Range Report: daily plinking

[fortyshooter]

Very nice selection of 22 shooters! You plan on adding anymore for more range fun?

[Sir Henry]

Very nice selection of 22 shooters! You plan on adding anymore for more range fun?

I’m always on the lookout for a good rimfire plinker. Sometimes I plan on shooting a specific firearm and sometimes I just open the drawer and choose one.

Twenty-five years ago I was shooting mainly military 30.06, 8mm, and 303 British. Then I bought a Henry Classic and a Ruger 10/22 and the rest is history.

[fortyshooter]

Yep I started with a used Ruger NM Vaquero 45 Colt back in 2009 and then the bug bit!

[North Country Gal]

I started with 22s in 8th grade in Junior rifle club and I'm still shooting mostly 22s. Of course, along the way I became something of a recoil junkie with the big stuff, though not so much these days. Still love the 44 mag, though. It was my first centerfire handgun cartridge.

[Sir Henry]

Another day of plinking. This time the Charger Mare’s Leg at the spinners within the traps. I hit 2 out of five at 35 and 4 out of 5 at 15 yards.

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It may be an odd firearm but it’s fun to shoot and is fairly accurate offhand.

[Hatchdog]

Bet you’re appreciating that white background for your black and orange targets.

[Sir Henry]

Bet you’re appreciating that white background for your black and orange targets.

I was going to mention that. The targets are so much easier to see. Especially with my cataracts.

[Sir Henry]

Todays plinker is this low five-digit serial number 10/22. It belonged to my father-in-law and I inherited it. When he bought it in 1965 he didn’t tell his wife Alice and one day the neighbor came over and asked him how he liked his new rifle. He said Alice just glared at him and he knew he was in trouble. Later when I bought a firearm my wife, his daughter just expected it. I always thanked him for setting the precedent. It might be why I have it and not his son.

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[fortyshooter]

Fine shooting in the cold Gene and that .22 Charger is just plain cool looking!

[Vaquero]

I owned a pair of SS 10/22's, but I gave one to the son and the other to his sister.
I do have a pair of Marlin SA's now, a model 89c and a model 60.
The 89c will out shoot the 60 with me behind the trigger.

RP