I shoot lotta snowshoe hare in the cold with hand gun and rimfire.
22 lr is finnicky in below zero weather from semi autos, they jam.
The velocity loss is significant when you combine the cold and further velocity loss of a semi auto. I will usually only use stinger ammo in semi autos in the cold.
During target sessions, working a bolt action for 300-500 round sessions gets obnoxious.
This leaves the pump and the lever. I dont care what model, I'd take any of them, over a bolt action or semi auto 22lr.
About 5 years back, I held Annie Oakley's 22 pump action. She used the thinniest front partidge blade sight ive ever seen. Thin as utility knife blade.
She new what the fk a 22lr should be.......
Ive wanted a 22 pump ever since
Last edited by mainer_in_ak; 02/26/22.
