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Forest and Stream, vol 91, No. 9, Sep 1921, pages 404, 410
144843 Fun with the Twenty-Two 144844
This handy little rifle lends itself to diversified shooting better than any other type of firearm
by C. S. Landis
TO obtain the greatest amount of enjoyment out of any arm, it is necessary to use it in different ways or else in time one type of shooting will be likely to become monotonous for anyone excepting the died-inthe-wool gun crank. A .22 calibre rifle lends itself better to a diversified type of shooting than any other type of rifled firearm. This is so because it can be used almost anywhere, the ammunition is cheap and it can be used quite frequently without the expense becoming a serious consideration.
We have four principle uses for the .22: Slow fire shooting at paper targets; rapid fire shooting at paper targets; target shooting at natural targets, and for hunting. The last three methods of using a .22 are by far the most sport. While a large amount of game snooting with a .22 will not be possible, to a certain proportion of the readers of this magazine, yet they will have very little trouble to secure all of the practice they desire at paper targets or at natural objects.
Rapid fire shooting at paper or natural targets is one of the very best possible practices for hunting, and it is by any odds the most enjoyable form of small bore rifle target shooting. Many people think of rapid fire work as being a waste of ammunition because this form of shooting is regulated so that the rate of firing is too fast and the marks are so large that no particular skill is required to obtain high" scores.
By shooting rapid fire at the slow fire targets, placing a time limit upon each ten shots, we add a great deal of interest to the game. Tha time limit should be made short enough so that it will require good fast work on the part of the shooter to enable him to manipulate the arm and fire ten shots with aim. When a high score is obtained under these circumstances, the shooter feels that he has accomplished much more than if they were made in an unlimited amount of time. In addition to this, a mastery of the arm is acquired that will never be obtained in slow fire work.
In rapid fire shooting, especially with a single shot rifle, the shooter who is not accustomed to this kind of shooting usually becomes excited and spends most of his time in fumbling with the cartridges and loading the arm, and as a result he has very little time left for aiming, and consequently he takes snap shots at the target. The resulting score is usually quite disappointing.
The way to make good scores is to have the cartridges counted out in a pile or stuck in a loading block, and to manipulate the action like a flash, so that all of the time possible may be spent in aiming and pulling each shot. In shooting a single shot rifle, the shooter should get into position and fire the first five shots in about one minute and five seconds, and the last five in fifty seconds.
With a repeater he should allow thirty-five seconds for securing the position and firing the first five shots, and possibly for reloading the magazine, if that is necessary. This allows twenty seconds for the remaining five shots and an additional safety factor of five seconds. It pays to have these five seconds left to take care of the time necessary to make up for a slipping elbow, a poor aim, a defective cartridge, a miss-fire, or a difference of calling time. If full advantage is taken of the time limit, the rapid fire scores will frequently be almost as good as slow fire scores at the same range and target. This is especially true if the rifle has a good even trigger pull and is fitted with proper sights.
The accompanying 25-yard rapid fire score that was made on a rather poorly lighted indoor range will give an idea of what can be expected without much preliminary practice. They were made with a single shot rifle firing ten shots in two minutes or less. The best average scores will always be obtained by having but one target up at a time,because in this manner the marksman is compelled to distinguish between different targets, which takes time, especially if the light is poor and the targets are close together.
Game Shooting
GAME shooting with the .22 is not by any means restricted to the season for so-called legal game. Most people will have more sport in the summer or winter with the .22 than in actual game shooting in the fall. There is always something to shoot at, no matter whether one is just scouting around through the woods, is on a fishing or camping trip, or is out for the one purpose of obtaining a "little rifle field shooting. In many sections of the country woodchucks or ground hogs are plentiful enough to furnish splendid sport. A .22, when loaded with the hollow point cartridges, will surely do business on 'chucks at reasonable ranges, providing, of course, they are struck in the front half of the body. At fifty to seventy-five yards this is by no means difficult. There are always some crows or hawks and usually a few red squirrels to shoot at. In addition to this, every stream presents dozens of the most enticing marks in the form of stones, stumps or rocks along its course. There are also frogs, kingfishers, the ever-present water snakes and the like to take a shot at. Just think of the hundreds of good shots that you have missed on fishing and camping trips because you did not take a .22 with you.
