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Started Independence Day early Saturday with my son. It was rimfire day. He brought his Ruger SR22 (nice little pistol) and, of course his 16 year old Henry youth model with a Japanese Tasco 4X. Perfect pairing. I brought my new Ruger 10/22 Target (all stock except for a Kidd drop in trigger kit) and my decades old Ruger Mark II with an ultra dot that is nearly as old as the pistol. We got there at 7 AM. Had the range to ourselves.
Above are my Rugers. That Mark II has had tens of thousands of rounds through it. I used to have the red dot on my White .451 Whitetail Hunter (bad, bad deer medicine) but my old eyes don’t see a crisp dot anymore without my glasses so back on the Mark II it went. For our shooting I didn’t set the scope on the 10/22 higher than 4X. Gotta play fair.

This is the Mark II at 25 rested yards. 10 shots
This is the Henry Youth at 25 rested yards. 10 shots
This is the Henry Youth at 50 rested yards. 10 shots
This is the 10/22 at 50 rested yards. 10 shots. We surely shot more than 40 rounds that Saturday with three hours of range time to ourselves, but I don’t want to post a hundred pics. These are the picks of the litter. I do know that young’un still loves that little Henry he got for his 10th Christmas - and boy can he shoot it. Actually he can shoot anything he gets his hands on. I’ve seen him pop a carpenter bee out of the air with a pellet gun. Anyway - we had a great morning and bunch of fun with a couple of rim fire rifles and pistols. It was a great start to the 4th of July.

Wow! Great shooting. The Rugers were in the game... And the Henry held it's own. Nothing like a day at the range with your kids.

Excellent shooting and happy that you and your son got some gunpowder aroma therapy time in.

congrats on taking the time and making the effort to build memories that you both will treasure from now on .... impressive patterns out of all your 22's

That is some impressive work. Congrats to you both. Hang on to that Ruger MKII for sure. I personally think it was the best of the entire Mark series and a lot of Ruger Mark fans think so, too. That Comp slab side was the best of the best.