Who shoots .22lr but doesn't want to admit it?

These are my two .22s. Great guns for cheap plinking and for the new shooter.

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joe-nwt said:
Well this is not what we've come to expect as a KDX-post. What's up?
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Please don't embarrass me.:redface: I have a Sig 229 Classic 22 on the way and am looking forward to getting it. Most likely I will be getting a 9mm barrel and slide for it though. For just putting holes in paper I find it hard to justify the larger calibers, although they are fun to shoot. I really do like shooting for small groups though.
 
KDX said:
Please don't embarrass me.:redface: I have a Sig 229 Classic 22 on the way and am looking forward to getting it. Most likely I will be getting a 9mm barrel and slide for it though. For just putting holes in paper I find it hard to justify the larger calibers, although they are fun to shoot. I really do like shooting for small groups though.
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Nothing embarrassing about a 22 pistol. Great for plinking, honing skills and easy on the wallet.

I wouldn't be caught dead shooting one though......
 
Have 3 .22lr handguns (Beretta 87T, Ruger MkII GC and a S&W 617). I'll always have one with me when I go to the range and it'll easily see 200 or more rounds through it. Pffftt for those who call it a 'pussy round'. All the "He-Men" I know who make fun of the .22lr round will not take up my offer to shoot them in the leg to see if it'll hurt....:p
 
Conversion Kit

I've got a .22 conversion kit for my Sig 226 (.40 S&W).

Excellent for low-cost draw/sight acquisition/DA first shot practice.

Almost as inexpensive as dry-firing.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't feel less manly about shooting anything that helps me become a better marksman.
 
"manly" gun? Some of you guys have way too much testosterone, to say nothing about an inferiority complex. If a .22 seems 'unmanly', what do you thing of .177 air gun? For Pete's sake, .22 and airgun are shot at the Olympic level. It's a test of skill, not a test of strength. You want to test your strength in combat? Use a broadsword!
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I spent all winter amassing 13K rounds of .22 LR and have already shot 6000 rounds so far, and its only been above 0 degrees celcius once since I started shooting this spring.
I now have one 9mm, one .357/38 and four .22 pistols/revolvers. I rarely ever take the centerfire guns to the range. I usually just pack 2 or 3 of the .22's and 1000 rounds. I can shoot for hours with no rationing of ammo. What is the sense of going to the range, and having to limit your fun while shooting expensive centerfire ammo.
I have a friggin blast shooting as much ammo as fast as I can for a brick, then shooting another brick working on posture, breathing, technique. Lately , I could care less about shooting big handguns. I have even converted several of my "darkside" friends who were big caliber junkies into .22 maniacs. They forgot what fun it was to shoot a lot in a single session.
 
.22 lr

Always take at least one .22 with me on a range trip. If shooting rifle it will be the Ruger 10/22 or Savage bull barrel bolt. If shooting hangun it will be the Ruger MkII, S&W Model 63 or Colt .22 conversion unit for the 1911 frame. Or combo thereof.

Nothing wrong with the venerable .22lr. :cool:

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NAA.
 
curtmg said:
It comes apart :redface:

It's a 22, it doesn't need to be cleaned, that's what I keep telling myself.
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They aren't hard to take apart if you follow the correct sequence. I only got mine a couple of weeks ago, I had it apart within the first couple of days and I can take it apart and reassemble blindfolded now. It doesn't take a mechanical engineering degree (but it helps). :cool:
 
caliber of choice for me at the range, with revolver or pistol is 22lr. lots of fun, and relatively cheap. even if I'm their to sight in a rifle, i always take along a couple of 22's.
 
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