List you achievements with the mighty 22lr!

Never used one -
only used a 0.22 subsonics at a target range.

My best shot was to shoot down a clump of spitfire caterpillars from a gum tree branch of about 2 mm thickness from 30 feet away with an air rifle. 

About 12 years of age at the time.

My Granddad was a medal-winning rifle shooter ... perhaps it runs in the genes? 

Bobby. wrote on Feb 17^th, 2019 at 9:41pm:


Would a .22 bring down this?

Brian Ross wrote on Feb 17^th, 2019 at 10:39pm:


That's a good effort,

I have a South African colleague who was in the SADF in the 70's who swore the most reliable rifle was always the AK.

I have a really old Argentinian military (no history on where it was used etc that I can find) bolt action 30-06, not very accurate over about 400M but is like firing a cannon at close range, has no grooves for scopes etc so no one wanted it. I can see why the worlds defense forces went down to 223/5.56.

Captain Nemo wrote on Feb 17^th, 2019 at 9:37pm:


I shot at a paper wasp nest the size of a football with a 12ga shotgun, I ran away but ask me how that went 

barryfromthebush wrote on Feb 18^th, 2019 at 5:30am:



I shot a half full 2lb propane bottle that I had popped on top of half a bucket of Kn03 and sugar mixed together,  Lit the kno3 mix waited a couple of secs then nailed the can, quite impressive , the round went right through the can and a highly pressurised jet of gas exited either side of the can and it started spinning and came right at us. amazing how quickly peeps can move when they feel threatened lol

barryfromthebush wrote on Feb 18^th, 2019 at 5:28am:



And I have a mate that was in the south African  special forces , and fought the communist insurgency in Angola, They were dropped in to identify bombing targets , and they would sweep up afterwards, woman and kids , they whacked them all  , This messed up my friend , One of his closet colleagues at the time after returning from a mission went home shot his wife and young son then himself ,,

But as you mentioned the Kalashnikov is a great weapon

Jasin wrote on Feb 21^st, 2019 at 10:53pm:



And right up some mussies ass would be the  place to plant it . one kicken around some desert shite hole like Afghanistan would be perfect

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2019 at 4:12pm:


How close to a camels Pecca do you want to get Greg ?

BigP wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2019 at 5:53pm:


Peckerhead loves using tweezers because he gets to get close and sniff the butt while using the tail as a pretend pony-tail on his head.

Shot the head off a bird at a distance of 1100 metres, using a .303. After some consideration, the witnesses said that I had favourable conditions with wind, and the bird hardly moving during the shot. Later, we concluded that I was just lucky with the shot.

UnSubRocky wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2019 at 3:06pm:


A friend of mines brother in-law worked for the SDF, they drove armored personal carriers through the black townships, When they picked up a person of interest they would trow them in the back handcuffed with the spare wheel and take the rough road back to the station,,The yarpies  like their meat well tenderized


Hard n Fast

I stay away from Guns.
I go all glazy eyed and would just open fire on anything and anyone, before myself most likely.

Personally, I'm a real man and prefer to use a nice hand-spear,  Roman short sword (good hacker) or the ever reliable Swedish Cutlass. Even a Khukri does the trick. Along with a Buckler (depending size of the beast) or Hoplite Shield - I tend to give the animal a fighting chance because chicks like scars (claw/teeth marks) on a bloke, more than tattoos (fairy paint).

This is how I would really like to go out Hunting.
Nice and shiny and full of masculine style.
Never hiding like a snake in the grass to shoot an animal from a far and safe distance.

When you fight a beast. You look them in the eye and make it a personal experience and absorb the power of the beast. You let them know who you are - as a Human and show them that we have 'horns, spurs, tough hide, armour and 'balls' as well'. Cowards hide behind trees with guns and other projectile weapons.

goosecat wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 2:49pm:

Gee - then you'ld be impressed by some bloke who could kill billions of animals by a press of a button in some dark room. 

BigP wrote on Mar 7^th, 2019 at 6:24pm:


Oh I do. With a SpearGun (just a few metres of line) that sure beats sitting safely up on a boat and 'hope for whatever'?
Last week I got another big Mulloway. But then again, if you Spearfish (Apnea) you would know where such a fish congregates in numbers. Still gotta use a knife to get a good 2nd grip in bringing big fish up.

Jasin wrote on Mar 7^th, 2019 at 7:06pm:



It doesn't get any more special than spear fishing, Never tried it myself but have done a little snorkeling

Since Laser Rangefinders became available the distance people think they're shooting at has become a lot shorter.

Hitting a gong at 300 yards with .22lr



Is this the most accurate .22lr on the market, has any other brand won more Olympic gold medals?