Posted on 07/13/2012 4:37:57 AM PDT by marktwain
A rifle has grooves cut on the inside of the barrel to stablize a bullet in flight. Those grooves are called "rifling", hence the name rifle.
A shotgun doesn't have the rifling as it's mostly intended to fire multiple projectiles (shot) of various sizes from a single cartridge. Now there are rifled barrels available for shotguns but they're intended for shooting cartridges with a single projectile (called a slug) which are intended for larger game such as deer or bear.
Now here's where some folks are going to disagree with me, loudly. ALL firearms require "aiming", even shotguns. That suff about clearing out a room with a single blast from a shotgun is Hollywood garbage.
Now GENERALLY, I'd recommend a smaller gauge (20) instead of a 12 guage shotgun for smaller or recoil sensitive shooters. Yes, larger numbers are actually smaller cartridges in the world of shotguns.
Can you tell me what caliber handgun you bought? I may be able to give some suggestions to tame the recoil a bit.
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Yes, but they can be a bear when shooting the AQT. For a SHTF auto, I’d prefer them to a mag fed but if you ding the tube, you’ll have problems. BTW, I had a nylon 66 and Marlin 60 and loved them both.
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There are Appleseeds in AK. In fact, we will see 40k nationwide go through the program this year. We teach you the skills to consistently hit targets at 500 yds using a rack grade rifle, surplus ammo and iron sights from the prone unsupported and hear some little known Rev War history, too. You can’t beat the price, either. Others will charge you $500+ for what we do for darn near free. We’re volunteers.
The solution is to stock up now. .22 ammo is relatively cheap, and makes good trading material. You can buy 6000 rounds of .22 ammo for the cost of a simple reloading outfit.
Not that I disparage reloading, but the cost of a primer is more than the cost of a .22 cartridge.
I have reloaded many thousands of rounds of ammunition over the last 50 years, but it is very hard to beat the utility and cost of .22 ammunition.
I like the Rossi Matched Pairs. I have a youth sized .22LR/.410 that I got for the grand kids to shoot at the farm and a full sized .223/20 gauge. Only takes a few seconds to switch barrels. Very affordable and pretty darned accurate.
I got a neat Remington bottom eject semi auto .22 which breaks in two. It was manufactured in April of 1927. Price was an awesome $0. It shoots, but it needs a parts kit, it’s kinda worn since these were often arcade guns. The fact you can put it in a back pack kicks butt though.
I would love a refurbed nylon. What does one cost?
Yep. I’d much rather rely on a solid .22LR semi-automatic and keep my Bushmaster chambered for 5.56mm.
Agreed! You can buy a crapload of .22 compared to what it would cost to reload even using pulldown powder, bullets, primers and pick-up brass. I have rvow.com do my .223 for $.08 rd, cleaned, sized, trimmed, primed and sealed. I still have to buy bullets at $90 per 1k and pulldown powder for $90 per 8lbs. If someone knows cheaper, let me know.
I have a Ruger Olympic tricked out as a tack driver, and it seems that the .22 is just a naturally messy round, if you don’t clean the heck out of it after every 100-200 rounds it starts stovepiping rounds frequently...
I`ve always thought that Nylon 66 is the best .22 ever
made.The gun has always fired for me except for about
twice in the 35 or so years I`ve owned it
Read somewhere its the favorite gun of Eskimos,it will
work in pretty bad conditions
“Stingers are ok, but now I prefer the Velocitors.”
Aguila .22 LR Super Maximum 30-gr. HP have been my choice, but the Velocitors look interesting...will have to try ‘em.
With the Aquila after several hundred rounds, I have not had a misfire, from either my 10/22 or my Ruger Mark I.
Simply put, you generally aim a rifle and point a shotgun.
Melissa, come to an Appleseed. We have an excellent cadre in GA and they’ll probably let you use a loaner rifle. See my tagline or PM if you have
You don’t need HP for rabbit or any other small game.
I put down cows with a .22 solid, it’ll put down small game and they don’t run it you hit anywhere in the vitals.
Go to the link in my tagline and look at some of the AAR pictures on the forum. We shoot in ALL conditions. You really learn how good your equipment is.
I don’t disagree with the choices but I am somewhat taken aback by the uniform choice of semi autos. They are hard to maintain in a shtf scenario whereas a straight single shot can, to a large extent, be repaired with a file, a hammer, a hacksaw and a junked car for raw materials.
I will also add that those of us who have straight single shot center fire or muzzle loading rifles will be shooting black powder for years after those who are using store bought ammo have run out of stores. Guaranteed.
A single shot .308, IIRC, will accurately shoot .312 round ball ( at slow speeds as well as higher speeds) and the round ball weighs, IIRC, 45 grns. Sound familiar?
Ammo might be become so valuable in the SHTF scenario that acquisition of a 50 round box of 22lr might involve a substantial amount of food or medicine and perhaps some recreation time with your wife or girlfriend. Selco deals a bit with the latter on his blog and it was not unknown in his area.
So, choose carefully. Keep in good repair a good, serviceable center fire non repeating single shot rifle at all times.
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