inexpensive 22LR that is accurate?
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Kmart was the only place that carried win dyna-points,around here.that was the most accurate cheap stuff there was,at the time.
Then i found blazer/fed 510,,same thing i beleave.
I laid in about 15,000 rds,and then kind of got away from 22lr.
About the time my boys became teenagers,something really strange happened to my 22lr stash. It seemed to have evaporated, in thin air.
Ol dad took it hard and dry again!!!!
Free ammo is a great thing to teenage boys.
I laid in about 15,000 rds,and then kind of got away from 22lr.
About the time my boys became teenagers,something really strange happened to my 22lr stash. It seemed to have evaporated, in thin air.
Ol dad took it hard and dry again!!!!
Free ammo is a great thing to teenage boys.
Petrol & Powder
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I don't recall the brand, I'm sure it was the cheapest on the shelf. Kmart was the place for low cost in those days, Walmart didn't exist.
I learned early on the "copper" plated 22 rimfire bullets were nothing more than a copper wash and only served to make the ammo more expensive but not better.
I would buy the copper colored bullets when they were on sale but only when the math worked in my favor.
When CCI had the small game bullet [SGB] I found that was the ticket for rabbits and used it almost exclusively for hunting.
I learned early on the "copper" plated 22 rimfire bullets were nothing more than a copper wash and only served to make the ammo more expensive but not better.
I would buy the copper colored bullets when they were on sale but only when the math worked in my favor.
When CCI had the small game bullet [SGB] I found that was the ticket for rabbits and used it almost exclusively for hunting.
Petrol & Powder
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richhodg66
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I miss K-Mart.
When I was about 12-14, my folks would take me out to a buddy's house who lived outside of town and we'd patrol the woods with our .22s. Dad always made sure we had a lot of .22 ammo on hand, so I usually brought most of what we used. I remamber one time we found this big pile of road gravel out in the sticks, it was probably closer to houses than we should have been doing this, but we sat on top of the pile of gravel. I'd thrown a piece out and then he'd take a shot at it, if he missed, I'd take a shot at it, this would go on til one of us hit it. Then he'd throw the next one and it would hgo on and on. I supposed we shouldn't have been doing it, but harmless fun and we were gun savvy enough to be careful.
When I was about 12-14, my folks would take me out to a buddy's house who lived outside of town and we'd patrol the woods with our .22s. Dad always made sure we had a lot of .22 ammo on hand, so I usually brought most of what we used. I remamber one time we found this big pile of road gravel out in the sticks, it was probably closer to houses than we should have been doing this, but we sat on top of the pile of gravel. I'd thrown a piece out and then he'd take a shot at it, if he missed, I'd take a shot at it, this would go on til one of us hit it. Then he'd throw the next one and it would hgo on and on. I supposed we shouldn't have been doing it, but harmless fun and we were gun savvy enough to be careful.
Two rifles, Marlin 39A and a Marlin 39M, that will shoot minute-of-angle with selected lots of .22 LR. I wanted a Marlin 39 since I was probably ten and finally was able to buy one of each model in my fifties. Now have little time to shoot them except for informal matches.
For hunting ammunition, I have a selected (hoarded) lot of CCI Mini-Mags that shoots very well.
For hunting ammunition, I have a selected (hoarded) lot of CCI Mini-Mags that shoots very well.
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Have 2 39,s myself.they shoot so nice,,and have a look and feel,that cant be beat.
Mine will shoot 1 inch 10 shot groups,at 50 yards,,with peeps!!and cheap fed ammo.
I was always gonna scope them,and see just how good they shoot,but never have.
CZ93X62
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Reading back over this thread, a poster jogged my memory--add a Marlin Model 39A to my 22 LR long-gun ledger. 1974-made, I haven't fired it in years.
L Ross
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Oh, maybe 58 years ago, before the evil GCA of 1968, I used to ride my bicycle into town about two miles one way. My buddy and I would walk the rail road tracks and pick up pop bottles. We take them to the Consumer Store where we'd get the deposit money for the bottles. The best ones were quarts from Seymour Bottling, I think we got more money for them than anything else.
When we'd scrape together enough cash we'd peddle over to the Gambles-Skogmo Store to buy twenny two ammo. Shorts of course as the cheapest they had.
When we'd scrape together enough cash we'd peddle over to the Gambles-Skogmo Store to buy twenny two ammo. Shorts of course as the cheapest they had.
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When I was a kid (i'm 81 now) our little grocery carried Remington Rocket .22 shorts for us kids. They came in a flat pack with a window you could see in. That was the cheapest thing we could buy. There was a fellow who gave us two bits apiece for Jack Rabbits that we shot and those little shorts would do the job.
