.22 Ammo
Rick; Just finished re-reading your post (#31)RE: Mar.30-'15.
Can't quite put my thoughts around it, but; I've missed a helluva lot of bull's eyes over the yrs. 'til I got the notice [that] I was cross-eye dominant. After that I got pretty good and I hit what I aim at with damn-good accuracy.... If it's true, it ain't braggin'. I didn't start that, but it's true, Whoever did.
As for the 'bear' bit, I have never been charged by one, but I'll tell you this: When a friend and I were hunting some larger hogs on Ft. Benning some years back... and one he shot and hit a little too far back took out DIRECTLY towards me as I was sitting backed-up to a tree. I dumped 4 rounds of 300gr CPs @1295 FPS (chronoed) out of my Redhawk 7 1/2" as fast as I could--dead into his chest...before he took a nose dive about 22 ft. from my feet.
Scared? Hell Yeah. And I'm not ashamed to say [that] Ft. Benning probably still has some article of clothing of mine which I discarded at the scene that day and never made an attempt to recover.
As for the 10-22... With the right ammo, a solid rest, and a good trigger, ragged bug-hole results at 25-30 yds. are very possible.... 10 shots covered by a dime at 50 yds are too...I know, for a fact. Believe what you will.. Those who can't...., never will believe [that] it can be done.
WILL.