Thursday, July 30, 2009

Hot. Hot. HOT!


Freaking freakity freak. Its hot here in WA. It hit 106 at yesterday.

Ugh.

Well, I used that as an excuse to go buy a nice 22 rifle. I kid. Honestly, I went into the gun shop just to see what they had...

They had a scoped Marlin Model 60 SN (synthetic stock) with an acceptable scope on it for a decent price, so after humming and hawing about for a while, I went for it. It looky like this. Except I have a better scope on it.


I have a Henry Survival Rifle in .22 LR that works great, but its not a great gun for plinking, so I was on the look out for a good, reliable and inexpensive 22. It will serve to teach my son to shoot, go plinking and maybe piss off a zombie or two when they invade.

I took it to the range and its a tack driver. This is the first time I can be accused of tearing a ragged hole in a target. The shots went a bit high and to the left, so after some dial time with the Bushnell scope, I was in business.

This is a 14 round tube fed magazine. And I think I like that more than a 10/22 with a detachable magazine - I'm growing to hate the magazine thumb I get from all the autoloaders I have.

I shot 100 rounds and had no issues feeding. So accuracy and reliability. Sweet.

PS. If you're counting, that is #6

4 comments:

  1. Nice, I have a Marlin 60 and it's been a great gun. P.S. the tube holds 15 rounds with the bolt closed.

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  2. where did you go?

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  3. I second Anonymous' question. Had been enjoying your blog!

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  4. Hey! Where'd you go!? I like this blog!

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