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What do you most enjoy about rimfire?
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I bought a Model 60 and a 10/22 for my daughters. Last time we went to the range they watched me shoot for a hour lol
Still have most of it? Sounds like you need to go plinking more often.
I like .22lr cuz ya can shoot it in so many different ways. Ya gots yore lever guns,revolvers, pistols, an semi-autos. Dunno if'n they still make a bolt .22lr, got a couple of antiques from granny when she up an died. But they is some real rust buckets cuz she never did care fer 'em, she was more of 12 gauge kind of granny, she shore did like her deer huntin' with them 12 gauge slugs. Got herself a buck almost every year! up into her mid-seventies!
ROGER4314
Been Called "Flash" Since I Was A Kid!
I especially like shooting .22's at about 50 feet and trying to make "bug holes" or several shots through one hole. I also like shooting the reactive "Clingers" with .22's.
On the other end of the spectrum, we place clay pigeons on the 200 yard berm and slay them with .22's. That is some serious fun and guaranteed to get you laughing! One guy shoots, marking the target then the others try to bag the bird before he does.
Flash
On the other end of the spectrum, we place clay pigeons on the 200 yard berm and slay them with .22's. That is some serious fun and guaranteed to get you laughing! One guy shoots, marking the target then the others try to bag the bird before he does.
Flash
ROGER4314
Been Called "Flash" Since I Was A Kid!
That, "stray cat," might be someone's pet. Shooting animals just because you are inconvenienced is very irresponsible and probably illegal. Illegal use of any firearm is not the actions of a safe and responsible firearm owner.
I live in a rural area, too. People dump strays in our neighborhood constantly and they eat by getting into the trash, which we haul ourselves. One of my neighbors had an animal spreading trash all over so she called the Sheriff to see about getting it picked up. They asked the neighbor if he had a gun. Of course, he did so the cops told him to "take care of the stray" himself. I finally built a small trailer that was totally enclosed with mesh to hold my trash bags. When it's full, I haul it to the dump.
Our problem is not with pets. Since the economy tanked, animals are dumped on us a lot. We must do what is necessary to protect our homes, pets and property ourselves. What really pisses me off is when an injured animal is dumped. Folks don't have the balls to put the animal down themselves so they dump it to let their "country cousins" do it for them. It happens all the time in the rural areas.
I love my dog and give him excellent care but a stray would kill Jake in a heartbeat for a snack. That's not going to happen!
Flash
I live in a rural area, too. People dump strays in our neighborhood constantly and they eat by getting into the trash, which we haul ourselves. One of my neighbors had an animal spreading trash all over so she called the Sheriff to see about getting it picked up. They asked the neighbor if he had a gun. Of course, he did so the cops told him to "take care of the stray" himself. I finally built a small trailer that was totally enclosed with mesh to hold my trash bags. When it's full, I haul it to the dump.
Our problem is not with pets. Since the economy tanked, animals are dumped on us a lot. We must do what is necessary to protect our homes, pets and property ourselves. What really pisses me off is when an injured animal is dumped. Folks don't have the balls to put the animal down themselves so they dump it to let their "country cousins" do it for them. It happens all the time in the rural areas.
I love my dog and give him excellent care but a stray would kill Jake in a heartbeat for a snack. That's not going to happen!
Flash
well said.
also, if it is your pet cat, keep him in the freakin house.
if he is a working cat - IE a mouser, well, those are a dime a dozen, just dont put out catfood and they figure it out pretty quick.
Things are alot different in the country (rural areas). I spent a few of my teenage years growing up in New Caney TX. back in the 70's. I lost a big mutt that I loved because he was chasing one of our neighbors chickens. It was'nt the first time he had done it and had killed one before. He was shot but managed to make it back home to die. It was sad, but Chicken Chasers never live very long in the country. People depend on their farm animals for food and income. Other animals and people who screw with their livlihood are dealt with accordingly. Get caught stealing livestock in TX. and you may end up like my old mutt. Plinking on cats,dogs, or any other animal is considered cruel by most ,if not all, rural people. I have met many of these folks and can tell you that they appreciate and respect animals far more than many of their urban counterparts. If they seem to enjoy killing varmits,I believe it is because it makes an unpleasant task (killing) a bit of a test of skill and may make somewhat of a game out of it to entertain as well as control pests. Believe me when I tell you that I can empathize with all you cat lovers out there because I love them also. They taste just like CHICKEN.
