Today, many shooters are focused on personal defense. They focus on military-style firearms and tactics against muggers, home invaders, zombies, and other threats. In a dangerous society, personal and home security is a serious issue. But, if fear and paranoia guide your shooting activities, you may be traveling a path that transforms you into a mall ninja. You can relax and unwind at the range. Shooting is and can simply be a fun recreational pastime and sport. Here are four types of .22-caliber firearms just for fun.
1. Single-Shot .22 – Shooting for fun begins with a single shot .22-caliber rifle. For beginning shooters who are focused on the fundamentals of shooting, the lack of a magazine full of ammunition, makes each shot count. Even experienced shooters can enjoy a return to old-fashioned marksmanship with a single-shot rifle where sight picture, breathing control, trigger control, and follow through produce results. Single shot .22 rifles are most commonly bolt-action rifiles, but break-action and falling block models are also available. Since shooters vary in size and shape, it’s important to get a single shot .22 that’s fits your body. However, gun makers like Keystone Sporting Arms, Marlin, and Henry Repeating Arms make wonderful single-shot .22 rifles.
2. Pump-Action .22 Carbine – Once upon a time, carnivals and fairs had shooting galleries where customers would shoot at targets with pump-action rifles firing .22 caliber short rounds. Today you can still find pump action .22 caliber rifles like the Henry Pump-Action Octagon rifle and the discontinued Taurus Model 62 Pump-Action .22 Carbine at gun shops. A pump-action rifle is fun to shoot and more involving to shooters than modern semi-automatic rifles.
3. Lever-Action .22 Carbine – The legends and lore of the Old West are closely connected to America’s heritage of firearms ownership. Due to its appearance in hundreds of western movies, the Winchester 1892 rifle is an iconic old west firearm. Henry Repeating Arms makes a wonderful .22 Lever Action rifle that is faithful to the classic Winchester in many respects. Marlin’s Model 39A is a classic lever action .22 rifle in its own right.
4. Single-Action .22 Revolver – The lever action rifle is only half of the Old West equation. A single-action revolver completes the cowboy action ensemble. Ruger makes highly respected cowboy-action revolvers. A shooter can’t go wrong with the classic Ruger Bearcat or adjustable sighted Ruger Single-Six Convertible. Both revolvers provide the classic six-gun feel in a package that is economical to shoot. The convertible Ruger Single-Six allows shooters to switch between .22 long rifle and more powerful .22 Magnum calibers.
So, take a deep breath, don’t worry about the end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI), and relax about the zombies, you can go shooting just for fun!
Sources:
Personal Experience
Taurus USA website
Henry Repeating Rifles website
