Debates have come across stating that the .22 rifle is not a serious caliber for those into guns. The .22 caliber doesn’t have the knock down power to take down a medium size game or let alone stop an attacker inside your home. Posted on 06/10/2019 5:04:00 AM PDT by w1n1
Debates have come across stating that the .22 rifle is not a serious caliber for those into guns. The .22 caliber doesn’t have the knock down power to take down a medium size game or let alone stop an attacker inside your home.
From a survivalist needs, the .22 caliber is one of the many invaluable source to have when feeding yourself and family. For small game like rabbits and squirrels, the .22 caliber is perfect. Using a larger caliber is just a poor choice of tools for this task. The availability and pricing for the .22 caliber is on the cheap side.
On the recreational side of the house, the .22 caliber serves many things to a wide variety. Beginner shooters will find starting with this caliber helps build a solid foundation in marksmanship. For the target shooter and plinker you can have lots of fun shooting many rounds at a lower cost.
There are many good .22 caliber rifle out on the market. Getting one would be based on what you are going to use it for. Here are some key features to look out for:
Magazine Capacity - A good magazine section to look for is the rotary type under the stock of the gun. The magazine can hold 5 to 35 rounds. For hunting you probably don’t need a high capacity magazine, but for plinking and target shooting the more the merrier. Be sure to follow your state legal limitations on this.
Sights – Most plinking are probably done without any special scopes. Not to say that using an optical system isn’t worth it – its your preferences. Getting a specific type for plinking and hunting is beyond the scope of this article.
Ruger 10/22 - Ruger makes some really top notch rifles in big calibers and the .22 is no exception. Its great to see Ruger invest its time into our American classic. (since 1964) The 10/22 historically is a favorite among hunters, this was design with practicality in mind and able to maintain under field conditions.
Henry AR-7 Survival Rifle - Originally designed in 1959 for use by the United States Air Force but is now a favorite among civilians for all the same reasons it was popular with military pilots. The AR-7 Survival Rifle is lightweight (only 3.5 lbs.), reliable, and compact. Read the rest of best 22 sniper rifle.
My dad, when he was alive, used to poach deer with a .22LR to put food on our table. So, it isn’t recommended and probably not legal for anything other than small game, but in a SHTF situation, it will do.
Marlin 60
Daddy had a model 60 which was extraordinarily accurate. It was not called a model 60 and resembled an M1 Carbine but the action was straight model 60.
I owned a Missouri-made .50 cal air rifle for a few years, then sold it.
It took a Scuba tank to fill it, giving four shots of .495 round ball.
It would take a deer north-south or east-west.
That was the model 99.
Great guns, I have at least 8 model 60’s currently.
I grew up with a winchester 1890 hex barrel .22 short only pump hand me down...graduated to a remington 513 T when I shot high school rifle team—old school..lusted after a remington nylon 66 and an ar7 .22 survival rifle, I never got either.
My favorite .22 is a Springfield ‘03 used for training for the .306 Springfield ‘03. My other favorite is a Winchester Model 61 pump .22.
I have a couple of scoped Marlin 795’s I use as Appleseed loaners. I cut down the stock by 2” on one so youngsters can use it.
I have a couple of handguns in 22 Mag so I picked up a long gun in that caliber. Got the Savage A22 in 22 Mag with a 4 power scope, bi-pod and sling. It uses 10 round rotary mags much like a Ruger 10/22 mag. It is semi auto but wood stock and very modest appearance.
Shoots within 3 inches of dead flat out to 185 yards.
Now the jackasses at American Shooting Urinal are pretending they're British and writing using natural number. Next you know they'll be driving on the wrong side of the road and taking cucumber sandwiches with their afternoon tea.
I adopted an old (1989) Feather Industries AT-22 as my plinker and bottle killer.
It came with a heavy barrel, five 20rd magazines, and the best thing about it is that disassembly only requires unscrewing by hand the front and rear of the rifle.
The barrel easily slides out the front and the parts slide out the rear. It’s the easiest thing to clean!
By contrast one of my friends has a 22 Marlin that you have to have tools and a lot of time for cleaning.
And my AT-22 is much more accurate at 100 yards.
I have a Winchester Model 190 I bought in 1983 for the same price ($100) 15 shot tube load. Great gun!
I have a model 67 Winchester that my grandfather bought to teach my mom and aunts how to shoot about 80 years ago. When the extended family goes out shooting, this is the one that everyone wants to shoot.
‘”Plink vermin. “
Who the hell talks like that?
People don’t talk like that.’
Jesse Stone, “Stone Cold” (TV Movie)
Editing is a lost art.
I had a nylon 66. It was Apache black. All the metal parts other than the sights were chrome. It was one of the handiest guns ever made.
The only weakness was that scopes tended to lose their zero due to the fact that the action cover did not stay exactly in the same spot due to the fact that it just covered Nylon and was not part of the action.
Putting a scope on such a light handy rifle was not a good idea anyway.
OK.
Fyi, I’m not “fancy” enough for those computerized scopes. - I use “old-school” 4X scopes, that I buy from garage & estate sales, on all of my centerfire/rimfire rifles & at 72YO am unlikely to change.
Btw, I’m a “dedicated cottontail & swamp rabbit hunter” as it’s great practice for big game season & I like rabbit cooked most any way..
Yours, TMN78247
AGREED. - One of my “squirrel hunting buddies” shoots his great uncle’s Model 12 & does WELL with it.
(Squirrel hunting in Northeast Texas, where I’m originally from, is a cult & a man is considered to be “more than a bit odd” unless he is a bushy-tail hunter.)
Yours, TMN78247
Im not sure that it is one writer. Some of these articles use east bloc grammar and are written by a person, lets call this person the primary editor for now as there are accusations of plagiarism, educated in an English that is British not American.
Air Force? Possibly but not likely US. American? Maybe but not without an unrealistically bizarre backstory.
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