I have a new mistress, her name is 22lr. 75yd targets added.

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After not listening to anyone's advice to go get a 22 as my first rifle, instead choosing to go with the Russian sisters of an SKS and Mosin-Nagant, as well as their English cousin a Lee-Enfield. I found myself, wanting no, needing a more forgiving and frugal way of practicing the shooting fundamentals. I did find an older Cooey 64 that did the trick for a while but I needed a bolt gun.

I bought a Savage FV-SR a couple of months ago, and as of today have put 500 rounds down the pipe. I had the pleasure a couple of weeks ago of attending a shoot at the Ridgedale Gun Club in Mission BC, and was able to talk to some very experienced fellows as well as test my mettle on a fairly overcast chilly afternoon. We shot at postal style targets at 100 yards and what a blast! After a quick sight in I shoot my course and managed to keep all my rounds on target and even managed a couple of X's out of the 30 rounds. Since then I have managed to get in a couple more trips to my range and a stock change, and I am starting to see how widely addictive shooting 22lr can be.

Today's range session yielded some of my best results off the bench period, all targets shot today were at 50 yards using Federal Champion Standard Velocity ammo, 5 shot groups.





 
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.22LR is fun; as long as it's not jamming or not firing at all. (edit: I see you have a bolt gun and probably do not have to worry about jamming...)
Seems like you have had good luck so far.
 
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Got out yesterday and stretched her out to 75 yards! With a light breeze and a slight windage adjustment we found our way to the target pretty quickly. Just for fun I tried some CCI blazers to start off with, amazed at the accuracy difference between HV and SV rounds!

Then back to the Federal Champion.


 
Rimfire shooting is very, very addictive!!

You have put together some fine targets there, considering the ammo is not match type.

As you shoot more, you will likely become more demanding, and then the real fun begins, lol.

Once you find the rifle/ammo that truly like each other, then those groups will shrink.

May I suggest that you find some RWS, Lapua, SK or Eley ammo [doesn't have to be the very expensive stuff to start]
and see if you can cut those groups in half.

Posted a couple of groups below for comparison. [5 shots each at 50M]

Regards, Dave.

 
Capture these five while adjusting the tuner from 0 - 020.
Remington 40XB, 36 X B&L 4200 and Eley Tenex (1070 fps) at 50 yards

I think I am getting close.

 
Rimfire Rocks! Of all my guns my two favorites are the Browning Medalist and the Ruger SR22. When friends ask me about my handguns I want to tell them about my 22lr, but most of them want to hear about my centerfire pistols, and seem almost disappointed to have to hear me sing the praises of my little 22's. Now don't get me wrong, I love my mini 14 and my shotguns (fun), but I can spend hours either just having fun shooting spinners, and gongs, or working on my shooting form.
 
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Rimfire Rocks! Of all my guns my two favorites are the Browning Medalist and the Ruger SR22. When friends ask me about my handguns I want to tell them about my 22lr, but most of them want to hear about my centerfire pistols, and seem almost disappointed to have to hear me sing the praises of my little 22's. Now don't get me wrong, I love my mini 14 and my shotguns (fun), but I can spend hours either just having fun shooting spinners, and gongs, or working on my shooting form.
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I feel the same with my 41's and CZ American.. learned my lesson though I'll buy a whole lot more quality ammo when it's available
 
Your right there silver, sadly some 22's, especially the ones based on the 1911 platform, won't always eat what daddy feeds them. CCI mini mags work best in them, and if there are any available at the store I'm in, I always walk out with at least a couple of boxes.
 
Eagleye said:
Rimfire shooting is very, very addictive!!

You have put together some fine targets there, considering the ammo is not match type.

As you shoot more, you will likely become more demanding, and then the real fun begins, lol.

Once you find the rifle/ammo that truly like each other, then those groups will shrink.

May I suggest that you find some RWS, Lapua, SK or Eley ammo [doesn't have to be the very expensive stuff to start]
and see if you can cut those groups in half.

Posted a couple of groups below for comparison. [5 shots each at 50M]

Regards, Dave.

Funny you should say that, i glimpsed a vision of my future at a shoot at Ridgedale. There was a fellow with 3 Anchutz rifles, his main one was in a custom stock with teflon pads on the front and back. A tripod like yours but with big fat knobs for easier tuning. All his round were weighed out, kick ass wind indicators in the field etc. I was secretly jealous.
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