NoBodyImportant Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 I have many overlapping rifles. Many I have never shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 Sell the HMR shoot tree rats, rats and tin cans with the air rifle. 22 out to 100-120ish 222 from then on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshootist Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 Your .22 Finnfire is (in my opinion) one of the very finest rimfire rifles ever made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, theshootist said: Your .22 Finnfire is (in my opinion) one of the very finest rimfire rifles ever made! It is. Mate has one that never sees the light of day. Literally, I think I’ve seen it once in the last 20 odd years, and that was in his house and not in the field! 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Scully said: It is. Mate has one that never sees the light of day. Literally, I think I’ve seen it once in the last 20 odd years, and that was in his house and not in the field! 🤷♂️ And there's the rub in my mind: I have a Sako Quad 22LR with a spare 16" HMR sporter barrel I've not used the LR barrel for well over two years. Yes it packs more punch than the FAC air, is lighter and simpler, and a therefore cheaper rifle but the 40 grain bullet ricochet potential MIGHT take me into frothy waters whereas the 16 grain pellet with a skirt to brake its lts distance potential poses such a minor risk of doing some unintended damage and possibly even losing my ticket. The HMR is deployed for almost everything though because the calibre is flatter so less demanding of range estimation errors particularly when using night vision add on kit which is harder to get exactly right - though I have just fitted a laser rangefinder to the NV so may well use subsonic a little more often again - BUT a further aspect is rabbits can identify the direction a subsonic shot came from but not a sonic crack from the HMR. My 99.9% usual quarry is rabbit and occasional opportune tree vermin. Edited June 21, 2021 by Dave-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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