Thread: The value of .22lr

A newbie myself and I wouldn't skip it. About 800 rounds through mine in 4 outings (two at targets). That's a lot more practice than I'd have got if I'd gone straight to centerfire.

It's great just being able to blast away as long as you like and not even think about the cost of ammo.

One thing no-one else has mentioned is that the relatively limited range of a .22 on small game sized targets, esp if you are learning to shoot, means that you end up learning all the basics of observation, sneaking and stalking too.

Also a subsonic 22 with spotlights is a great tool to go possuming with which can get you fur (and $$ for fur) whilst doing a service to our native bush by killing pests.

The small round makes less noise and doesn't alarm as many people/ neighbours