Topic: You guys who like to shoot .22 and might be bored (Read 916 times)

imschur · « **on:** January 22, 2012, 07:09:25 PM »

My 22 site's forum tactical22.net has seen a drop off of posts. Feel free to join up and give the site a shot in the arm.

unforgiven · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2012, 09:42:34 PM »

Swung over to say hi bro.

planeflyer21 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2012, 04:31:29 AM »

Us .22 shooters are a funny bunch.

Almost to a person, we started shooting with them and then moved up to "serious calibers" and "serious guns", only to rediscover that .22s are what it is all about...fun, family, friends, shooting, and skills!

I've had numerous students take classes with their "proper" guns, shoot .22s with the non-owner students, then go out and buy a new .22 in a couple of weeks.

Don't lose the mystery!

Jon

edgecrusher · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2012, 09:39:38 AM »

i won't lie, i love my gsg5.

the only gun i would want the option of full auto

unforgiven · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2012, 02:51:29 PM »

Well said brother Jon,gotta walk before you can run.Skills can be developed for less cost than centerfire.I think suppressor would be common with 5.56 is that correct?If so than 22LR pistol,rifle,and 5.56 could share same can with threaded barrles.

blue109 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2012, 03:42:07 PM »

i have a 22 conversion bolt for my AR and use it more than the regular BCG lol.

planeflyer21 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2012, 05:55:48 PM »

Why don't you bring that over to Marana, Blue109?

We can test it out on my new tumbler targets when they get here!

Jon

Dusty44 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 07, 2012, 03:10:42 PM »

Added tactical22.net to my reading list.

Ammo feed thread for the 22LR: My 10/22 had a lot of feed problems until I washed/seasoned the whole thing with Mobil One Full Synthetic & Kroil oil. No problems since with any ammo. And fewer misfires.

If anyone reading this knows of, or ever hears of, an aftermarket bolt for the 10/22 that has (a) double impact firing pin(s), please post an advisory. All 22LR misfires work the second time when rotated any at all in this rifle. (I just toss them back into the magazine and run all the misfires again together at the end of the shooting session; it has worked fine.)

For comparison, my overage Hi-Standard Model HB would fire most rounds of most brands of 22 LR when I first acquired it; now I get a high percentage of misfires and many of those can stand being tried several times so there are as many as a half-dozen dents around the rims of some FTF cartridges. This little pistol has had a minor rebuild by a good gunsmith. I would think that the spec springs are not up to contemporary ammo. I keep it for sentiment: it is the first gun I ever owned (bought very used).

planeflyer21 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 07, 2012, 04:15:43 PM »

Dusty, does that work with the Remington Golden Duds?

I quite buying them, was having 20% failure rate, regardless of the gun.

Jon

Dusty44 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 08, 2012, 12:04:03 PM »

I lost all track of what I was actually stuffing in the 10/22.

The bricks are mostly Winchester (?) in a whitish box or whatever else I came/come across that appears to be on sale. There are a half-dozen or more brands floating around in my ammo storage in bullet styles of 36 and 40 grains, round nose and HP, many velocity ratings. My best groups, about an inch (or maybe a bit less) at 50 yds, are with "Winchester Super X round nose 1300 FPS." Early-on with the 10/22 I was getting FTF rates of one in ten or 12-14/100. Almost all of these fired the second time around. My best recollection of the last time I took the 10/22 to the range was of one to three FTF's all day.

The pistol still has a one in three to one in five FTF rate and there is little gain in running these through a second time. They usually do fire if put into the rifle the second time.

If you are experiencing a lot of FTF in 22LR, I can only suggest to use your best judgement and maybe try running them through a second or even third time. Maybe I am just not sufficiently afraid of the little 22's when they misfire?

These days I am shooting from a bench and I eject the FTF's onto the bench top. I consider that they are constructed differently from big centerfire primed cartridges and would fire if there was primer compound in the fold of metal. They get a 10-20 second delay and then a second chance to ignite from the shock of bouncing on the wood bench if they are hanging fire, but there has never been a delayed ignition in my shooting of 22LR. I have been cut up and bleeding way too often when working on machinery and the machinery was coated with unhealthy crud and the attitude all around was 'get the work done.' I am wearing safety glasses when shooting and if it ever comes down to that, can pull brass fragments out of my skin and deal with minor burns. I get much more concerned about misfires with centerfire cartridges, but so far have only experienced one of those once or twice and too long ago to really remember. Except-- One Fail to Fire in 308, with a dimple in the primer, turned out that the primer did fire-- there was no powder in the case. A bullet design that I do not use for reloading so it was a factory round. I still do recall giving that one a lot of time and care even when I finally pulled the bullet to see what I could see.

I may have some Remington 22LR brick ammo down in and under the ammo supply. Maybe that was what was giving me the most problems. My ammo came mostly from Wal-Mart on sale back when and I am aware that the local Wal-Marts cull merchandise that customers do not like or otherwise experience problems with. So now I still pick up some ammo at Wal-Mart because it usually is cheaper there for the same brands. Wal-Mart has usually been sold out of everything since Mr Obama began his tour. My other sources have been CTD and Cabela's when I had reason to go near where they are in Ft Worth. Now I have both and some more much too close at hand for my wallet to ever feel comfortable.

Oz · « **Reply #10 on:** February 08, 2012, 01:10:45 PM »

I joined. And posted pics of my dedicated AR-15 in .22 from LAR Grizzly. Looks like a pretty cool group.

Oz

planeflyer21 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 08, 2012, 03:13:27 PM »

I won't buy the Winchester .22LR either.

Had a student with some get a case head blown out. I carefully examined all the other cases and the one that blew out, and one other had tiny nicks (maybe .008") on the rim, same shape exactly.

Contacted Olin with the lot information, photos, etc., no reply back. I've since talked with others that had the exact same thing happen.

Jon

edgecrusher · « **Reply #12 on:** February 08, 2012, 03:15:18 PM »

i have good luck with federal champion high velocity and cci mini mags

planeflyer21 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 08, 2012, 03:16:21 PM »

Quote from: edgecrusher on February 08, 2012, 03:15:18 PM

i have good luck with federal champion high velocity and cci mini mags

+1!

Jon

moagm316 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 08, 2012, 06:07:21 PM »

I have a .22 converison bolt for my AR15 and it works absolutely flawlessly. It eats everything.

I am also in the process of building a top notch cutom 10/22. I will be using a Power Custom Grand Master Titanium Actikon Kit, Titanium Extractor, and competition sear.