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Also, it’s no fluke that some of the most accurate competition rifles and pistols are chambered for this caliber. 22 LR firearm is capable of extraordinary accuracy.

These firearms also produce almost zero recoil, making them perfect for teaching new shooters, and enabling experienced shooters to practice more often. This also makes them especially practical for indoor shooting ranges. 45 ACP pistol might result in irate neighbors calling the local police. 22 LR can be fired in areas where letting go a. 22’s biggest advantages is that it doesn’t make a lot of noise. King Of The Rimfiresįrom a shooter’s standpoint, one of the. 22s now cost more than they did back then (like everything else), most shooters can still afford them without endangering their family finances. This expenditure of part of our hard-earned allowances enabled us to enjoy an afternoon of plinking with our single-shot rifles. When I was a boy, I remember going to the local hardware store with my brothers where we each forked over a quarter and a dime for a box of fifty. Think my spouse will mind if I melt lead in the garage? Stay tuned for more on the upcoming American Airgun Warrior cage match… We plan to humble that fire and brimstone gun guy.Gun Review: The Trailblazer LifeCard. Since we’ve challenged Editor Roy of American Handgunner and Guns Magazines to a blood sport postal match using these fine little rifles, you can bet I’m going to be embarking on a customization journey to get every bit of advantage that I can. Once I did, every shot landed in the ¾-inch bullseye with regularity as long as I did my part. Using the official NRA 5 Meter BB Gun targets, I zeroed this BB bazooka using the rear sight adjustments. Don’t worry I was careful to pick them all up at the end of my session so when my wife returns home she (hopefully) won’t find any stray BBs in the den! The BB would dribble back towards me and make it about halfway to my position. Actually, “bounce back” might be a slight exaggeration. When a BB would hit that tape, it would often bounce back rather than penetrate. I wrapped portions of the box with clear plastic packing tape to keep it closed. I made a high-tech backstop consisting of a cardboard box filled with junk mail which worked great – with one exception. Again, purpose built for accuracy competition.

The front sight is an aperture rather than a post. Not exactly ideal for small game but it does a great job against regulation paper targets. The average speed of those BBs? How about 207.1 feet per second? For those of you energy geeks, that works out to 0.49 foot-pounds. Shot to shot consistency was amazing – the first five shots measured within two feet per second of each other. Shooting a 5.1 grain Daisy Match Grade BB, I measured velocities using a chronograph.

The professionals use a wooden dowel to seat the BB precisely the same way each time. Oh, and the muzzle is a funnel – the opening is about ½-inch in diameter so you won’t have to fumble around getting the BB in there. Once the BB reaches the breech, it’s held in place until fired. It’s a muzzleloader, so all you have to do is tilt the muzzle up and drop one in. Step 2: Cock the lever – just like on the standard Daisy Red Ryder and all reputable cowboy guns. The position also is the natural and safe place for competitors to rest their finger when not actively shooting. It’s intuitive and perfectly positioned to operate with the trigger finger. Pull back to engage the safety and push forward to fire mode. Step 1: Safety on! The safety is a slide switch on the right side of the receiver. If you’re shooting 5-meter events, this is the gun you will shoot.” Lawrence Taylor of Daisy describes the bottom line of the 499B this way, “It’s the gun used in the Daisy National BB Gun Championship Match, so it had better be the right gun for top-level, national competition. Of course I had to use the official NRA 5-Meter BB Rifle targets and Daisy Match Grade BBs in my testing.