Kids, don't try this. A .22 magnum is not interchangeable with standard .22's (short, long, long rifle).
Best way/place to buy a rifle?
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Kids, don't try this. A .22 magnum is not interchangeable with standard .22's (short, long, long rifle).
glhs837
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I think Larrys point was that a .22 might feel too much like a toy for students to understand how dangerous firearms can be. One of the reasons we train aircraft weapon loaders using full weight dummy shapes. 2500lbs of concrete shaped like a mine is just as dangerous to the loaders as a mine would be. And they need to understand that danger deep in their bones. Luckily for me, I wont be training more than say my son and daughter, so they are already safety nuts 
Different strokes and all that. I shoot a s&w10-22 regularly instead of my bigger bore AR's. Why? Cheaper ammo and all of the important functions are in the same places. Plus it's got a can. No, I don't shoot 1 moa at 100 with it, but I can at 50 with irons.
There are some guys that special build and spend hours trying different .22 ammo for longer distances. I just don't have the desire.
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huntr1
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Buddy of mine has a 10/22 that he put a heavy barrel on, did some trigger work, good stock, good scope. He let me shoot it. We were able to put a plastic soda bottle cap on its side, with the top pointing to us, and shoot it every time at 100 yards. We then "played golf" by shooting a golf ball all over the farmer's field.
Get a 10/22 and get a friend that lives "not in Maryland" to order one of these for you...http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/7-MTEN22
Get a 10/22 and get a friend that lives "not in Maryland" to order one of these for you...http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/7-MTEN22
glhs837
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Nice thing about being a retired sailor, you have friends all over. Retired range master in FL, retired VA state trooper in VA, Military surplus dealer in SD. Do they sell those in VA?
well if Wiki is accurate ... I learned something
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Maryland
Illegal to purchase, sell or manufacture magazines with a capacity of greater than 10 rounds within Maryland. However, possession of magazines greater than 10 rounds is legal if purchased out of state. These may not, however, be transferred to a subsequent owner.
I was under the impression any importation was verboten
Indeed I learned something this week ....
WTF was the point of a mag restriction then
glhs837
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You can't have them shipped here. You have to go get them. That cuts down on people who have them because some people simply wont bother, others will misunderstand.
Used to have a great show at the armory in La Plata too. I'd buy a lot of hand-loaded ammo for really good prices, every time I went.
Bonehead
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Just began this fall. No live ammunition allowed etc. not worth the trip anymore.
Nope. That's why the provision, like every other provision in that stupid bill, is beyond silly.
I always hunt with the smallest magazine anyway, so really wouldn't GAF except that they passed the law so I bought everything they banned. Just because.
Heck, the mag on the Alexander .500 only holds 7 rounds. They do make one that holds 10 but it's huge and that's too much weight to be lugging around in the brush hunting and kinda cancels out the reason for having such a light rifle in the first place.
huntr1
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Probably. Try Gander Mountain in Fredericksburg or Green Dot (or whatever it's called) off of 95 down near Richmond, just south of Bass Pro.
jrt_ms1995
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Green Top, very nice place, though I haven't been in since they moved from U.S. 1 to the former Gander Mt. off I-95.