15-22 Purpose?

[ChattanoogaPhil]

The pics section here shows the 15-22 in an endless array of configurations. I was wondering what you guys and gals mostly use your 15-22 for?

99% of the time I use the 15-22 with a 1x red dot for shooting outdoors at cans and stuff between 25-75 yards. How about you?

Indoor mostly or outdoor? And what do you usually shoot at? critters... paper targets or cans... or?

 

[Godfather13]

As of right now its a paper weight until I get a day off to hit up the range. But mine will be used mostly at indoor ranges hitting paper targets.

 

[grimreaper21]

1. being smug
2. undeserved feelings of self accomplishment
3. telling everyone how cool i am.

okay, just kidding.

For me just range shooting and that is all. 6.5-20x scope is a little overkill but doubles as a nice spotting scope too. only upgrades are the scope and a hogue grip.

 

[maverick88]

Paper targets, outdoors, at 50 yrds.

 

[Morfeus]

Indoor at paper targets till the summer. Then a mix of both indoor and outdoor plinking.

 

[walterg]

Mostly I use it for shooting paper targets, but I have taken it on a squirrel hunt. Mostly I bought the rifle to put lots and lots of ammo down range.

 

[Shooting Padre]

What for I have a 15-22

Top ten reasons why I own and what I use a 15-22 for.

1. Hunting small game
2. Outdoor target (my wife won't let me shoot in the living room.)
3. Just for the enjoyment of shooting
4. It's cheap practice
5. It's way cool looking and very accurate
6. It' so much fun to shoot
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[infamous209]

I dont know about you guys but I use mine for:
1 Clearing the house every morning I wake up
2 SWAT adventures in the mall
3 Mostly paper targets
4 hope to soon go squirrel hunting

 

[DownRange&Upwind]

I fire every time I go home to the hills of Ky. But mostly at a outdoor range,( Knob Creek, Ky. Where the Machinegun shoot is held twice per year) 100 yards on average, swinging steel plate targets. But for just plain ole' fun myself and a friend(also a 15 22 owner) went in half each and bought a dueling tree for our 15 22's. It is SO, SOoooOooOO much fun! We "duel" at about 25-30 yards and up to 50 at times on average. 150 rounds total, and the best man wins.

For those that dont know what this is, its a pole with steel targets on each side, mounted with a spring system that allows them to swing from left to right or right to left when hit with a round. The left side is painted neon green, the right side is painted bright orange.( both sides are painted the same green or orange colors, front and back.. all green one side all orange the other)

The object is to have as many of your targets flipped to the other side before its over. Making the color on your side of the pole have the most plates showing on the other guys side. Makes things fun, he shots one of his plates over to my side, I shoot it back over to him, repeat over and over. Its a GREAT training excercise as there are 5 plates per side, and you never know which plates are gonna be flipped to your side next.. or how many lol.

 

[yeren]

I took it as a cheap practicing for assault rifle shooting games, which we have sometimes. Prone position, knee position and standing position. This practicing is too expensive to shoot with AR-15 and quality ammo. I shoot with mp15-22 only to 100m/110yds for paper targets and same targets as with ar-15.......and it is about same size groups I can reach with both guns. It is quite easy to keep 10 shots inside 4 inch 10-ring and usualy 5 of them are in 2 inch x-ring. With iron sights and prone position. CCI standart used as ammo.
This fine little rifle really teach how to shoot. Light weight teach how to keep strictly gun in hands and my Jard trigger gives same feeling as my ar-15 have.
With suppressor this gun is soundless. I can shoot in summer cottage nearby big lake, and none knows it. And sometimes I enjoy by shooting plates to 100m /110 yds. Very fun beacuse hiting sound comes so clearly. In prone position it is easy to keep douples inside A4-size plate for distance 100m.

 

[GeoffSFAs10]

General plinker. Friends all love it. It gets a ton of looks, girls like to try it because it looks cool and doesnt "kick" too hard. Always shoot outdoors, indoor ranges around here are way to expensive to shoot at. Targets hardly ever include paper. mostly we shoot clay pigeons, old computer parts, shotgun shells, water jugs/bottles. We go everywhere from 20yards out to 150+. Maybe once my buddy gets moved to his new house we'll try soemthign crazy, 250 or 300. Could do mile shots, but eh, too far haha. Gonna try some new targets this coming year, saw on another forum, of using froxen water balloons. Easy to see, cheap and reactive.

OH! Also...we use softballs. Find old ones that have been hit into the creek, throw them on the ground ~10 yards out, 2 people with 22's and GO!! its fun racing against each other to skip it alone. they are great fun and hold up awesome. even the bigger bore stuff we have takes several rounds to break em

 

[CPTBeaker]

Simple,

Killin' Zombies

 

[CrazyFingers]

I've only fired mine on the 25 yard indoor range by my house since I bought it in October, but I will be taking it to the 25/50/100 meter outdoor range up the road as soon as it warms up. The main reason I bought it was that I wanted a 5.56, and I looked into what it would take for me to be able to fire a rifle at the indoor range during the winter. After comparing a .22 conversion or dedicated .22 upper for an AR-15 lower with a 15-22, it seemed more reasonable to buy the full .22 rifle that has a functioning bolt release/last round hold and then buy the 5.56 in the spring when I can actually shoot it.

 

[corpulent]

Targets hardly ever include paper. mostly we shoot clay pigeons, old computer parts, shotgun shells, water jugs/bottles.

OH! Also...we use softballs.

What happens when you shoot a shotgun shell? Sounds dangerous. Used/empty you mean?

We shoot it all. Golf balls on tees, frozen water bottles, Dollar Store shaving cream, cheap cans of soda, Barbies, etc. Also like to play "H-O-R-S-E" where each shooter has to make the shot or get a letter.

Yeah, yeah, I clean up after myself.

 

[Jav]

I live in a suburb in CA so I'm not shooting cans in my massive backyard (wish I had one haha) nor do I have any pests to exterminate (couldn't if I did, anyways) so I'm at both indoor and outdoor range. Preferably outdoor cause I like being outside and can shoot at the 50 yard range. They only have paper there unless I'm missing something. I hope to be shooting steel sometime soon because I want to really bad. It's fun being accurate but I just really just want to shoot something without worrying if it's in the bull's eye or whatever. Currently, my local outdoor range is under water (literally) so I haven't shot in about 2 weeks. I'll go to this indoor one that's 20 mins. away next week probably.

 

[Brett248Vista]

I bought mine for the Post Apocalyptic Zombie Slayings of course! Isn't that why anyone buys an AR rifle? At least that's what the people on the internet told me!

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

We shoot it all. Golf balls on tees, frozen water bottles, Dollar Store shaving cream, cheap cans of soda, Barbies, etc. Also like to play "H-O-R-S-E" where each shooter has to make the shot or get a letter.

Sounds like one of our ranges at the Club "The Plinking Range". Anything goes... full auto if ya got it... just no glass targets. The Club is paradise...

 

[cjcutter1]

To put a smile on my face.It's a fun plinking gun to me.

 

[Deadonmyfeet]

To put little bitty holes into whatever is unfortunate enough to be choosen as a target around my house. And a big freakin' huge grin on my face while doing so.

 

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