.22Lr or .223

Stewie333 said:
Ok.:)

So it would seem that .22lr is the (argualbly) wisest way to begin.
Now the really tough question. Which rifle? I am set on a bolt action,
so that is one less factor to consider. The selection out there is bordering on ridiculous. Regular barrel, varmint barrel, Remington, Savage, new, used.
It goes on and on. My budget is about $500.00 fully equiped.

Stewie.
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It looks like you are fairely new to the sport. I suggest something really inexpensive to get your feet wet but extremely accurate.

http://armrus.com/info/e_armDetail.php?mod_ID=13

It is on special at a $100 you can not go wrong. I have had one for about 2 years now but in the semi automatic. It is well balanced accurate light and a joy to shoot. I am able to get a tight grouping with open sites at the range.
 
My vote goes fore the 22LR. You can practice all day and never get bored. If you want to practice long range and wind doping, try a few shots at 200-300 yards in a mild wind with an LR. The fundamentals of shooting won't change. I would sink a bit of money into the scope you would use. The bushnell 3200 10x is affordable and could easily be put on any centerfire to shoot long range later on if you so choose. There would be little reason to upgrade it. My reccomendation for said rimfire rifle would be anything in the Savage heavy barrel line. The new ones are coming out with accutriggers, so the old stock must go. I picked up a new MarkII FV for a mere $200.00. I used the shim trick to lighten the trigger and I have a great new plinker that's almost as accurate as my Remington 541-THB for less than $500.00. Use the extra money to buy a brick of ammo and go to town punching paper.
Use your time at the range to handle some other club members rifles and get a feel for what you may like to upgrade to. Cost wise....you can't beat a 22lr.
 
Hey Stewie, if you're looking to get into precision shooting there really is only one rifle in .22LR to look at. (That is one that is cheap) The CZ 452 is an amazing little rifle, and www.wholesalesports.com has them around $430 for the Varmint/heavy barrel version. These guns get rave reviews on the huge US forums and to be honest were right up the accuracy wise with my $1500 Kimber bench gun.

Now here's another consideration, you can shoot a .22LR at 200 yards and beat many centerfires. It's only a matter of shooter skill. You'll find you will have some of the most fun you've ever had shooting as playing with an accurate .22 is my absolute favorite type of shooting, Boltgun echoed this sentiment as well and that guy's an experienced shooter from my understanding. We had a little online friendly 200 yard .22LR competition on here I guess about a year ago, I shot 2.27" for 5 rounds at 200 yards and was edged out by Eagleye, who shot MOA (2") with a .22 at 200 yards! And in the entire process, I fired about $3 of ammunition and had to deal with zero recoil or muzzle blast :) Plus there are so many different types of match and standard .22 to try, it makes for good fun, and no reloading or saving the empties. An accurate .22 is the essence of shooting and you'll always want to have one even after moving up!

Now here's some targets for those doubters of the .22LR (ie those that haven't tried but would rather just make unbacked comments :p )

At 50 yards 5 rounds: (American dime is so the yankees on the US forum I used to post on wouldn't call unfair by using non standard currency as a reference :D )

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200 yards five rounds 2.27" (note the dime sized 3 shot group! :eek: )

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Why a 22LR

I am suprised you did not consider a .17HMR as it is harder hitting than the 22MAG, more accurate than a .22 in general and it is good up to 200yds!

The only downfall, as compared to a .22 would be the cost to feed it. The 17HMR is approximately $13/50rds.

John
 
i would go with the 22 lr for small game and plinking 500 rounds for 24.00 how can you go wrong and a 308 for long range shooting. You can also use the 308 for hunting and in reality a .308 is a "girly cal" dose not have much kick in a competition rifle as they are much heaver.
talk to ya all later
Riley
 
I'll strongly suggest starting with the .22

Firstoff, the cost of ammunition will be much lower, so you'll be able to shoot much more.

Second, the recoil will not affect you negatively, and you won't learn to flinch.

Third, I think EVERYONE has a .22, so why not start there from the beginning?

Fourth, range access. Every range can handle a .22, not every range can handle .308 or largebore rifle rounds....prime example being the RA Center range.

There's my comments....

NS
 
Go 22lr!!


put a scope on it and buy as many different ammo types you can, keep the ones that shoot better. You should be good to go under 500$


pilot
 
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