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    Boolit Buddy

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    My wife and I shoot .22 in NRA bullseye pistol matches and shoot a lot in practice for those matches. We also shoot a .22 rifle for practice all year long in order to be ready for that one shot during big game hunting season. We hunt forest grouse and rabbits a lot during fall with our .22 pistols and rifles.

    I buy .22 ammo like people here that buy more lead than they need when they see a good price. My wife and I have never had to ration our .22 shooting.

    As soon as I finish posting this, I'm headed to the range with 100 rounds of .22 and my Colt woodsman to practice and have fun.

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    Comes in handy now and then.





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    Plinking and target shooting, pest control and some hunting. Im well stocked with R.F ammo. Learned from past shortages. The other day the wife and I ran a 325 count brick of fed 22's at the gun club. We had a fun day out.
    One round at a time.
    Member of the NRA,GOA and FAOC. Gun clubs Zerby rod and gun club. Keystone Fish and Game Association.

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    Mine is for shooting IHMSA silhouette. 99% of my rimfire shooting is that. When I go plinking I limit myself to 50-100 rounds. I've bought plinking ammo at a decent price. Target ammo that will hit the silhouette targets I've been gathering for the last two years.
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    I shoot more practice than match shoot but I practice to match shoot.

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    Mostly steel gongs I have set up. Occasionally a bouncing target but I have a problem with 2 labs thinking it's game on.
    Occasionally I get the urge to punch paper.

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    99.9 percent of all my 22RF usage is between handgun silhouette and squirrel hunting, heavily leaning toward silhouette.

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    22s are mainly for the kids to shoot. I'll sometimes shoot them just to make sure they are sighted in, or whatnot.

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    #1. Pure FUN!

    #2. Business as a WCO, used with an outback suppressor

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    In addition to shooting for pleasure, I also accumulate them. Another one just had to follow me home today.

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    When I was young I wouldn’t dare waste any ammo.(or couldn’t afford to)
    Now I just plink away and shoot groups saying things like I woulda done alright today.
    Or ghee the rabbits must have been bigger and stood out more.
    Maybe my long paces were a lot shorter than I thought.
    Or my eyes aren’t clearly calibrated as they were when I was a kid and my stance and nerves was steadier.
    Ha

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    Pigs don’t care for my .22’s. Varmints likewise.

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    Mostly casual target shooting and Rimfire Steel Challenge Matches for the fun of competition. I get my semi auto and revolver once or twice a year.
    Ammo is expensive up here now. Gone are the days of claiming .22lr was cheap to shoot. I can reload my cast 9MM and 38spl cheaper than what .22lr ammo costs these days. Most of my plinking now takes place with a GP-100 and an 1858 Remington repo BP in 44.

    Take Care

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    Boolit Mold
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    Shooting paper for accuracy, and plinking.

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    Informal target shooting in a dedicated Kimber conversion and an S&W 17-2. Plinking in a much modified Rem 513T. Have a good stock on hand and will restock when prices aren't so crazy.

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    Small bore sillhouette practice and on line 50yd offhand matches.

    Have a Vodoo on order. Wil be doing some Nrl22 soon

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    Rattlers and such.

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    ventilating soda cans, scrambling eggs off golf tees, making 12 gauge spinners, very usefull for tearing up paper targets and other annoying targets of oppourtunity.

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    Back when I was a kid, shooting squirrels and rabbits like many others. Now punching paper with my grandson.

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    Plinking at empty shot shells lying around in rock pits and landings.

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
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