Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Urban legend or actual fact, I donna know, but some years back it was said in hunting circles that some young fellow ( 11 YO)? shot and killed a grizzly bear, in Alaska. He shot it in the ear with a .22 caliber rifle, according to the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Urban legend or actual fact... See here: https://www.ammoland.com/2017/06/bella-twin-the-22-used-to-take-the-1953-world-record-grizzly-and-more/#axzz6eZLUZYzm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I agree J Bar. I enjoyed my afternoon (yesterday & today) shooting, although today, I focused more on some center fire pistols. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I spent my last 13 years working as a field Parole Agent supervising nothing but sex offenders and felons so violent they were on GPS tracking. I told women afraid of shooting anything larger than a .22 to empty the magazine into the goblin's belly button or groin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Like many of you I got my start with firearms shooting a .22 as a teenager. Once I became an adult I moved on to centerfire firearms, and for awhile had all but stopped shooting any of my .22s. Then in more recent years I started to appreciate the low cost and ease of shooting .22s, and my collection of guns slowly grew. Here in 2020 I'm shooting my .22s almost exclusively, since ammo can still be found on occasion. For me though it's purely a recreational cartridge. I don't hunt and I see no need to rely on it for self defense with so many better options out there. But sometimes I'll suggest it to people with physical or age constraints, since a .22 they can actually shoot is a lot better than a 9mm they can't. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 One of my grandfathers only killed one deer in his life and that was a doe, through the heart at I couldn’t imagine more than 50 yards ( his woods were thick) with a Marlin model 60. He would dispatch hogs to the back of the head with a 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 22 Long Rifle Fun Fun Fun Great teaching caliber Effective for small game hunting Cheap plinking Pretty affordable Kid friendly Hooks new shooters Fairly quiet 10 shot revolver available from Ruger Widdermatic Fun Fun Fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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