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Post by ShooterMike on Oct 1, 2010 14:55:59 GMT
With the high cost of ammunition I know a lot of us are restricting our shooting to lower cost .22 LR caliber firearms. As a result, there are a plethora of new .22 caliber firearms and conversion units that have recently become available. The goal is to provide a platform that mimics a larger centerfire weapon with respect to handling and techniques, while taking advantage of the much lower cost of the common .22 LR cartridge.
This prompts me to ask...
Who here has switched to shooting mostly .22 and what are you shooting, both in terms of firearms and ammunition?
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Post by TodaPower on Oct 1, 2010 15:10:42 GMT
Mike, I have recently switched over my main training weapons to .22. I am now shooting a ATI GSG-522 (mp5 clone), a Marlin 60G .22 bolt action rifle, and looking to purchase a Walther P22. I usually just buy Federal .22 HV ammo, seems to work ok, and fairly cheap at Walmart. A local gun shop makes their own ammo and I am going try it out as they always have plenty in stock.
I still have 2 .45 pistols, a 30-30 rifle, and a 9mm pistol, but the cost is just to good not to go for the .22 ammo. hopefully ammo prices will go down soon, and I can afford to shoot my .45's more often.
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Post by Sam H on Oct 1, 2010 18:51:51 GMT
I've considered switching to .22lr as a training implement. As such I have not done so yet simply because it would require the purchase of new firearms and I do not yet have the fluid assets to do so. I am looking at a .22lr conversion for my 1911 handguns to continue to shoot them.
I personally think switching to .22 is a great idea especially with the current economy and cost of ammo.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2010 0:39:22 GMT
It sucks, I don't own a single .22 so I just don't shoot as much as I'd like.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2010 20:33:38 GMT
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Post by Odingaard on Oct 5, 2010 6:49:31 GMT
I do alot of .22LR shooting now. It just makes good sense. Shooting .22LR means more range time and more marksmanship practice. I am spending alot of time between my S&W 15-22 carbine and my Ruger/Gemtech Oasis Mark III pistol. Too much fun to be had there!
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Post by tsafa on Oct 5, 2010 20:21:05 GMT
I am building up a collection of .22 guns to represent every gun I own in larger calibers. I hope they never discontinue it. I am hoping the at he .22 Mag catches up in popularity and cheapness. I love revolves that let you swap up cylinders.
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Post by whitefeathers on Oct 13, 2010 12:45:43 GMT
when i can i shoot .22 alot. Good to keep marksmanship skills up. I have several .22s all bolt or lever action though. Im probably one of the few that Doesn't have a Ruger 1022. Ive never really cared for them. Its almost tempting to get one of those .22 conversion kits for the AR.
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Post by Magus on Oct 13, 2010 18:18:54 GMT
.22 Aww the memories The first time i had the opportunity to use a firearm (pistol in that case) was at the chalet of a friend of mine (the one that nows own the .303 Lee-Enfield) and I was there with him, his father and his mother. His father is usually a quiet man, he has a nice gun collection and sword collection (if my memory serves me right, he has a Last Legend Ranger sword). We were all around the dining table, eating silently when he pulls a gun (a 1911 chambered for .22) from his back, puts a mag in it, cock the gun and simply tell me and my friend that we have some "unfinished" business and then get outside. *As a side note, up here in Canada, you cannot carry a conceal firearm, so it was quite intimidating to see someone do it* As I get outside, he is there, standing next to his shooting range, emptying a full mag on a target. he thens switch the empty mag for a full one, gives me the gun and simply tells me: have fun. I must admit, I was quite nervous. *As another side note, he stayed next to me to tell me what to do and to be sure that I would do anything stupid with it, but I think he simply wanted to have fun with the dramatic effect... and it worked ^^* I don't know for you guys down south, but up here, bullets are really expensive, and .22 is pretty much the only one that a sane minded man can buy Anyway, that message was simply to say that if I had to buy a gun, it would be a .22 ^^
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Post by tsafa on Oct 21, 2010 15:24:06 GMT
I have come up with a very effective training exercise of drawing a revolver from a holster and acquiring a fast "flash sight" picture. I use a 9 shot .22 Taurus Model 94. Great little gun.
The goal is to improve the ability to acquire a fast sight picture and develop effective accuracy in a fast draw. I make use of the Ball and Dummy method in a very unique way. A start with all 9 chambers loaded. I draw, acquire a flash sight picture, and squeeze. If the first shot misses, I take a second one or a third one, shooting at a spinning target. If the first shot (or subsequent) hits then what I do is spin the cylinder so that the spent round(s) is in a random position. I holster, draw and shoot again. When I hit the target, I spin the cylinder again to position spent rounds in random position. As the exercise progresses, more and more of the random spent rounds start coming up and it turns into a random dry-fire exercise and I can see how steady I hold the gun while squeezing the trigger.
After doing this for just one hour, I saw a significant improvement in my ability to both acquire the target faster and shoot more accurately from a fast draw. The method also saves ammunition while not boring a person to death with dry-firing only.
I am thinking of making some dummy rounds so I can so this exercise with a semi-automatic pistol. Of course I will have to clear the chamber manually when then the dummy rounds come up... which is a good exercise anyway for semiautomatics.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2010 16:33:20 GMT
In 1953 near Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada, Bella Twin, a Cree Indian woman, was out picking berries with her friend. Encountering a massive Grizzly Bear, they dropped out of sight, hoping the bear would move on. When it caught their scent and came towards them, Bella stood up and shot it in the side of the head with .22 cal. short. She dropped the bear in its tracks. The B & C score was 26 5/16, ninth in the world at the time. My point? A .22 is not only an excellent substitute training tool, sometimes it doesn't even have to be a substitute.
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Post by MrAcheson on Oct 29, 2010 18:15:20 GMT
My main defensive pistols are the FN hipower in 9mm and an RIA 1911 in .45acp. Ammo for both of these has doubled in price in the last few years. I also have a .22 browning buckmark I shoot all the time. It's single action with very similar controls to the hipower and the 1911. Same mag release. Same manual safety. So when I want to just shoot targets, it works. I also go even cheaper because I also have an airsoft 1911. I use it for simple defense drills at home like drawing and firing from a belt holster.
I also enjoy shooting a Marlin model 60. I'm still trying to build up my rifle marksmanship skills so it makes for good practice. But it's a tube fed semiautomatic so it's almost nothing like my AR-15.
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