My idea of a rifle would be a nice heavy wood stock with a long bull barrel: in 22LR.
My idea of a rifle would be a nice heavy wood stock with a long bull barrel: in 22LR.
Are you going to trust a .22 LR during the Zombie Apocalypse ??? Get real, man !
Get an AR, and you'll be issued a Platinum Man-Card .... guaranteed !
I enjoy shooting .22lr as much as anyone but I don't think I have ever met anyone with so much dedication to it as doddg. Doddg if you want a great shooting .22 rifle get yourself a CZ 457 training rifle and throw a Nikon bdc scope on it. Dad has one set up like that and it puts 5 rnds in a group you can cover with a quarter at 50yds. We haven't tried shooting it any further yet. Seems when we take out the .22's the ladies always go and burn through the ammo. Last time we went my mom, my wife and daughter burnt through a full brick of Winchester wildcats....somehow I got to do a lot of watching and all the gun cleaning
Are you going to trust a .22 LR during the Zombie Apocalypse ??? Get real, man !
Get an AR, and you'll be issued a Platinum Man-Card .... guaranteed !
Think 'not so long' bull barrel unless it is going to be a pure benchrest rifle or it will be to nose heavy.
Go easy on the platinum level card issue MM.......
He 1st has to keep it or have multiples for Platinum status....
I enjoy shooting .22lr as much as anyone but I don't think I have ever met anyone with so much dedication to it as doddg. Doddg if you want a great shooting .22 rifle get yourself a CZ 457 training rifle and throw a Nikon bdc scope on it.
Dad has one set up like that and it puts 5 rnds in a group you can cover with a quarter at 50yds.
We haven't tried shooting it any further yet. Seems when we take out the .22's the ladies always go and burn through the ammo.
Last time we went my mom, my wife and daughter burnt through a full brick of Winchester wildcats....somehow I got to do a lot of watching and all the gun cleaning
True point. My foster Dad had multiple guns for such: I remember a pump shotgun.
My best friend in the world would always be tuning his expensive hunting rifles and optics.
I now wish I would have bought some shells and shot his just for bragging rights: he had some nice pieces, and still does.
Also, the cousins (foster parents also) had freeze-dried foods which I mentioned to the wife just yesterday in preparation of the zombies.
I have read where anything beyond 16" is losing velocity, but I do love the romance of the long barrel.
I've never really minded the "nose-heavy" gun, but not much experience with rifles.
It would be purely a "benchrest" rifle.
By the way, I'm still looking forward to getting with you before the snows come!
You have stepped it up in the .22LR department and I look forward to your tutorage in that.
I knew someone would join in with that comment! Well done!
By the way, I love reading your comments about your grandkids!
You are a great example of being a part of their lives.
One of my biggest regrets in life is mine living 425 miles away.
It's just a matter of experience or lack thereof.
I just don't want to open too many cans of worms, or in this case: ammo.
I get a focus, and wear it out, then move on.
Your CZ 457 recommendation is one that a friend has told me about for months, and I'm just holding off with retirement upon me.
I want to shoot someone's first. The days of me buying and shooting and selling are over.
I tire of it. Been there, done that, and enjoyed it. Lately, I have a list of guns (including rifles) that I have not bought.
I have not been perfect, and if the deal is right, will still buy something, but I'm trying to change my "m.o."
I was just pmming last night with a member here with something to sell that I would like to have, updating something I already have.
Should I limit myself to the "training" rifle, or was that just an example?
Before I would buy, I'd run it buy someone who knows "everything .22LR," which is something I've been doing to keep from buying .22LRs rifles that I'd just have to sell and move to the next one.
Everything I've read says to spend the extra money for the CZ instead of settling for a "lessor" good solid brand, but I suspect that I don't need to spend double what I have in my Ruger 10/22 Mannlicher to achieve a little better accuracy since I won't be doing matches or just general showing off with a rifle.
I really do love it when others post their accuracy pics though, whether it be handguns or rifles: awesome.
And this is a bad thing......
doddg- let me put it this way man...for a reasonably priced .22 that shoots great, has a beautiful classic wood stock and a smooth tight action trust me you won't be disappointed with the CZ.
I have always been a lever gun guy when it comes to .22's and I enjoy my Henry and dads Browning lever action, and several years ago I bought my daughter a Mossberg 702 plinkster and it shoots good too...but it doesn't have the feel like a wood stock.
Personally I think the 1022 is over rated. Sure it is a great gun but I just can't get excited about them...ok I think they are kinda ugly