Wheres your lead going?

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Was in another thread the other day... i didn't want to jack it, but i got to thinking, the real question i want to know is what type of shooting is everyone prefers. the high demand on the ammo means that shooting a .22 has become more popular. How do you choose to dump your lead down range?

Personally i was on a SR-22 kick for a while, until the Anschutz came along. I shoot more often, and dump less ammo now. So for me, precision shooting.
 
For fun my lead goes through a 22 GSG 1911 to hit clay targets, paper targets and plastic ones. For double the fun and a bigger boom to match my bullets come out of an SKS. For serious target shooting inside and out and any day of the year I have a single shot bolt action target rifle. I figure I have most of the bases covered at a reasonable cost and excellent level of satisfaction!!
 
The bulk of mine is a Henry lever action 22 into targets and practice with a 30.30 Winchester. Very lucky my brother in law built a great range out at the lake with a huge berm.
Hoping to add a 270 with a scope in the near future.
 
Interesting question. All kinds of shooting tickles my fancy, with the the exception of bigger centerfires. I recently (and finally) got an SKS in the spring, I think more to put a smile on the faces of friends/family than anything else. It does a very fine job of that. I love my .223 for groundhogs and the odd coyote outing, my shotgun for clays/grouse/crows....but most of my shooting is with rimfire guns, and mostly .22s.

Most of the .22 shooting I've done in 2016 was while aiming at gophers on my trip to Alberta. That rifle is a CZ452 Varmint..probably my favorite .22. However, if I'm zeroing a scope or testing ammo for accuracy (=how much my gun likes it) I like to shoot off a bench with a solid rest. I like doing that too if I'm practicing long shots. That paid off in Alberta, registering hits at VERY satisfying distances. :) Otherwise, reactive targets are fun..gongs/cans/frozen apples/clay pigeons/balloons etc. Only "hunting" I do in Ontario with a .22 is some pest control, namely, pigeons in barns belonging to friends. If those farms were closer to where I live, I'd do that more.

After a couple of years without one, I picked-up a 17M2 fairly recently. Ammo cost/availability will limit how much plinking I do with that one, but boy it's a fun caliber. :)
 
17 mach 2 is awesome. Hope it makes a come back
I use a mach2 savage FV for targeting and hunting and a pair of 64s for having fun. Rossi 37 and a savage 3b along with a 9422 eat the rest
 
I've been heavy into precision shooting lately, it's practically all I can do at my current range. Not allowed to shoot the gongs with rimfire :( They built up baffles that prevent standing and shooting and removed the 20 yard line where that was actually a good challenge. I've started attending silhouette matches and that's about a monthly occurrence, waiting list for the range that hosts it prevents me from joining and shooting silhouette recreationally. Then the time or two I head up to my buddies cottage I'll bring up the semi-auto to plink reactive targets. If I could shoot in my backyard I'd be doing a whole lot more plinking. As a junior at an indoor range I used to set up plastic army men on a 4x4 and try to shoot their heads off from prone :d that was good fun!
 
My valuable .22 lr lead is going down my Anschutz 64 MSR, my BSA International MkII, and my Savage MkII heavy barrel and through a benchrest target at 50 metres. Love them all.
 
Most of my lead goes through a small hole at 50m. The rest with my off hand shooting with my 3 vintage 22,s could go anywhere. I also send a lot 55g 223 down range at 3-400 meters with my T3 varmint.
 
handguns at 25 yards. freehand rifle ,and sometimes will use a front rest seated with the rifles.paper only at the range I go to which of course limits the activities. reactive targets would be nice to be able to do.
 
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