The .22 hollow point will surely anchor small stuff right where it is hit. It will give a hole the size of a quarter to a half dollar in a 'chuck, and one the size of a nickel in a squirrel, and will usually take the head right off a snake or frog. Marauding house cats will wilt promptly and without any noise when properly hit with a hollow point.
Quite a number of shooters imagine that the hollow point bullets are not very accurate and are not much more deadly than the regular solid bullets. This is a mistaken idea. The .22 hollow point cartridge, when loaded to give high velocity like the N. R. A. outdoor ammunition, as is the case with several makes, will kill about as well as a .25-20 rifle. A fifty-shot group is shown herewith that scored 960 points ouf of 1,000 on a one-inch bullseye at fifty yards. This is an average of 96 per cent. It is only about 2 per cent. less than the average made at 50 yards by the All American Team in the last Small Bore Match, where it was only necessary for them to maintain an average for twenty shots per man and in which the best shots at the National Matches were entered. It is needless to say that they had the most accurate rifles and ammunition that they could obtain. These targets were shot from the prone position, without rest and by using peep sights.
The .22 hollow point will shoot just as well for you if you will try two or three makes of ammunition to see which does the most accurate work in your rifle. When ammunition shoots like this and makes a one-half to one inch hole in an animal as large and as tough as a 'chuck we can be sure that it will kill anything from a dog down to a sparrow. It is sufficiently accurate so that the shooter can place his shots where he wants them, and the noise is not loud enough to arouse everyone within a half mile or so of the shooter. That is one of the pleasures of using the .22. It is possible to obtain a large amount of practice almost anywhere without worrying about annoying others. There is just one thing to watch for and that is that a .22 bullet will carry over half a mile and will penetrate an inch pine board at half this distance. It is, therefore, necessary to consider where the bullet will stop before shooting. A large caliber revolver is practically useless on the average camping trip, but a .22 rifle is almost as useful as the cooking untensils. It is also necessary to keep it clean.
The time of the year is here when the outdoors appear to be regulated for the benefit of the chap who likes to get out in the country. Don't forget to take a .22 along.
Forest and Stream, vol 91, No. 9, Sep 1921, pages 404, 410
144843 Fun with the Twenty-Two 144844
This handy little rifle lends itself to diversified shooting better than any other type of firearm
by C. S. Landis
TO obtain the greatest amount of enjoyment out of any arm, it is necessary to use it in different ways or else in time one type of shooting will be likely to become monotonous for anyone excepting the died-inthe-wool gun crank. A .22 calibre rifle lends itself better to a diversified type of shooting than any other type of rifled firearm. This is so because it can be used almost anywhere, the ammunition is cheap and it can be used quite frequently without the expense becoming a serious consideration.
We have four principle uses for the .22: Slow fire shooting at paper targets; rapid fire shooting at paper targets; target shooting at natural targets, and for hunting. The last three methods of using a .22 are by far the most sport. While a large amount of game snooting with a .22 will not be possible, to a certain proportion of the readers of this magazine, yet they will have very little trouble to secure all of the practice they desire at paper targets or at natural objects.
Rapid fire shooting at paper or natural targets is one of the very best possible practices for hunting, and it is by any odds the most enjoyable form of small bore rifle target shooting. Many people think of rapid fire work as being a waste of ammunition because this form of shooting is regulated so that the rate of firing is too fast and the marks are so large that no particular skill is required to obtain high" scores.
By shooting rapid fire at the slow fire targets, placing a time limit upon each ten shots, we add a great deal of interest to the game. Tha time limit should be made short enough so that it will require good fast work on the part of the shooter to enable him to manipulate the arm and fire ten shots with aim. When a high score is obtained under these circumstances, the shooter feels that he has accomplished much more than if they were made in an unlimited amount of time. In addition to this, a mastery of the arm is acquired that will never be obtained in slow fire work.
In rapid fire shooting, especially with a single shot rifle, the shooter who is not accustomed to this kind of shooting usually becomes excited and spends most of his time in fumbling with the cartridges and loading the arm, and as a result he has very little time left for aiming, and consequently he takes snap shots at the target. The resulting score is usually quite disappointing.
