todd
Well-Known Member
being a spin-off of Tomme boy's post, i don't have a CZ or Anschutz or more expensive 22LR. heck i bought a Ruger 10/22 just 5 or 6 years ago.
when i was 13yo i was given by my parents a Marlin m25 with an "expensive" 4x factory scope
in 22LR. the scope did werk for about a year, but i missed a turkey that was 15ish yards away from me. turns out, every time i shot it, the elevation turret would go 1 click up. being a calm and responsible kind of guy, i took the scope off and threw it against the sidewalk many, many times. i still took it out hunting and target practicing with open sights. next year, i had an "expensive-newish" 4x Bushnell scope that is still on it.
my friend (he has a Marlin 25 too) and i have shot 30 or 40,000 rounds through each. maybe more, i don't know. all i know is that $10 will get you 500 rounds from K Mart or Gee Bee (it was the super Wal Mart at the time). we would shoot at Huggies juice barrels, soda cans and bottles, beer cans, fired 22LR casings, paper targets....you name it, we probably have shot it. there was mid '60s Plymouth Valiant without the motor in the woods. it was a rusted-out piece of junk, seats were trashed, and the side windows were smashed. did you ever see a Hollyweird movie when the main character is on his knees behind the car, trying not to get shot. did you see the sparks that came off the car when it was shot? well, i have it on good authority, that is no sparks. as a matter of fact, if you shoot a 22LR at a car door, it will go thru, as a matter of fact, the next door will go thru too. i have it on good authority, that the 22LR bullet, while shot will enter the trunk lid, go thru the back seat and continue on the front seat and go into the dash or steering column and finally stop. i also have on good authority that the driveshaft is able to stop a 22LR. the bullet leaves a splash mark on the driveshaft. now this was 35ish years ago, so new cars i don't have authority on them.
i see i got off the mark a little bit.....Remfedchster 40gr RN were for target practice. for hunting the m25 just loved the CCI Mini Mag 36gr truncated HP. it would go 3/8 - 1/2", 7 shot group at 50 yards. they smacked the crap of small game. doves, groundhogs, squirrels, grouse, pheasants...all of them were smacked by the Mini Mag. the only bad thing about the Mini Mag was the price. it was like $5 for 100 rounds. the Remfedchster was around $10/500 rounds. there has to be a better way. i found it reading some outdoor magazine (outdoor life, field and stream, sports afield...). i took a block of steel and drilled a hole that could accept 22LR. i took a block of steel and a 22LR RN then i bastard file the top of the bullet and made a FN. i took the 7 FN out and i grouped 1/2" at 50 yards. dang, i am golden!!!!!! the modified Remfedchster ended up being 1/2 - 1" at 50 yards. that's good enuff for me. i have the block somewhere in my basement, but i can't find it. i stopped hunting small game sometime in my mid 20s, but i take her out every once in a while.
i bought my oldest son a Marlin 25n and that is nothing special about it. i never shot it much, so i don't know about the accuracy. i bought my youngest son a Mossberg 802 Plinkster and that thing is accurate. it makes my 25 look like dirt. i can do 1/4" at 50 yards (10 rounds Federal 36gr hp/bench) with my eyes closed. it is just dang good!!!! i mean you look at it you see a black plastic stock, 18" barrel and the action looks like junk, but dang it can shoot. he took it up camp and i seen a soda can about 120ish yards down at the stream. i said give me that 22. i leaned up against a tree, looked thru the scope, Kentucky windage the sights and bang....thwop. then i did it again. band....thwop. even my dad (RIP) was impressed. i paid i think $135 or $140 for the gun/scope. that was money well spent.
i have another Marlin m25 with a checked stock, two Ruger 10/22s, Remington anniversary Fieldmaster rimfire. all of them, except a 10/22, were my dad's. my dad was in his high school shooting team. he used an Anschutz Match 22LR, but that was the school's rifle.
what other inexpensive rimfires do you guys have?
when i was 13yo i was given by my parents a Marlin m25 with an "expensive" 4x factory scope
in 22LR. the scope did werk for about a year, but i missed a turkey that was 15ish yards away from me. turns out, every time i shot it, the elevation turret would go 1 click up. being a calm and responsible kind of guy, i took the scope off and threw it against the sidewalk many, many times. i still took it out hunting and target practicing with open sights. next year, i had an "expensive-newish" 4x Bushnell scope that is still on it.my friend (he has a Marlin 25 too) and i have shot 30 or 40,000 rounds through each. maybe more, i don't know. all i know is that $10 will get you 500 rounds from K Mart or Gee Bee (it was the super Wal Mart at the time). we would shoot at Huggies juice barrels, soda cans and bottles, beer cans, fired 22LR casings, paper targets....you name it, we probably have shot it. there was mid '60s Plymouth Valiant without the motor in the woods. it was a rusted-out piece of junk, seats were trashed, and the side windows were smashed. did you ever see a Hollyweird movie when the main character is on his knees behind the car, trying not to get shot. did you see the sparks that came off the car when it was shot? well, i have it on good authority, that is no sparks. as a matter of fact, if you shoot a 22LR at a car door, it will go thru, as a matter of fact, the next door will go thru too. i have it on good authority, that the 22LR bullet, while shot will enter the trunk lid, go thru the back seat and continue on the front seat and go into the dash or steering column and finally stop. i also have on good authority that the driveshaft is able to stop a 22LR. the bullet leaves a splash mark on the driveshaft. now this was 35ish years ago, so new cars i don't have authority on them.
i see i got off the mark a little bit.....Remfedchster 40gr RN were for target practice. for hunting the m25 just loved the CCI Mini Mag 36gr truncated HP. it would go 3/8 - 1/2", 7 shot group at 50 yards. they smacked the crap of small game. doves, groundhogs, squirrels, grouse, pheasants...all of them were smacked by the Mini Mag. the only bad thing about the Mini Mag was the price. it was like $5 for 100 rounds. the Remfedchster was around $10/500 rounds. there has to be a better way. i found it reading some outdoor magazine (outdoor life, field and stream, sports afield...). i took a block of steel and drilled a hole that could accept 22LR. i took a block of steel and a 22LR RN then i bastard file the top of the bullet and made a FN. i took the 7 FN out and i grouped 1/2" at 50 yards. dang, i am golden!!!!!! the modified Remfedchster ended up being 1/2 - 1" at 50 yards. that's good enuff for me. i have the block somewhere in my basement, but i can't find it. i stopped hunting small game sometime in my mid 20s, but i take her out every once in a while.
i bought my oldest son a Marlin 25n and that is nothing special about it. i never shot it much, so i don't know about the accuracy. i bought my youngest son a Mossberg 802 Plinkster and that thing is accurate. it makes my 25 look like dirt. i can do 1/4" at 50 yards (10 rounds Federal 36gr hp/bench) with my eyes closed. it is just dang good!!!! i mean you look at it you see a black plastic stock, 18" barrel and the action looks like junk, but dang it can shoot. he took it up camp and i seen a soda can about 120ish yards down at the stream. i said give me that 22. i leaned up against a tree, looked thru the scope, Kentucky windage the sights and bang....thwop. then i did it again. band....thwop. even my dad (RIP) was impressed. i paid i think $135 or $140 for the gun/scope. that was money well spent.
i have another Marlin m25 with a checked stock, two Ruger 10/22s, Remington anniversary Fieldmaster rimfire. all of them, except a 10/22, were my dad's. my dad was in his high school shooting team. he used an Anschutz Match 22LR, but that was the school's rifle.
what other inexpensive rimfires do you guys have?
