Sun, Mar 4, 2007, 12:26am (EST+5) snipped-for-privacy@ameritech.net (Unquestionably=A0Confused) doth sayeth: As for JOAT and his high falutin' Super-X... Well, sure you can spend more but even today (and I just just checked) I can buy Remington Thunderbolt .22 LR for $1.19 a box at Farm & Fleet. That's regular price. Even buying 10 boxes to make a brick that's only $11.90 and I know they're cheaper when sold as a brick. I don't recall them being as cheap in the early to mid-60's as JOAT does. But you're right, JOAT, one could sure have a ball with a couple boxes of .22 cartridges. Last time I really kicked loose with some .22s was out in Oklahoma circa 1970. Not quite as much fun as "plinking" with fully suppressed H&K MP5 with sub-sonic rounds but close
Yeah, that's great plinking ammo, but you don't get real accuracy with that stuff. And the prices I was stating weren't from the mid '60s, rather mid '50s era.
The last time I really had a chance to do some really good .22 shooting was probably around 1980. Shooting at about 100 yards and my neighbor was using a scoped rifle. He got a bit miffed because I was outshooting him with a open-sighted High Standard Victor. Sure wish I had that now, but got stolen some years back. Got it while I was in Ft hood. The indoor range was about a block or two from my work and i used to go there on my luch you. They supplied weapons, or you could take your own, .22 only, and they'd let you hve 50 free rounds a day. Nice way to take a break.
I got ahold of an M2 carbine in Nam. POS full auto, usually jammed by the thrird round, but on semi it was totally reliable. Put a load of ammo thru it, and got good enough I could usually hit a soda can at 50 feet by at least the second shot, and then kept it moving - firing from the hip. Like I said, I put a LOT of ammo thru it. It was fun but I loved my M14.
JOAT It was too early in the morning for it to be early in the morning. That was the only thing that he currently knew for sure.
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