I almost always warm up with a .22, either the pistol when shooting pistols or rifle when shooting rifles. When I move up to larger calibers and I want to conduct a flinch test I will go back and pick up the .22. Few things funnier than a large man flinching at the recoil of the .22.
For sport and casual target shooting the .22 is king. I know everyone is supposed to be enamored with the 3 gun and the 1 mile shots and all that but the .22 is really where it is at for a long relaxing day on the range. I don't think we will ever see an Olympic three gun event either.
.22 went out of fashion for casual use in the US during the great rabbit and squirrel invasion of 2009-2016. They were everywhere, behind every bush, in the ground, the tall grass and completely relentless. The quantity of .22lr required to get them under control was in the trillions of rounds and there was none to be had. With the US under war footing and manufacturers unable to keep up stores turned to rationing. Depending upon where you lived you had to pay dearly for a single box of .22 per week.
War profiteers jumped in to the game charging double, triple and even more than the rationed rates at gun shows, flea markets and out of the back of Craig's List ads. Still the bunnies came charging in to the guns. Eventually a change in government was able to get the bunnies and squirrels under control and things gradually returned to "normal". But the trauma of war was too much. Few people were ever able to look at the .22lr as "cheap fun" ever again.
For sport and casual target shooting the .22 is king. I know everyone is supposed to be enamored with the 3 gun and the 1 mile shots and all that but the .22 is really where it is at for a long relaxing day on the range. I don't think we will ever see an Olympic three gun event either.
.22 went out of fashion for casual use in the US during the great rabbit and squirrel invasion of 2009-2016. They were everywhere, behind every bush, in the ground, the tall grass and completely relentless. The quantity of .22lr required to get them under control was in the trillions of rounds and there was none to be had. With the US under war footing and manufacturers unable to keep up stores turned to rationing. Depending upon where you lived you had to pay dearly for a single box of .22 per week.
War profiteers jumped in to the game charging double, triple and even more than the rationed rates at gun shows, flea markets and out of the back of Craig's List ads. Still the bunnies came charging in to the guns. Eventually a change in government was able to get the bunnies and squirrels under control and things gradually returned to "normal". But the trauma of war was too much. Few people were ever able to look at the .22lr as "cheap fun" ever again.