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Offline snuffer#1

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Ordered a .22 mag Sportster
« on: November 17, 2009, 11:14:01 AM »
Should pick it up Thurs. or Fri..  ;) I went ahead and got 2 boxes of Win. Super X 40 gr. HP this past Saturday. I know that's putting the cart before the horse, but here lately ammo for a 22 mag or 22 LR is getting a little scarce. I've already got 2500 rds of .22 LR. I'm not up on .22 mags, but will it shoot accurately at 100 yds? That will be something. I've heard that win. ammo for the mag is supposed to be pretty good. I'll try to get some CCI stuff for it too! This will probably be my last rifle I'll buy. ::) What ammo do you .22 mag gurus use?
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Re: Ordered a .22 mag Sportster
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2009, 03:33:04 PM »
Good for you. I have been thinking of getting a 22 mag Handi. Let us know how it shoots.
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Re: Ordered a .22 mag Sportster
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2009, 08:20:32 AM »
Federal has a great ballistics program to compare rimfire rounds. Energy,  bullet weight, trajectory, wind drift, velocity etc.
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Re: Ordered a .22 mag Sportster
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2009, 02:36:10 PM »
Snuffer, don't EVER say "this will probably be my last rifle I'll buy".  Dagnamit man!! Ya gotta get up tomorrow wantin tanother one.  When ya stop doin that, we'll stop by with a few planks and some nails and put the lid on your box.  I think ya need a .357 Maximum to brighten yer day.

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Re: Ordered a .22 mag Sportster
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2009, 03:53:30 PM »
Well, I went by the gunshop and asked if my 22 mag. came in . It hadn't. J R told me he that he couln't find one anywhere. He told that some of his sources had told him that they are dis continuing the 22 mag. I don't know if they are or not. So, I went to wally world and picked up a Marlin 925 22 mag. for a few dollars more. I have the bullets and the scope already, so I had to get it. As far as handis, I have a few.
.223 rem.
270 win.
308 win.
45-70
sidekick 50 cal. ML
and 2 tracker II 20 ga. slug shotguns
 
  BTW, I have a 925 LR marlin that is a tackdriver. Now I've got to go tomorrow to get a waver scope base for the scope. But, I do LOVE my handis! ;) ;D
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Re: Ordered a .22 mag Sportster
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2009, 02:31:39 AM »
I had a Marlin 50M .22 mag.  It's a funny thing, but I just didn't like it.  I couldn't complain about accuracy or anything else about it.  It just felt crude.  An interesting coincidence....I was with a neighbor farmer friend in his pickup on one of his fields one day.  Jon said to me "There's something on that rock pile over there."  He stopped the truck and I hopped out with the mag, rested on the truck hood, and sure enough there was a fat 'chuck on top of the rocks.  Bang....end of chucky.  Jon said it was at least 225 yards.  That was the first kill for that rifle.  Then, several years later, Jon, his brother Layton, and I were looking at my west hay field to see if we wanted to cut it again.  A flock of geese were on the field and we spooked them and they took off....all but one.  The bird appeared to have a broken leg and couldn't run to take off.  I decided to put it down, got out the mag and dispatched it....another 225 yard shot with the same witness.  Patty's new Sportster, with the little 20 inch barrel, and lam stock is just a much more appealing rifle.  It's light, "Handi", and pretty.  With the limited shooting we've done with it, we're finding it to be very accurate.

Just a side note, because we're in farm country and the shots are often long.  I keep most of my rifles sighted in at 200 yards and I know their drop at 300.

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Re: Ordered a .22 mag Sportster
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2009, 05:39:46 AM »
Pete, my next range session out with my Sportster 22 WMR I will be setting up do zero exactly as you at 200 yards.  I will be doing this after I get my other barrel I just traded for in 204 Ruger.  So as not to hijack the tread here, I can't wait to have even more fun with my Sportster 22 WMR, as it is just a pleasure to shoot on any given day.
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Re: Ordered a .22 mag Sportster
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2009, 03:47:15 PM »
Montanan, I just wanted to thank you also for your comments also. I wasn't dissin' you. I hope you didn't take it that way. I really wanted to get a sportster, but when J R told me that he believes that his sources that they are discontinuing it, I had to get one period. Hopefully this rifle will really get my attention. :o I' never owned one so I don't know. I don't know if I want to go take the handi 410 shot gun squirrel hunting tomorrow or sight in the 22 mag. You guys have my interest really perked about this rifle. I'll let you know how it goes. I've got 2 boxes of 40 gr. Super-X win. and a box of win. supreme 34 gr.
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SNuffer, try all the different ammos you can...
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2009, 02:47:34 PM »
Snuffer,

Good luck on the testing!  I suggest you pick up a box of every type of .22WMR ammo you can find along the way for testing.  Everytime I see a new ammo I don't have a box of, I buy one for testing.  So far my Handi likes everything with Winchester on the box, but it likes SUPREMES the best! It did ok with a couple of Federal rounds and Hornady's TNT too. CCI is like kryptonite, it can't stand any of them for some reason! :(

My Handi has been mostly shot out to 50 yards so far, but a week ago I got it on paper at 100 and 200 yards.  The SUPREMES were "dead on" at 200!!  I managed one round about a .25" below the X in the X-ring! ;)

Good luck!
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