.22 ammo

[Mike]

Some of us old geezers remember when .22 shorts were $0.17, longs were $0.20 and long-rifles were $0.25, back in the 1950s or so.

Jim

I remember those days and .22 Shorts are what I look for now, much harder to find than .22 LR. Shoot sharp, Mike

[Kurt]

Even a 12 year old kid could petal his bike to town and ask Ray at the Gamble Store for a box of shorts and ask him if he needed the back room cleaned out or boxes to cut up and he would give you two boxes

[Mike]

Even a 12 year old kid could petal his bike to town and ask Ray at the Gamble Store for a box of shorts and ask him if he needed the back room cleaned out or boxes to cut up and he would give you two boxes

Yes and today even BB's are under lock and key, sold only to adults.

[Mike]

And the hardware store where I was a boy always had an open box of .22 LR under the counter for folks who couldn't afford a whole box. If you wanted just a nickel's worth of .22s, maybe 10 of them, they'd sell 'em to you.

[Kurt]

Had a little range time today working some more with the .22 CPA getting ready for a indoor .22 tournament. I shot the first one last Wednesday. Not knowing what their discipline was, targets, off hand or sights so I just showed up with the tang sight figuring it would be good enough even if most shot scopes. Man what a mistake that was. The target was a .22 bench rest target that has a 3/32" 10 ring and a 4 ring 1 7/8" diameter 1/4" thick. I could just see it looking over the top of the sights but lost it completely through the apertures. I did not finish. No use shooting where you thing the target might be
Well I put the DZ scope on the rifle and got it tuned in using the New Norma 22-match ammo. Man does that shoot in the CPA with the Douglas barrel. But as usual Henry the Gremlin took one shot as usual. The trigger on the CPA is something else!!
Below is the target they shoot at. One shot on each target with two sighter shots. The match is 20 for score. It's a fun match.
I'm ready to go this Wednesday night

[Don McDowell]

Kurt what distance do they shoot that match?

[Kurt]

Don.

It's close. Just 25 yards with just a front rest no grounding on the rear.
The vertical you see I could see through the scope with the pulse jumping. I could see the high jump if I didn't wait to break the shot after the jump. But it's still fun. Lights are not the best inside but when it's been as cold as it has been sure beats shooting outside.

[Don McDowell]

25 yds is still pretty good to consistently whack that little x ring.

[Kurt]

The high hits @ 12 are caused by my pulse jumping the cross hairs on the scope. I never noticed this going on till I saw it at this close range. When the shots broke I saw the cross hairs at 12 if I didn't break the shot between heart beats. I wonder just how much vertical I would have at 1000 if that shot broke when the pulse jumped the rifle?

[Don McDowell]

Well I think that's part of the gain we get from shooting the 22's is learning to control some of the little things that may not seem like much, but really throw a curve into things.