The way to make good scores is to have the cartridges counted out in a pile or stuck in a loading block, and to manipulate the action like a flash, so that all of the time possible may be spent in aiming and pulling each shot. In shooting a single shot rifle, the shooter should get into position and fire the first five shots in about one minute and five seconds, and the last five in fifty seconds.
With a repeater he should allow thirty-five seconds for securing the position and firing the first five shots, and possibly for reloading the magazine, if that is necessary. This allows twenty seconds for the remaining five shots and an additional safety factor of five seconds. It pays to have these five seconds left to take care of the time necessary to make up for a slipping elbow, a poor aim, a defective cartridge, a miss-fire, or a difference of calling time. If full advantage is taken of the time limit, the rapid fire scores will frequently be almost as good as slow fire scores at the same range and target. This is especially true if the rifle has a good even trigger pull and is fitted with proper sights.
The accompanying 25-yard rapid fire score that was made on a rather poorly lighted indoor range will give an idea of what can be expected without much preliminary practice. They were made with a single shot rifle firing ten shots in two minutes or less. The best average scores will always be obtained by having but one target up at a time,because in this manner the marksman is compelled to distinguish between different targets, which takes time, especially if the light is poor and the targets are close together.
Game Shooting
GAME shooting with the .22 is not by any means restricted to the season for so-called legal game. Most people will have more sport in the summer or winter with the .22 than in actual game shooting in the fall. There is always something to shoot at, no matter whether one is just scouting around through the woods, is on a fishing or camping trip, or is out for the one purpose of obtaining a "little rifle field shooting. In many sections of the country woodchucks or ground hogs are plentiful enough to furnish splendid sport. A .22, when loaded with the hollow point cartridges, will surely do business on 'chucks at reasonable ranges, providing, of course, they are struck in the front half of the body. At fifty to seventy-five yards this is by no means difficult. There are always some crows or hawks and usually a few red squirrels to shoot at. In addition to this, every stream presents dozens of the most enticing marks in the form of stones, stumps or rocks along its course. There are also frogs, kingfishers, the ever-present water snakes and the like to take a shot at. Just think of the hundreds of good shots that you have missed on fishing and camping trips because you did not take a .22 with you.
The .22 hollow point will surely anchor small stuff right where it is hit. It will give a hole the size of a quarter to a half dollar in a 'chuck, and one the size of a nickel in a squirrel, and will usually take the head right off a snake or frog. Marauding house cats will wilt promptly and without any noise when properly hit with a hollow point.
Quite a number of shooters imagine that the hollow point bullets are not very accurate and are not much more deadly than the regular solid bullets. This is a mistaken idea. The .22 hollow point cartridge, when loaded to give high velocity like the N. R. A. outdoor ammunition, as is the case with several makes, will kill about as well as a .25-20 rifle. A fifty-shot group is shown herewith that scored 960 points ouf of 1,000 on a one-inch bullseye at fifty yards. This is an average of 96 per cent. It is only about 2 per cent. less than the average made at 50 yards by the All American Team in the last Small Bore Match, where it was only necessary for them to maintain an average for twenty shots per man and in which the best shots at the National Matches were entered. It is needless to say that they had the most accurate rifles and ammunition that they could obtain. These targets were shot from the prone position, without rest and by using peep sights.
The .22 hollow point will shoot just as well for you if you will try two or three makes of ammunition to see which does the most accurate work in your rifle. When ammunition shoots like this and makes a one-half to one inch hole in an animal as large and as tough as a 'chuck we can be sure that it will kill anything from a dog down to a sparrow. It is sufficiently accurate so that the shooter can place his shots where he wants them, and the noise is not loud enough to arouse everyone within a half mile or so of the shooter. That is one of the pleasures of using the .22. It is possible to obtain a large amount of practice almost anywhere without worrying about annoying others. There is just one thing to watch for and that is that a .22 bullet will carry over half a mile and will penetrate an inch pine board at half this distance. It is, therefore, necessary to consider where the bullet will stop before shooting. A large caliber revolver is practically useless on the average camping trip, but a .22 rifle is almost as useful as the cooking untensils. It is also necessary to keep it clean.
The time of the year is here when the outdoors appear to be regulated for the benefit of the chap who likes to get out in the country. Don't forget to take a .22 along.