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22 is my favorite caliber
Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
Just got back from a morning of squirrel hunting with the CZ452. Got two grays this morning. So today my favorite .22 would be the CZ. That may change tomorrow!
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Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
I find that my .22 cal is great for getting the rodents out of the barn, we have a lot of 13 lineback squirrels that dig holes everywhere and get into the feed etc. So I go hunting in the barn. I have been using my Ruger mark 111 with a redot that seems to work very well. Yes one of favorite calibers.
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- Shawlerbrook
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Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
The 22 rf is the Swiss Army knife of cartridges. My scoped Remington 581, that was my first real gun at 14 yo and my Henry H001 are my favorites.
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Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
Very cool description of the .22 cartridge, Shawlerbrook.
I like both that caliber shooting out of my SGC, and love my SAKs, too!
I like both that caliber shooting out of my SGC, and love my SAKs, too!
Shawlerbrook wrote:The 22 rf is the Swiss Army knife of cartridges.
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Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
A careful shopper can still turn up a classic .22 for 100 bucks. And they almost all shoot accurately with the right ammo.
Doesn't seem like too may years ago, you could do that for 40 bucks. But still, anything that goes bang is worth 100 bucks, isn't it? :- )
Doesn't seem like too may years ago, you could do that for 40 bucks. But still, anything that goes bang is worth 100 bucks, isn't it? :- )
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- steelersfan97
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Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
What kind of 25-20 do you have?
Blackdog wrote:I really like my .22s, but I have a 25-20 that gets a lot of my attention. It shoots like a .22 magnum, has about the same recoil. Is reloadable and best of all it fits me well.
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H006M, H015-223
Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
I have a "new" Marlin 1894 with a 23" barrel and a short magazine tube. It fits me well, I added a Cabelas cheek piece, Williams peep sight and reload with LilGun.
I used if for a couple of years in Lever Action Silhouette, but reloading components are getting hard to find...Speer stop making the 75gr FN bullet, the only jackets bullet left is the Hornady 60gr. So, I'm using a Henry .22 Magnum for silhouette now.
This fall I'll add a scope and begin testing the 60gr bullets - and I may use it again, but I really like the .22 Magnum and the 45gr Critical Defense round.
Michael
I used if for a couple of years in Lever Action Silhouette, but reloading components are getting hard to find...Speer stop making the 75gr FN bullet, the only jackets bullet left is the Hornady 60gr. So, I'm using a Henry .22 Magnum for silhouette now.
This fall I'll add a scope and begin testing the 60gr bullets - and I may use it again, but I really like the .22 Magnum and the 45gr Critical Defense round.
Michael
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- steelersfan97
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Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
Nice set-up. I would like to get a lever action in 25-20 or 32-20. I watch the Gunbroker site for them occasionally, but I am leery of buying such old rifles without being able to handle them.
Blackdog wrote:I have a "new" Marlin 1894 with a 23" barrel and a short magazine tube. It fits me well, I added a Cabelas cheek piece, Williams peep sight and reload with LilGun.
I used if for a couple of years in Lever Action Silhouette, but reloading components are getting hard to find...Speer stop making the 75gr FN bullet, the only jackets bullet left is the Hornady 60gr. So, I'm using a Henry .22 Magnum for silhouette now.
This fall I'll add a scope and begin testing the 60gr bullets - and I may use it again, but I really like the .22 Magnum and the 45gr Critical Defense round.
Michael
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H006M, H015-223
Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
steelersfan97 wrote:Nice set-up. I would like to get a lever action in 25-20 or 32-20. I watch the Gunbroker site for them occasionally, but I am leery of buying such old rifles without being able to handle them.
Blackdog wrote:I have a "new" Marlin 1894 with a 23" barrel and a short magazine tube. It fits me well, I added a Cabelas cheek piece, Williams peep sight and reload with LilGun.
I used if for a couple of years in Lever Action Silhouette, but reloading components are getting hard to find...Speer stop making the 75gr FN bullet, the only jackets bullet left is the Hornady 60gr. So, I'm using a Henry .22 Magnum for silhouette now.
This fall I'll add a scope and begin testing the 60gr bullets - and I may use it again, but I really like the .22 Magnum and the 45gr Critical Defense round.
Michael
There is a similar style 32-20 on Marlin Owners. These little rifles are expensive - I think I paid $1200. The 32-20 is, I think, $900.
Between the two I'd go for .32-20 over .25-20; Brass and bullets are much easier to find. And there almost difference in accuracy.
Michael
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Re: 22 is my favorite caliber
Another caliber I wish Henry would chamber in a lever gun 32-20 I would buy one in a heart beat.
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H001T .22LR
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H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55