Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-15-2013, 08:36 PM
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Repairs to the Ciappa, Mi.22 Carbine
A while back here, I bought a .22 rimfire version, of the venerable M1, carbine .30cal. It looks nice out a the box, but before I got to take it to the range, I was monkeying with the safety switch...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
02-23-2013, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 378
Re: M1-22
I wondered about the bayonet too. The safety popped out, at my prodding, because it seemed to be loose. That spring and the mag release are inter-related and I wound up cobbling it back together. I...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
02-22-2013, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 378
M1-22
I just picked up a walnut stocked, M1-22 and can't wait to get to the range with it. Any suggestions? What brand of ammo is best? First impression is good, though I don't like the safety. Thoughts?
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
02-29-2012, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 669
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
02-29-2012, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 669
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
02-29-2012, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 669
Ammo Question; Hey all you experts!
:DI went to Gander Mountain yesterday, and they had two 500 count boxes of Winchester M*22 Long Rifle for sale at:p $44.bucks for both and an old sticker crossed off for $57.00 on each of them. Is...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
01-28-2012, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 320
Re: Now that the 1911A1 is fixed
Thank you for the great advice. Living here in Iowa, Jan, Feb, and March are all go when ya can months. With my bride of 34 years she understands the benefits of stress reduction time at the range...
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Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
01-28-2012, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 0
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Took the Walker to the range
The walker preformed flawlessly. I still need to modify the front sight, it needs to be half again as tall as it came from the manufacture, but Kentucky windage works really well for the present. It...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
01-27-2012, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 320
Now that the 1911A1 is fixed
I went to the range and run 50 rounds through it. Not a flutter or foul, she run through that ammo smooth as buttermilk. Great time, had the place all to my self.:D
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Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
01-27-2012, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 300
Unlimbered the Walker
Took the Uberti Walker to the range for a run with conicles for the first time in 6 years. It performed flawlessly. 4 shot grouped with in an inch circle the other two moved it out to 3.25" I just...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
01-27-2012, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 888
My Henry Goldenby
Got good enough weather to go shooting, took the GB out. I'm 60, leanin hard on 61 and the eyes ain't what they used to be. BUT my Bayonne NJ. made in America, Henry rifle just makes me smile:D I...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
01-19-2012, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 568
Re: My old 45
I took all my empties to the scrap buyer and they weighed 42 pounds, I got $67.29 @$1.50 a pound, I never did buy that reloader.
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
01-18-2012, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,116
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Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
01-18-2012, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 635
Re: Touch Hole Picks
It is a good idea to stay away from ferrous metal touch hole, or vent picks. The touch hole liner is fairly thin and a brass pick, wears less being of a softer metal make up. I use 1/16th" brass wire...
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Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
01-18-2012, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Pietta Made, how good are they?
I've owned pretty much every maker out there, just stay away from the brass frame open top Colt knock offs and you pretty much can't go wrong. I prefer Uberti, they made all the Colt reissue guns,...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
01-18-2012, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 568
Re: My old 45
I usually do too, but have never remover the trigger, extractor, the sear or the firing pin. Man there was a lot of dirt every where. If I learned one thing, it's how to completely disassemble it...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
01-18-2012, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 568
My old 45
I went to the range last week and ran two boxes of ammo the my 1911A1. So I figured it'd be really dirty and the palm safety was not working as new so I decided two kill two birds with one stone. It...
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Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns
01-18-2012, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 0
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The Walker and conicals
I got a conical mold, for my Walker, a ways back and found that they wouldn't load properly. The port on the barrel section of my Uberti is too small and misshapen. The conicals just didn't fit, so I...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-10-2011, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,327
Re: Took my golden boy 22lr to the range
It likes federal target. Nothing I own seems to do very well with Remington products, including the Rem/Eley stuff. Wolf target works well, CCI. Anything of quality does remarkably well in both my...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-09-2011, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,327
Re: Took my golden boy 22lr to the range
I gotta agree. Raising the back sight raises the trajectory of the rifle. My .22 Henry shoots at the very bottom setting for twenty-five yards. Your's should be exactly the same way. the B
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-08-2011, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,327
Re: Took my golden boy 22lr to the range
I ain't no expert... But the 17 HMR shoots just about flat for 125 yards, so I've been told by magazine writers when they first rolled the new round out. There are two bullet weights to consider as...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-08-2011, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,327
Re: Took my golden boy 22lr to the range
I live in a small village 20 miles west of Davenport Iowa called Stockton, pop.60ish and am a proud member of the Oakhill gun club. A better bunch you'll never meet. I hope the place you shoot is the...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-07-2011, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,327
Took my golden boy 22lr to the range
I always used to avoid open sights, my 60 year old eyes. Took the GB out, I wanted to try some Eley club I had bought in it. I was so surprised, it put'um right where I pointed it (the lil diamond on...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-15-2011, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,137
Re: I checked out Mid Way USA
Thanks for the tips, the target sport USA has fed. match I'm going to look into. They have it for 15.45 a box; not bad. I only have one brand that I have had problems with and that's anything...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-14-2011, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,137
I checked out Mid Way USA
I was pleasantly surprised to find they have both types of Eley I'm apt to buy. 2 bills a brick is a bit hard to sell the wife on. Makes my Federal Ultra Match worth a whole lot more than I paid for...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-14-2011, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,711
Re: Henry Lever Action .22
I have two, a carbine and a Golden boy. I just think they are good solid rifle. Made in the USA! I always take one or both when I get a chance to go to the range, they are so much fun. theB
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-09-2011, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 929
Re: Eley match grade ammo?
Thanks to all of you, Midway USA, I've done business with them before and been well satisfied, Thanks again. The B
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-05-2011, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,928
Re: CCI Stinger 22LR
Hey JLA thanks for the posting on different kinds of ammo and abjuration, (not sure of the spelling) but then I barely escaped high school and that was 42 years ago so:o. The thing I'm looking for is...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-05-2011, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,062
Re: henry 22
I don't own the mares leg, got pistols for that. To own a Henry is a good thing! They're made in the good ol U.S. of A. The action is smooth fit and finish are good. Best of all they're accurate. I...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-04-2011, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,843
Re: Plinking Targets
Dudes and Dudettes, Army Men at 100 yards! Depending on the background they can be a simple or hard challenge. I like the semi hard inch and a half guys the best, because the heads and torsos break...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-04-2011, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,062
Re: henry 22
You'll like it. I have a Golden Boy and a carbine, both 22 lr, they are so much fun to shoot. Clothes pins at 25 yards off hand is such fun!:D
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-04-2011, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 929
Eley match grade ammo?
Good evening all. Does anyone here have a good Mid-West, (Iowa, western Illinois) location to buy bricks or individual boxes of Eley best grade ammunition? No one around the Quad Cities and environs...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-03-2011, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 437
Re: Tis almost fly season, am I ready?
I live in the east central part of Iowa. Looking at the shape of the state, if the big bump on the east side were a nose, I'd live in the nostril. Lots a cows and pigs here bouts, oh and road kill...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-03-2011, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 437
Tis almost fly season, am I ready?
:D Yes onset again dear friends an neighbors fly season is nearly upon us.
Are you ready? In case you don't know, here are the rules.
All you need is a white sheet a paper, any size'll do. A...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-03-2011, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,928
CCI Stinger 22LR
Has anyone used this ammo? If so what did you think of it? I bought a few boxes intending to use it in Walther P22. So far CCI Mini Mags are the only round I've found with enough juice the push back...
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