Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires So, want to hear from someone in the ammo business about 22's?

Most kids today can sit in front of a television and kill hundreds of zombies in a half hour using an unlimited supply of virtual ammo. If they don't get an opportunity to do some "blasting" when they go to the range, they will lose interest in shooting.

Teach em to blast away instead of being good shots, then they wound critters instead of good one shot kills.

In my opinion the ammo manufacturers aren't keeping up with the times. Most everybody started out with a Single shot .22 in my generation. I still shoot a bolt at long range which is about precision, not spraying. With these tactical SA .22's coming out it will take a lot more ammo. (Good cheap tactical practice) I've seen guys with SAuto .22' and .223's shooting as fast as they can pull the trigger. I don't have a problem with that, it's just that the ammo companies aren't keeping pace. I believe there is a well known foreign ammo maker who is going to start importing to the US. If our companies want to play it safe and not expand that's their choice, and I won't feel bad about buying out of country ammo.

I can't say too much because if I had the money to start an ammo factory I'd be set for life. If I won the lottery I just might do it anyhow as I could use a job.

Wow, funny to see people on a hunting/shooting website say people should shoot less. Easy to go through 500 rounds of 22 in a few hours with a Buckmark and a nice 10/22. All accurate, aimed shots, not "spraying ammo". And the kid that shoots a ton of 22 ammo is probably a better shot that most adults I know.

I dream of the day my two year old is old enough to go with me and we can burn up a ton of 22 ammo together. Sounds like a great day.

I'm 66 years old and have 7 22's. It really p's me off that non shooters can cause this much damage to so many who like to shoot. I recently started shooting air gun to keep me sane.

Same here, shooting my R9 a lot. I was really wanting to get a nice .22lr bolt rifle, but I think I'm going to get a Beeman R7 air rifle instead. Ammo is available and I can shoot it in the back yard instead of having to go to a range.