With so much legal analysis going on in this thread, I figure as a lawyer I owe a duty to straighten out what's being said.
The penal code states
As such, a feral cat is not an "animal" per the statute. There is case law, and I'll have to look it up at the office, where an individual beat a stray cat in Waco with a baseball bat but the court failed to hold the stray cat as an "animal".
The penal code states
With animal being defined as
As such, a feral cat is not an "animal" per the statute. There is case law, and I'll have to look it up at the office, where an individual beat a stray cat in Waco with a baseball bat but the court failed to hold the stray cat as an "animal".
You are incorrect.
Sec. 42.092. CRUELTY TO NONLIVESTOCK ANIMALS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Abandon" includes abandoning an animal in the person's custody without making reasonable arrangements for assumption of custody by another person.
(2) "Animal" means a domesticated living creature, including any stray or feral cat or dog, and a wild living creature previously captured. The term does not include an uncaptured wild living creature or a livestock animal.
(3) "Cruel manner" includes a manner that causes or permits unjustified or unwarranted pain or suffering.
(4) "Custody" includes responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of an animal subject to the person's care and control, regardless of ownership of the animal.
(5) "Depredation" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.001, Parks and Wildlife Code.
(6) "Livestock animal" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.09.
(7) "Necessary food, water, care, or shelter" includes food, water, care, or shelter provided to the extent required to maintain the animal in a state of good health.
(8) "Torture" includes any act that causes unjustifiable pain or suffering.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:
(1) tortures an animal or in a cruel manner kills or causes serious bodily injury to an animal;
(2) without the owner's effective consent, kills, administers poison to, or causes serious bodily injury to an animal;
(3) fails unreasonably to provide necessary food, water, care, or shelter for an animal in the person's custody;
(4) abandons unreasonably an animal in the person's custody;
(5) transports or confines an animal in a cruel manner;
(6) without the owner's effective consent, causes bodily injury to an animal;
(7) causes one animal to fight with another animal, if either animal is not a dog;
(8) uses a live animal as a lure in dog race training or in dog coursing on a racetrack; or
(9) seriously overworks an animal.
Ready.Fire.Aim
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My favorite is a Lage .22 conversion installed in a full auto M11 with Coastal MIMS suppressor keeping it quiet. Forty rounds at 900 rounds a minute.
I have dozen full auto MG, the M11 is a favorite because of the .22 conversion. I have ten 40 round mags for the conversion and multiple mag dumps is a hoot!
This afternoon for the M11, I bought five 550 boxes of Remington Golden, two bricks of Stingers, a brick of CCI solid LR, over 4000 rounds total. The lady checking me out asked if I was going deer hunting or duck hunting. I told her I was getting ready for Zombies.
I have dozen full auto MG, the M11 is a favorite because of the .22 conversion. I have ten 40 round mags for the conversion and multiple mag dumps is a hoot!
This afternoon for the M11, I bought five 550 boxes of Remington Golden, two bricks of Stingers, a brick of CCI solid LR, over 4000 rounds total. The lady checking me out asked if I was going deer hunting or duck hunting. I told her I was getting ready for Zombies.
I stand corrected. It seems the copy of the penal code I was looking at omitted that portion.
There are several things I like about rimfire. First, I can shoot all day long and not have spent as much money as when my wife and I go out to eat. So it is cheap entertainment. Second, it is quiet and you can shoot in lots more places. Third it is cheap, Fourth it does not kick the shit out of you everytime you fire, so you can fire all day. Fifth it is cheap. Sixth, it is easy to carry, portable, the rounds are light. And Seveth it is cheap!!!
Ditto.....what he said.
