This is a response from My 76yr old Dad to an Email I sent him about a Rimfire Article I had read. I grew up trapsing around just about everywhere imaginable with him, and with a .22 in my hand, and this Email kinda reminded me of all those times. Thought it was kinda cool and thought Id share.
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That was very interesting. I guess that explains the misfires. I cant believe with all the technology we have today that the .22 rimfire cartridge is so difficult to make and that they have such a problem with the primer. I really cant remember misfires with Dads old Winchester .22 short pump rifle and as far as Im concerned there was a high degree of accuracy with the .22 short. Im not bragging but after I had shot the gun for 2 or 3 years almost every time I shot the old pump, something fell from a head shot. This included snakes, squirrels, rabbits and ducks (on the pond of course). I even killed jackrabbits, a prairie chicken in a tree and a cottontail all at long range with body shots by taking a very course sight to allow for bullet drop and I dont remember one misfire. Maybe its because I was using old style ammo that didnt have the problems that was talked about with modern smokeless powder. Most of my shooting was done in the period 1946 through 1958. Also, when you and I went to the farm and shot squirrels and woodpeckers I cant remember a single misfire, can you? Oh well maybe Im getting old and my memory is not what it used to be, but I actually cant remember throwing away a misfired .22 short. At 45/55 cents a box we couldnt afford to buy 500 rounds at once we stuck to the 50 round box and 50 rounds generally resulted in 48/49 kills. One box of ammo would last about a year. Dad.
These times He is describing wouldve all happened on his home place in Pawnee County just outside Ralston and Fairfax.
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That was very interesting. I guess that explains the misfires. I cant believe with all the technology we have today that the .22 rimfire cartridge is so difficult to make and that they have such a problem with the primer. I really cant remember misfires with Dads old Winchester .22 short pump rifle and as far as Im concerned there was a high degree of accuracy with the .22 short. Im not bragging but after I had shot the gun for 2 or 3 years almost every time I shot the old pump, something fell from a head shot. This included snakes, squirrels, rabbits and ducks (on the pond of course). I even killed jackrabbits, a prairie chicken in a tree and a cottontail all at long range with body shots by taking a very course sight to allow for bullet drop and I dont remember one misfire. Maybe its because I was using old style ammo that didnt have the problems that was talked about with modern smokeless powder. Most of my shooting was done in the period 1946 through 1958. Also, when you and I went to the farm and shot squirrels and woodpeckers I cant remember a single misfire, can you? Oh well maybe Im getting old and my memory is not what it used to be, but I actually cant remember throwing away a misfired .22 short. At 45/55 cents a box we couldnt afford to buy 500 rounds at once we stuck to the 50 round box and 50 rounds generally resulted in 48/49 kills. One box of ammo would last about a year. Dad.
These times He is describing wouldve all happened on his home place in Pawnee County just outside Ralston and Fairfax.