Cutting Edge Bullets

[Bill K]

You can shoot all you want, its just going to be lead free bullets on public land i believe

The new laws in California call for lead free bullets to shoot any game or non-game animal as of July 1, 2019. No exceptions for private or public land. If you hunt, lead free only.
Targets and plinking is the only way you can legally burn up your lead ammo now.

 

[Guewithane]

Targets and plinking is the only way you can legally burn up your lead ammo now.

Im assuming you mean at a legitimate shooting range only.

This pic was taken over over 40 years ago in NE Ca. I have lived in Vermont ever since but consider 2 yrs in NE Ca the best time of my life. We have 4 lead shooing guns between the two of us and cold beer. We weren’t hunting because we had no license but the pine cones were taking it hard.
Im sure if we did this today we would be locked up for life. But like the song says “those were the days...”

 

[cmillard]

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog...ts-22-lr-elr-ammo-with-solid-spitzer-bullets/

 

[Dryfly24]

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog...ts-22-lr-elr-ammo-with-solid-spitzer-bullets/

Well, to me that defeats the purpose of long range shooting a 22LR in the first place.

If the case and bullets are different, and you need a new barrel with new twist rates, and are paying as much as you would for a smaller centerfire round what the hell is the point of calling it a 22LR? It’s no longer the same round if you can’t even use it in the traditional rifles.

At this point I wouldn’t care if they call it something else. Build new rifles around it and call it the “.22 Long Range” or something. If they don’t do that and they allow rifles chambered for it to compete directly against traditionally chambered guns, all it’s going to do is give the new guns an unfair advantage over the millions that already exist in the traditional form; which would pretty much make the existing round obsolete in competition.

Most of the fun of shooting the 22LR comes from the fact that you really have to know how the wind and distance affects the little bullet.

The bottom line is: If I wanted to shoot something with better ballistics than the 22LR offered, I would just pull out my .223.

Personally, I prefer my 22LR as is, YMMV...

 

[Topstrap]

^

Yeah, what he said.

Topstrap

 

[CTK]

22lr’s are perfect in their original design. There are plenty of better small cartridges but none more iconic and fun.

 

[Dryfly24]

22lr’s are perfect in their original design. There are plenty of better small cartridges but none more iconic and fun.

BINGO!!