What is the allure of rimfires, CGN?

A) Cheap cost (20 bucks)
B) Large quantity for that already cheap cost (500 rounds)
C) Very quite, doesnt piss off anybody
D) Little recoil so anybody of any experience level can use it
E) Makes long distance shooting more challenging and fun
F) A LOT of trigger time which perfects your technique
G) Makes rodents feel like cheap h**kers because they died by a .05 cent round :p
H) There are many rimfire casings that allow for various uses all at decent prices, hard hitting, super accurate, super quite, and etc (HMR, MAG, S, L, LR, Mach 2, etc)
I) If you want you can shoot them without ear protection (not my style but its sure quiter then a centerfire)
J) Since they come in so many different styles you can have tons of trigger time on your favorite style of rifle!!!

AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON!!!!
 
sl66ICEcuba said:
A) Cheap cost (20 bucks)
B) Large quantity for that already cheap cost (500 rounds)
C) Very quite, doesnt piss off anybody
D) Little recoil so anybody of any experience level can use it
E) Makes long distance shooting more challenging and fun
F) A LOT of trigger time which perfects your technique
G) Makes rodents feel like cheap h**kers because they died by a .05 cent round :p
H) There are many rimfire casings that allow for various uses all at decent prices, hard hitting, super accurate, super quite, and etc (HMR, MAG, S, L, LR, Mach 2, etc)
I) If you want you can shoot them without ear protection (not my style but its sure quiter then a centerfire)
J) Since they come in so many different styles you can have tons of trigger time on your favorite style of rifle!!!

AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON!!!!
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and the ability to be extremely short and light weight. Rimfire firearms do not have the 18-18.5" minimum barrel requirements of center fire rifles. As long as the barrel is manufactured (ie not cut short in your uncles garage) you can have any length barrel as long as your OAL exceeds 26".

Check out my grouse rifle. 11.5" ER shaw w/ FX-II 2.5x20mm. A joy to carry all day long!

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All of the above. Plus.
A 22 is a great way to learn how to work on guns.
Get a 10/22 and play. There are a million mods you can do yourself.
There are millions of after market parts to be had.
I would rather learn how to bed the stock on a $250 10/22 than a more exspensive gun.
My two 11 year olds do all there own work to there 10/22s.
They did the buffer, auto bolt release, floated the barrels, bedded there stocks,
they take them right down to parts and put them back together for cleaning.
They want tacticool parts to put on them for there birthday.
The never ending fun of a rimfire. lol

I have 5 kids. We used almost 1500 rounds of 22LR yesterday.
We were out most of the day for about $70.
 
I've been reloading now since 1986 and I'm currently reloading 13 different calibers. Frankly as I get old I find that I have less discretionary time because of things like getting married this Saturday, work, grandkids, etc. I love 3 gun rimfire matches as it allows me to shoot a match, have fun, not worry about picking up brass for reloading and its cheap compared to other calibers that I shoot.
 
Garand said:
I've been reloading now since 1986 and I'm currently reloading 13 different calibers. Frankly as I get old I find that I have less discretionary time because of things like getting married this Saturday, work, grandkids, etc. I love 3 gun rimfire matches as it allows me to shoot a match, have fun, not worry about picking up brass for reloading and its cheap compared to other calibers that I shoot.
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congrats on the marriage! :D

Well now I got my eye on a Savage 93R17 F! :D
 
I think you've found your answer, cost is the biggest factor. What other gun can you shoot 25 rounds from 1 magazine, down a legal 12'' barrel, for 4 cents a round.

Go buy your .22, it will put a smile on your face.:D
peace..
 
Brutus said:
The 22 rimfire is fine, (I have several, some are single shot, some are repeaters, some are semi-auto) but it's a little hard to make a decent score at 900 meters with it........
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I've never had a problem with 900 meters, a good pair of running shoes to cover the first 800, and I'm golden..
 
What is the allure of rimfires, CGN?
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Asking this question, here, is like offering us all a big Canada Day gift of cabdy...:D....:canadaFlag:

One thing that I don't recall having seen - among all the great replies so far - is that there are few things as fun as a .22 handgun. It's a great way to get initiated with and involved in restricted firearms, and a very fun way (i.e. no painful recoil) to show new-shooters that handguns are not mythically evil self-propelled baby-killing mechanisms.....:wave:

I can sincerely say that .22 handguns were the reason behind my finally upgrading to an RPAL, after years of being PAL-only!
 
It really comes down to economy... I am a young guy without tons of money so .22 is cheap and still fun. I would love to have a gun in .223 and I will sooner or later but even the cost of the gun its self is a lot more than a 10/22 never mind the rounds. I just bought myself a 10/22 the other day. As cheap as it was relative to other guns, after I got a scope, rings, sling, case, taxes I spent about $500. And for a poor young guy thats still pretty expensive. But its not $1000's and I get to go out and blast 500 or a 1000 rounds in a day for less than 60 bucks and thats including gas to get out in the bush. And I always leave with a big smile on my face... even if my accuracy can leave something to be desired.
 
Their are plenty of good things about the rimfire. Cheap to shoot. Biggest benefit. Unless you are rich, shooting for hours with centerfires is too expensive. But rimfires, you can shoot all day for cheap. Good practice. Yes, you aren't going to get the recoil, boom, distance, etc. But you are going to get good shooting habits from practicing with a rimfire, which will be carried to the centerfires. Oh, and here is another reason. Semi rimfires have no mag limit. Want to shoot 20 round mags from your centerfire? Too bad. Want to shoot 500 round drum mags from your ruger 10/22? Not a problem! I believe every firearm owner should have at least one rimfire. If you can afford to shoot centerfires all day, great! Get a semi rimfire just for fun. Trust me. I like to shoot my AR's, but the 10LAR mags aren't nearly as fun as the 25 and 30 round mags for my .22LR.
 
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