Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Just curious, who still shoots a 22LR?

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I haven't shot my HMR in years, but I shoot my .22LRs nearly every week.
Back when I was going Pdoggin every couple of years, I shot the HMR quite a bit, but there's just not that much call for it here in Kentucky.

I have one single shot .22 RF. Shoot it now and then, but don’t have much ammo. Sold everything else a few weeks back. Not terribly accurate, but if I get within 20’ it’s great for squill.

I'm curious what you shoot with a 22LR that you don't shoot with your 17?

I squirrel hunt with a 22lr. And shoot a varmint or two with one. I think head shooting squirrels with a 22 is some of the best practice for hunting with a rifle. Especially gray squirrels that are nervous and dont stop often. I don't shoot cans often. Shells are too precious right now. But I have a lifetime of practicing shooting for fun.

You strike me as a guy that's low on guns and ammo. LOL

i should get a 10/22, never shoot the browing semi

My 5 year old likes to shoot every weekend I’m not working. We have ammo on shelves here at reasonable prices still. I’ll keep buying as long as he likes to go shooting with me.

There's a model 57 buried in one of the safes too, but it's never even been sighted in.

goalie;
Good afternoon to you sir, I hope the day's been a good one for you and those who matter in your life are well.

I'd like to thank you and TheKid for photos which both made me smile and gave me hope for the next shift.

In my estimation that's the charm of a .22 in that it teaches shooters of any age or experience level good shooting habits - or better said can do so if plain old fun isn't the goal.

We had a couple real serious dry spells up on this side of the medicine line for reloading components and rimfire ammunition too, so some of us older guys did as best we could to address the situation in a timely manner.

As to the OP's question, well I'd have to say I'm a lifetime .22 enthusiast so the short answer would be that indeed I still shoot several .22's.

This was the last range day.




Anyways sir, thanks again for sharing the family outings with my favorite round and all the best to you and yours.

Dwayne

or a henry

wow

I do, in fact, I have the worlds most beautiful Marlin 22 lever! don't know what happened, but I hit the walnut lottery with that one, have had it and a Winchester 94-22 for more than 30 years now.

Yeah, wow!!

Gunner which model do you have? I'm guessing 39 variant since they were more prevalent? Do you play with the 17 at all?

I have two 22 rifles, and a Colt woodsmen match Target, my wife has a Browning Buck Mark 22 we enjoy shooting our 22s.

I'd pay good money for a nice 10/22 deluxe. Always been an itch, but I have to ask myself why at this point.

Funny and spot-on observation. The grays can be very sporting out where I go here in Tn. They act like theyre on meth, hyper animated, head on a swivel LOL

Whereas our fox squirrels. Jeeze!! It’s like murder. They pose and stare at you for 30 seconds. Mouth breathin retards.

I didn't find much use for a 17HMR here in NY either. I bought one when they first came out and sold it a couple years later. It was good for crows and that's about it. .22LR lots cheaper for target/plinking and better for tree squirrels, grouse and rabbits. Bigger varmints handled better with .22 Mag. or 223. I don't ever plan on owning another 17 HMR.

That is a Millet red dot Ben. Boy was having trouble deciding which eye to use and couldn’t really make the peep sight work. A member here made us a deal we couldn’t refuse on the dot sight to try out. Instant success, took him one trip to the farm to figure out that you paste the dot on the target and squeeze. He loves shooting steel plates and does pretty good out to 35-40 yards as long as he has a rest. We’re working on his first squirrel, no idea why but he’s become obsessed with wanting to squirrel hunt. We have plenty of tree rats so I’m happy to oblige. Saw 6 in an hour of sitting on Saturday but he couldn’t quite close the deal, we’ll be out for another attempt soon.