Do you get bored shooting .22s?

[Gman]

.22LR is my most affordable caliber to shoot, so I love it. The P22 always seems to make it into the range bag.

[Jim B]

Wouldn't that be about as boring as shooting "larger calibers" at 100 yards?

Which might make it interesting (shooting at 100 yards). I said shooting a .22 at 50 is boring. I don't know how interesting it is to shoot .22 at 100; I've never done it.

Like Ray1970 said, more noise and recoil makes it more fun.

[Tim K]

Nope, never bored. Anything you're doing wrong is amplified when you're shooting .22 so precision .22 work can be a downright challenge.

All true. I'd go a step farther and say .22s are harder to shoot than centerfire. The bullet is in the barrel so long it gives you lots of opportunity to screw it up. Master the .22 and you'll be a hero with your centerfire bolt gun.

Bring your .22 to one of the local .22 precision matches. Shooting a tiny target at 150 yards in wind in anything but boring.

[Jim B]

A buddy of mine got out to 400 yards with his .22 consistently.

That would definitely be a challenge. What size groups does he shoot at 400?

[ChunkyMonkey]

Between the adventure of finding good .22 ammo and knee deep snow in my fav range.. Hell no


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[rbeau30]

That would definitely be a challenge. What size groups does he shoot at 400?

He was shooting at a steel target. He has since moved to AK. Sad days :-(
spongejosh can vouch for the .22 awesomeness. :-D


Video was soon after he got the rifle.


PLUS, nothing like taking my Single-six out. 100 yards offhand consistently hitting people-sized silhouette. I am going to sell my AR-7 Survival rifle and replace it with my Ruger single six for bug out gear.

[hatidua]

numbers will be rifle/ammo dependent but this is a good starting point out to 300:

[Punkface]

Shooting my mp 15-22 out to 600 yards is some real fun. Granted I don't make many hits but thats part of the fun.

[kidicarus13]

With what I miss in .22 recoil and noise I make up for in shear volume of ammo downrange.

[Snowman78]

All true. I'd go a step farther and say .22s are harder to shoot than centerfire. The bullet is in the barrel so long it gives you lots of opportunity to screw it up. Master the .22 and you'll be a hero with your centerfire bolt gun.

Bring your .22 to one of the local .22 precision matches. Shooting a tiny target at 150 yards in wind in anything but boring.

+1 I love my 22, this is the match I try to never miss:

https://www.ar-15.co/threads/110137-...y-of-the-month