So I am still fairly new to the whole rimfire thing. Yes, I've owned rimfire rifles for several decades but I never really thought of them as an effective tool for anything but plinking and very small game hunting. In the back of my mind though, I kept thinking about Jeff Cooper discussing the use of a suppressed .22 for riot control in Israel. I really didn't take it seriously because I assumed that to be effective, the shooter would need to be very close and that seemed counter productive to what they wanted to accomplish.
Fast forward to today where I am learning about the joys of precision .22 rifles. I've been working things up so I have a low cost training rifle and have set up a Ruger to match the feel of my Sig Cross. I'm getting to the point where I'm pretty confident with this thing out to about 250 yards and want to keep developing my skills to extend that.
In the back of my mind, I kept thinking that a 40 grain bullet at that range must not have much punch left once it hits the target. When the atmospheric and light conditions are right, I can actually see the bullet flying in my scope so it can't possibly have any penetration ability at that range, right?
Wrong!!! I set up a wet newspaper trap and was shocked that the bullets penetrated so deep! Now I get it. Now I see how this could be a very effective tool for what Cooper described.
Enjoy the video>
Fast forward to today where I am learning about the joys of precision .22 rifles. I've been working things up so I have a low cost training rifle and have set up a Ruger to match the feel of my Sig Cross. I'm getting to the point where I'm pretty confident with this thing out to about 250 yards and want to keep developing my skills to extend that.
In the back of my mind, I kept thinking that a 40 grain bullet at that range must not have much punch left once it hits the target. When the atmospheric and light conditions are right, I can actually see the bullet flying in my scope so it can't possibly have any penetration ability at that range, right?
Wrong!!! I set up a wet newspaper trap and was shocked that the bullets penetrated so deep! Now I get it. Now I see how this could be a very effective tool for what Cooper described.
Enjoy the video>
