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They kill like I always wanted to have a .22LR do. I've long felt the same.
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I Just bought one but I read a lot of forums and there is a lot of hatred towards it??? They say its way to expensive to plink and not much better and a fish out of water and then they turn around and luv the .17> luv>luv>Luv it { isnt it very expensive to shoot and a fish out of water} very strange! While I can't find much hate for it... I like the .22 WMR because; -It can use a wider range of bullet weights and bullet designs than other rim fires. With loads that will expand from pistols, ones that easily penetrate skulls, etc. on cattle and similar size animals, varmint loads that make ground squirrels "melt". WRF cartridges and solids for edible game, ACE adapters allow using .22LR and below loads in the same arm and revolvers are available with extra cylinders to allow the same. -It's rim fire shot cartridges are more effective than the .22LR's. -It works better on rabbits and larger game up to and beyond coyote than other rim fires. If I go plinking or sage rat shooting I usually take a .22LR. I like the challenge of adjusting for the bullet drop and wind sensitivity. If I go hunting or woods bumming with a rim fire it is usually a .22 WMR. They kill like I always wanted to have a .22LR do. Pistols can even be loaded with rounds designed for self defense. Some earlier, well experienced folks recommended them for hideout guns and shooting treed animals. I figure some folks need to hate stuff to imagine what they have or their choice is superior or makes them feel superior. I really like to feel that my tools are sufficient to the tasks as that gives me more confidence. My skills are more important to me than the tools though. You just gave every reason I shoot 22 mag in a rifle. Great post.
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Contrary to misguided beliefs cartridge does matter. Only if one finds it necessary to defend a personal choice. However, I would lend credence to the expressed thought by noting a shotgun might address shortcomings of the visually impaired and impetuous.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Had quite a few 22 lr over the years. Love em. Just recently picked up an Savage Anshutz model 164M 22mag.. LOVE it. Done give a hoot what the guy next to me at the range or the field thinks. This feller seriously shoots, after finding what it likes to digest. 
"Its easier to fool people......Than convince them that they have been fooled." Mark Twain
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I have been a .22 mag fan since 1962. That load has put a lot of small game and vermin to rest since it came out.
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I'm not a big fan of 22WMR because I could hand load a box of 22 Hornet cheaper than buying a box of 22WMR. The hornet of course exceeds the performance of the 22WMR in every respect, so why spend the money for less. I feel the same way. There are no laws restricting centerfires where I live so I go to one of my Hornets if a .22 LR is not enough. I don't hate the .22 Mag, I just never saw any application for it. I have a .22 Mag cylinder for my single six that I never shot for nearly 20 years. Just in the past year did I try it out. It shot fine but I have no niche that I would need a .22 Mag for.
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I'm not a big fan of 22WMR because I could hand load a box of 22 Hornet cheaper than buying a box of 22WMR. The hornet of course exceeds the performance of the 22WMR in every respect, so why spend the money for less. I feel the same way. There are no laws restricting centerfires where I live so I go to one of my Hornets if a .22 LR is not enough. I don't hate the .22 Mag, I just never saw any application for it. I have a .22 Mag cylinder for my single six that I never shot for nearly 20 years. Just in the past year did I try it out. It shot fine but I have no niche that I would need a .22 Mag for. Well that's all fine and dandy except that loading a box of .22 Hornets is about as entertaining as watching paint dry and there are some of us that would rather just buy a box of .22 mags. and go kill schit.
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Campfire Outfitter
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& the vast majority of shooters don't reload. Most hornet ammo exceeds the cost of .223 ammo
George Associate Gypsy Order of Sleepless Knights ... That is when I carried you ...
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Campfire Ranger
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Not to mention the .22 mag. and .223 are both WAYYYY more popular than the .22 Hornet. I reckon the public has spoken on the Hornet issue.
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Campfire Ranger
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We all know most of the public is composed of idiots
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Perhaps ... But they're the idiots with the majority of the cash!
Don't get me wrong, I love my hornet but now that a .223 bolt gun came home to roost, the hornet don't get much love.
George Associate Gypsy Order of Sleepless Knights ... That is when I carried you ...
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Wow Its Back> Ava> is just as stupid as ever!
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They seem to hate the 22 mag> I just bought a cz 22 mag cz 452> Long Live the 22MAG!
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This thing about the 17 is having problems with the 22mag> You get it!
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The 22 mag has to go then the 17 has a nitch.
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Just because I can.... LOL
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A long time ago I had a Marlin 782 22WMR with a 6X scope that would easily shoot 1" out to 100. Any woodchucks inside 150 were doomed. Wish I still had it.
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Campfire Ranger
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Perhaps ... But they're the idiots with the majority of the cash!
Don't get me wrong, I love my hornet but now that a .223 bolt gun came home to roost, the hornet don't get much love. I never owned a Hornet myself but my brother has had one since we were teenagers and I've hunted with him enough to know it's capabilities very well. I do have a very accurate .22 mag. and .223 and don't have even the slightest use or desire for a Hornet.
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I have all three.. .22 mag. .22 Hornet and 223.. the mag. and .223 do make the Hornet less appealing, I doubt I sell my old Hornet, or the other two for that matter.. I enjoy shooting each one.. The .22 mag. is fun and handi because one doesn't have to reload, and that is a nice feature..
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I love 22mags! I love 22 lr and I'm sure I would love the 17. I have never shot one but its a rimfire so its gotta be fun. FOOD FOR THOUGHT, if horady loaded the 22mag with a 22 grain bullet would the 17 guys like the 22 mag? I mean if if a 17 can be loaded with 17 grains then by proportion they should be able to load 22 mag with a 22 grain bullet. I'm sure it would make the 22 mag more popular. I love it cause it is imho a more versatile load.
In tennessee the 22 mag has probably taken as many deer as the 30 30. Redneck poachers pick the 22 mag over any other caliber. They shoot them behind the ear, white trash at its finest.
Eating fried chicken and watermelon since 1972.
You tell me how I ought to be, yet you don't even know your own sexuality,, the philosopher,,, you know so much about nothing at all. Chuck Schuldiner
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