are almost impossible to beat for value and practical accuracy. Nice shootin'.

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Regards, Ron
USASA 1965/69

Years ago I saw a story about a Ruger at a range is South Africa that had over one MILLION rounds through it and it was still going strong. You are going to need a lot more ammo to do any damage.

Looks like major fun

The idiots around here just hit the things with sticks.
Maybe they're felons and can only have sticks (?) Hmmmmmmm

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