CoffeeGoat
WKR
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During normal times this really wouldn't be a question, I'd go pick up a matching rifle/scope in .223 to my hunting rifle (plan was a tikka,) and proceed to spend lots of time at the range between now and this fall improving my skills. But...it's not really "normal times." Given the current difficulty in finding firearms and ammunition I'm looking for alternatives. I do have a fair bit of .22LR kicking around from the last shortage, but the only .22 I have is a "memory" type rifle that is not terribly accurate and isn't set up for a scope.
So, with that in mind, I see a few options for practice: buy any reliable 22 and fit it with a reasonable scope and start practicing, try to track down a tikka .22 (a bit more challenging), or suck it up and try to find a tikka .223 and pay a lot for ammunition to get my practice in. I'm planning on dry fire practice as well, but it's tough to learn drop and the wind without shooting. What do you folks think?
Also - I know, I should have known better, hopefully I learned my lesson this time to have all my ammunition for 10 years in a vault somewhere.....
So, with that in mind, I see a few options for practice: buy any reliable 22 and fit it with a reasonable scope and start practicing, try to track down a tikka .22 (a bit more challenging), or suck it up and try to find a tikka .223 and pay a lot for ammunition to get my practice in. I'm planning on dry fire practice as well, but it's tough to learn drop and the wind without shooting. What do you folks think?
Also - I know, I should have known better, hopefully I learned my lesson this time to have all my ammunition for 10 years in a vault somewhere.....