Salop Matt Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 These 22lr threads make me wonder why the calibre is so popular,generally opinions say it is too low power to shoot anything bigger than a rabbit or too powerful to shoot within 10ml of habitation.Personally whatever the calibre you need to assess the dangers of the particular land & conditions you are shooting over.It might help if you could get someone well experienced to look at the land with you. In all fairness unless I was shooting in the vally`s or hilly areas I really dont see any use for the .22lr soley because of the ricochett factor. In my head the .22LR would be the purfect bunny tool if it wasnt for the ricochett factor. But for me on my grounds i shoot over the .22 FAC Air is the purfect tool, next set up for me is HMR then I would look to .22Hornet or .222 ! ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Sometimes, just sometimes, being deaf has its advantages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddy Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 shooting a target at 50 yards with a 22 with a 3 inch backstop made from decking boards and had about 9 ricochets I didn't think it would be possible with wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 I have always wondered whether the loud report of centre fire guns mask the odd ricochet ! There is a definite case for similar. The .22 lr is quiet and a mushed up bunch of lead makes a good noise as it whistles off. I have had a silent ricochet with a 7mm 140 grain Gameking deer round and also a couple with HMR likewise. Once seen a real bad deflection off a twig with a 6.5mm aimed broadside as a heart shot by a guest at no greater than 50 yards the beast got a perfect high neck shot! Yes he could shoot and we found the previously unseen twig. Nothing is safe this is why we should consider both backstop and backdrop (background behind that). Before anyone calls this one all these shots would be called safe enough by 99.9% of shooters of experience , I admit though I learnt something new from the 7mm round! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 All calibers and round ricochet we just don't hear see them all. I've seen a .338 lapua magnum bounce and I'll never forget the consequences of that shot. The 22lr is a great tool especially for bunnies quite and deadly once you know it ballistics. I would sell my HMR long before my 22lr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 there is of course that video of .50 cal with the guy taking a shot and it coming back to take his ear defenders off......................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 there is of course that video of .50 cal with the guy taking a shot and it coming back to take his ear defenders off......................... I base mine around real live experience and the damage a bouncing bullet created from a shot. No You Tube or any other rubbish involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drut Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 "I base mine around real live experience and the damage a bouncing bullet created from a shot. No You Tube or any other rubbish involved." Ditto but I do like to try to gain from the experience of others,who might well know much more than me,and do try to keep an open mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 I base mine around real live experience and the damage a bouncing bullet created from a shot. No You Tube or any other rubbish involved. Like they say "you cant call a bullet back". Once you have experienced that cold feeling travel through you I think the lesson is then learned forever though. Unfortunately you cant honestly teach it 100% you only seem to end up with a student scared to fire at practically anything or a dangerously over confident one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Heard a particularly nasty ricochet from a 6.5x55 the other day, I would be far more worried about that than a .22 that's for sure. It's been said a million times before its one of the most popular rounds of all time (annual round sales are estimated at 2 to 2.5 BILLION) it if were as dangerous as some would try and make you believe no one would ever pick one up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Not in the same league I know, but I've had quite a few air rifle pellets zinging off branches up in the trees, sounding like they've whined off into the distance only to hear them drop on the floor beside me. I'd suggest that it's the ricochets that you don't hear that are the most likely to travel any great distance. Still not a welcome sound though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 I have never had a .22 rifle so I cannot say much but one thing that I did think was if you are woried about lr being to powerfull would not shorts do the job as they are I think in the middle power range I may be talking a load of rubbish but it has to be worth thinking about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 I'm firmly of the belief that 22lr ricochets are simply detected more often rather than there being a lot more occurring due to the calibre itself. I've heard some real zingers from 6.5x55 and .308 when standing some way to the side, which the shooter didn't hear. I've also heard my .243 and .17 doing it. My money is on it simply being that it is a soft mushy lump of lead at lowish speed from a very quiet riflen and is therefore much more likely to be audible when ricocheting more often than a centrefire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 How right you are Zapp. Never heard one from a .22lr in 1000's of rounds fired until those moderator thingies were invented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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