Marshall 357
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What is with everyone buying .22's??? Am I missing something here?
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Marshall 357
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What is with everyone buying .22's??? Am I missing something here?
The reason is that the 22's are much cheaper to shoot and practice with.
Even though bricks of 22's (500 rounds plus) are in the 14.00 to 24.00 range, look at the center fire cartridges.
I would much rather shoot the bigger bore guns, but it is a matter of cost.
Even though bricks of 22's (500 rounds plus) are in the 14.00 to 24.00 range, look at the center fire cartridges.
I would much rather shoot the bigger bore guns, but it is a matter of cost.
gunsmith11
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Last night I looked at Midways site, they had very little and I mean very little ammo, did a price check on .41 Mag. if they had it it was 59.95 a box of 50 glad I have some loaded up
84CJ
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If your not plinking with a 22 you are missing something.
USAF385
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I'm in the market for a .22 semi-auto. Why? I enjoy shooting handguns, but the cost of ammo is getting a tad.. goofy (if you can find it). I currently had about 1,000 .22 rounds sitting around, so I figure I could put them to good use.
Wheelgunner840
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Shooting a .22 helps to develop and fine tune the fundamentals of shooting. When I started shooting handguns, I shot a lot of NRA bullseye. Tens of thousands of rounds per year for the first few years helped me become a very disciplined shooter.
Now, those skills have transfered nicely to all other types shooting with a variety of calibers and handguns. Add to that the fun factor of plinking, the precision of bullseye target shooting, and the lower cost of ammo, and you have a winner!
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Now, those skills have transfered nicely to all other types shooting with a variety of calibers and handguns. Add to that the fun factor of plinking, the precision of bullseye target shooting, and the lower cost of ammo, and you have a winner!
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Marshall 357
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I love shooting my .22s, but I have been seeing and hearing people that were totally agaist guns buying them,Its a good thing,just wondering.
VAdoublegunner
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I've always owned many .22s and usually include one with every trip to the range. Lately, they are often all I take. A good .22 is as fun as an firearm made if you enjoy shooting, be it precision, informal target/plinking, or rapid fire/tacti-cool practice. They are also great for those not as practiced in centerfire shooting learning fundamentals.
I concur that there seem to be many more people these days buying .22s. I see it myself at the stores. I think ammo costs and availability have something to do with it. But a lot of the buyers do seem to be first time gun owners as well. They must sense something....perhaps it is just how much fun shooting .22s is gonna be!
I concur that there seem to be many more people these days buying .22s. I see it myself at the stores. I think ammo costs and availability have something to do with it. But a lot of the buyers do seem to be first time gun owners as well. They must sense something....perhaps it is just how much fun shooting .22s is gonna be!
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The price of both lead and copper are down to where they were five years ago. If everybody would stop buying this stuff like there was no tomorrow the bottom would fall out of the price. I still have stuff I bought in '94 in the last panic that did not happen. Patience people, patience.
And what was said about .22 being great to learn how to shoot properly is very very true.
And what was said about .22 being great to learn how to shoot properly is very very true.
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Shooting 22LR's is not only cheap and fun it is easy. Hardly any recoil and not much noise appeal to first timers as well as those of us who been shooting them since we were kids. If anyone is looking for the maximum bang for buck get a 22A. I'm partial to the 7" barrel but the 4 & 5" are fun too.
Saturday I take my third renewal of my CCW permit, I'm going to ask the instructor if I can use my .22 why burn up 36 rds of .38 at a target a few feet away. That stuff is not easy to find any more.
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90% of my shooting in recent years has been with 22s (didn't have one as a kid). I second what the others have said about lower cost, less recoil and muzzle blast, and the shooting skills you develop carry over to centerfire.
crofoot629
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And besides the staples of shooting K-22's. 10-22's. and 9422's I have rimfire conversions for my Glocks, 1911's and AR-15's.
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There's also a theory that it'll soon suffice as a new currency, in case you seek to trade for a bag of turnips or an onion (flavors feral dog nicely) or somesuch.
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Marshall 357
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Know of a .22 conversion kit for a 1911 Springfield Mil-Spec ?
.22s are just plane old fun!
Bought a friend of mine out to the range the other day, He usually shoots 7.62 and 3030, Well I get him set up with a good .22 rifle and he was shooting shotgun shells at 50 and 75 yards, At the end of the day he admitted in having more fun shooting the .22 than the center fire rifles he usually shoots.
And an all day shoot costs very little!
I just picked up the Erma/Iver Johnson the other day. Cant wait to go and play with it!
Plus, There is nothing like taking out your old K22 to the range!!!
Peter
Bought a friend of mine out to the range the other day, He usually shoots 7.62 and 3030, Well I get him set up with a good .22 rifle and he was shooting shotgun shells at 50 and 75 yards, At the end of the day he admitted in having more fun shooting the .22 than the center fire rifles he usually shoots.
And an all day shoot costs very little!
I just picked up the Erma/Iver Johnson the other day. Cant wait to go and play with it!
Plus, There is nothing like taking out your old K22 to the range!!!
Peter
44forever
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Ceiner (in Cape Canaveral, FL) make excellent conversions for the Colt 1911's and clones there of. I have one I install on a Gold Cup frame. Marble's also makes them.
On reason people are stocking up on .22 ammo is that it is not easily reloaded, unlike centerfire cartridges. This on top of all the reasons mentioned above.
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