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I practice firing technique with .22lr pistol & revolver that are same size as those in service calibers. Saves ammo, is fun, and an effective training aid.
Imho it is a good idea to learn the operation and maintenance of as many weapons as you can.
To include your enemies’.
5.56mm
1) cheap
2) fun
3) cheap
Amen.
Appleseed recommends 22 semi auto for its classes.
If you’ve completed one or two of their sessions you know that with their training it is very easy to move from one rifle / caliber to another and maintain accuracy as long as you have a basic understanding of a rifle’s and ammo’s ballistics.
My Marlin 795 is a blast to shoot.
Someone asks me which rifle I own is my favorite, I say the one I am shooting. They all have their own appeal.
I have a Remington Nylon 66 tube loader that is a lot of fun. Wife gave it to me 40+ years ago. It’s lighter than my Crossman pellet pump.
Currently it needs a new feed ramp (about $4), but I’ve been putting off doing it because it is a horribly complicated job which I will be doing for the first time. So I procrastinate.
795 has best barrel in the caliber. The key to reliability with rim-fitr semi autos is CCI ammo and keeping the magazine from wobbling around. You might lose the ‘drop free’feature but the feeding will be consistent thus reducing jam potential for the little cartridges with tiny tolerances.
Just saw ads for 22lr bricks for $28.99 and 333rds for $17
I remember many years ago, Skeeter Skelton asked the fictitious Sheriff Dobe Grant what would he choose for his one gun if limited to that.
His choice and obviously Skeeter’s choice was a .22 rifle.
Plenty of other choices but I think that would be mine too.
Erle Stanley Gardner in an article chose a S&W .22 revolver with a six inch barrel. What we now would call a model 17.
I think Sheriff Jim Wilson chose a Ruger Super Blackhawk in .44 Mag.
I could certainly see a 12 gauge auto too.
The .22 is good for a lot more than learning.
PS: Just back from Walmart and bought a nice Savage A22 Target Thumbhole 22 LR Semi-Automatic Rimfire Rifle. Nice to know the FBI still likes me LOL!
Where, what business?
https://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperstore.com/ Mail order if okay in your state.
The high power spring power rifles are quite difficult to learn to shoot accurately, but the newer PCP are almost as strong and a lot easier to shoot well. PCP does require infrastructure to charge them, spring is always ready to go.
I find pellet pistol to be just as challenging as powder burners to get good shots. I have two CO2 guns and an old German spring recoil-less target gun.
Rimfires are cheap.
Rimfires don’t beat you up with recoil
Rimfires allow you to practice fundamentals of marksmanship without distraction.
Rimfires are much less expensive to suppress.
Obvious advantage to pellet is shooting in your backyard, no need for a drive to a range, therefore enabling practice whenever you feel the urge.
“His choice and obviously Skeeter’s choice was a .22 rifle.”
He went one step further, and asked what he could do with a 22 rifle that he couldn’t with a pistol. That distilled them both down to the final choice, a .22 pistol.
I have several friends whose EDC is a 22LR semi. One has a RUGER SR22 with extended mags to give 10+1 and a green Crimson laser. Pretty sharp!
Folks may make fun of 22 rimfire but I wouldn’t want to be shot by one :)
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