Why I chose the 15-22 over the 522

[Gopher Slayer]

There is a large difference between a square range and a two way one.

I am magic with a shotgun. Like the lady in Kill Bill 2 I'm a surgeon with one. They are my favourite toy. In competition the other day I ran a stock Winchestet 1897 pump and was only a couple of splits off the winning semi auto. I've still messed up the pump and the loading. That was just under the stress of competition.

It is much harder to mess up a self loading rile. Put some thought into the setup and you'll have a more user friendly system.

Yeah, I get that, but in the real world not everyone's family is going to train for the situation.

I'm not saying the shotgun is the best option, I'm just saying that IMO the .22lr (especially a semi auto) is just about the worst. Like I said before, I've shot a gopher that was smaller than my shoe three times with my 15-22 and he still wasn't dead (missed the head). That was with a decent rest off the front of my four wheeler, not in the dark with my adrenaline pumping. Do the same with a shotgun and there's nothing left.

Anyway, this one went way off topic so I'm done contributing.