I've never looked into 22 shooting competitions. I actually didn't even know it existed. I will have to do some research on this.
Quite a few centerfire competition have some .22 alternative,,,
Certainly not every competition but enough to ensure a wide variety to choose from.
BPCR Silhouette has a 22BPCR counterpart with smaller animals at closer distances (50, 100, 150, and 200 yards)
Regular silhouette has a .22 counterpart at 40, 60, 77, and 100 yards.
Steel challenge has the counterpart of Rimfire Steel Challenge
And there's always just having fun plinking away at tin cans.
If I'm in a slow fire mood at the range,,,
I print out silhouette targets on paper and stake them out,,,
Then take a single-shot .22 rifle and shoot a slow 40 round stage for score.
If I'm in a more active frame of mind I stake out a few Rimfire Steel Challenge stages,,,
I don't have the steel targets they use but it was easy to fake up some cardboard targets instead,,,
Then I use my shot timer and shoot the stages for score and time just as if I were in a formal competition.
The whole thing about .22 for me is two-fold,,,
I'm not a recoil junky at all,,,
And it's cheap.
Even at today's prices of about $23.50 per 550 rounds,,,
I can shoot my faux Rimfire Steel Challenge all day for that amount,,,
And if I'm doing one of my slow fire silhouette days it's only costing around $4.00.
"Nuff said?
Aarond
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