Got back into the 22lr game today. Yup, flame away! And yeah that's my Xmas tree!

11Charlie · Jan 18, 2018

etrain16 said:
M1A...M1A....M1A...

Dang you guys are killing me Its on the list I just can't justify it over some other things!

P7M13 · Jan 18, 2018

Congrats - very nice!
I know, feeling the cost of the ammo. With buying my son his first rifle, a 308, he will burn through 100 rounds in one sitting.
Bought 2K of those 30 Carbine 110gr pills from @galleyjoe, and plan on working up loads for his 308 to run at ~1900fps. Total cost per round will be about 10¢, less than what I can load 223 for.

SKrueger said:
Oh man I can already see that this shoot is going to cost me money!

I'll bring a brick for you.... LOL
Cabelas had those Aguilla bricks on sale back in December, came out to something like 3¢ per bullet. $25 is a great deal too.

v0lcom13sn0w said:
you could always start reloading to save money
ya right. you save 1/2 the cost but shoot twice as much

You lose sight of the objective -- to shoot more. You're (hopefully) shooting a lot more, while saving a ton of money - plus getting to do something very relaxing. Sounds like a 3-way win to me.

11Charlie · Jan 18, 2018

P7id10T said:
I'll bring a brick for you.... LOL
Cabelas had those Aguilla bricks on sale back in December, came out to something like 3¢ per bullet. $25 is a great deal too.

Oh I have plenty of .22 and about the same in .308 I was talking about all the toys that I will want when I see what other people have.

SA Shooter · Jan 18, 2018

Congratulations! I wondered who picked that up so quickly. I love my .22LR and shoot it for the same reasons. Fun, inexpensive, relaxing and just because.

Legs · Jan 18, 2018

22LR is the best!

Joe13 · Jan 18, 2018

SKrueger said:
Oh I have plenty of .22 and about the same in .308 I was talking about all the toys that I will want when I see what other people have.

Yea... I'm dying to have an AR pistol in 9mm now because of a range trip

Member 34319 · Jan 18, 2018

Joe13 said:
Yea... I'm dying to have an AR pistol in 9mm now because of a range trip

I'll bring a few 9mm carbines.

P7M13 · Jan 18, 2018

And I'll bring a 45ACP PC.

Alexx1401 · Jan 18, 2018

Kruejl said:
Many of you know I dumped the .22lr platform a couple of years ago. Well.......

I got back into it. TBH it was due to the cost of shooting. I LOVE my .308 and my .223 but frankly the cost of ammo keeps me from shooting as much as I like to. So, @LuckySG listed a 10/22 that caught my eye. And I ended up taking her home. I still say the .22lr isn't the best round for much of anything, but I LOVE shooting and tight groups on paper calm me down. I've owned a couple of stock 10/22's and never found much joy. Grabbed a Smith 15-22, again was let down by it's mediocre accuracy.

Hopefully this one has more brains than beauty. But purely on looks, she won my heart!

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Welcome back!!!

cookie · Jan 20, 2018

I love the 22 lr more than anything they are relaxing to shoot ,quiet little recoil so you can see your mistakes. Now I said that what the you know what,, how can anything without so much recoil that you develope flinchitis, get a scope eyebrow and a black and blue where the stock impacts the shoulder be any fun.

campwilde · Jan 23, 2018

Kruejl said:
Many of you know I dumped the .22lr platform a couple of years ago. Well.......

I got back into it. TBH it was due to the cost of shooting. I LOVE my .308 and my .223 but frankly the cost of ammo keeps me from shooting as much as I like to. So, @LuckySG listed a 10/22 that caught my eye. And I ended up taking her home. I still say the .22lr isn't the best round for much of anything, but I LOVE shooting and tight groups on paper calm me down. I've owned a couple of stock 10/22's and never found much joy. Grabbed a Smith 15-22, again was let down by it's mediocre accuracy.

Hopefully this one has more brains than beauty. But purely on looks, she won my heart!

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If you want the tightest groups reasonable at the longest ranges use SubSonic or Standard Velocity and you will be shocked at the pattern at 100yds and beyond.