You'll never lose interest in 22lr, I still have my first 22 my father bought for me for Christmas when I was twelve, I'm 71 now, and I still shoot it, it's a Sears ( marlin ) the purchase price was $29 new, it's no Vudoo for sure !!!
My parents took me to visit family in Ok. when I was 10yrs old from California. I had spent a lot of time with a BB gun as a kid. An uncle we visited has a marlin 39a and was plinking off the back porch, he asked me if I could shoot, I nodded. He put a shiny new penny roughly 100 foot away on a tree, my first shot was slightly off center but went clean thru Lincolns head (headshot, pure luck), I'm 54 and still have the penny, that Christmas was a new 39a under the Christmas tree, best gift ever, thanks mom and dad. Great video guys, loved the story brother
@@joshuagibson2520 she's still my favorite, but I did mount a scope on her 2 years ago, I'd say she has easily had 10K+ rounds down the pipe, probably a lot more and still going.
I started with my first rimfire Rem 572 in 1968. I was 12, I bought the gun new and still have it. During the recession in the 80's I hunted rabbits and sold them for $2 cleaned and ready, to neighbors. Most I ever killed in one day was 11. Was on welfare and cash made it so you could buy toilet paper. Also got a few deer with a flashlight, at night. Even shot and stunned fish swimming in the local creek. You did what you had to to survive. I follow both Josh and Chris. Both have excellent content. I think Chris has a job but wonder about Josh...LOL
We all know you don't fake your shooting distances and you put out a ton of great content that's helped me a lot in starting nrl22 recently. It would be good to see a video of you and panther hollow having a friendly competition though.
My first 22 rifle was a J C Higgins, bought from I think a Sears store. A friend told me they were made by Winchester, tube fed bolt action. Received it for Christmas when I was 11 years old. Still own it. Use to hunt rabbit and, Quail in the eastern Mojave Desert of California. Was probably the best Christmas present I ever received, I was so excited. My mom tried to talk my dad out of buying it for me but, he did it anyway. I'm so glad that he did ! I sure hope RU-vid allows your channels to continue.
Grew up shooting 22lr’s of course. Had a shooting buddy that did silhouette matches. He had a kimber bolt 22lr that i loved so much i had to track something similar down. The cz455 had just came out and everything else was out of my $$ range or to cheap. I bought the 455 and had never even seen one. Got the same scope my buddy used and a yo daves trigger kit. My cz was about 97% of his kimber for half the money. This made me a rimfire and a CZ lover for life. I now own several more cz’s and about to get a 457. Great video, great shooting and looked like a awesome day with a buddy!
I purchased my first 22-caliber LR bolt action rifle after watching your videos, the 10-22 still sits in the corner garage. The cheap rifle Ruger American Predator Rim fire 18" barrel; no competition for me just for fun gun. I am 71 Additionally: I have a Vortex PST 5-25X50MM PRS reticle mounted on nothing, If I received some funds I may buy Bergara B14r. Update: No Bergara B14, but the Tikka T1x 18” barrel my cost $649, Bergara $1000.
Great shooting fellas that was fun to watch very impressive hitting moving targets . I too split many cords of wood , it was good for me . We lived in the country in British Columbia I had a Remington 64 with the nylon stock my Dad got me when I was 12 years old was so darn proud of that gun and I still have it . Keep up the good work I look forward to more of them.
I watch Chris's channel. I watch both your channel's. Learned a lot. Think my next rifle is going to be a Bergara B14 R. Fun watching you guys compete.
Great video. I've seen Chris's videos, watched the series on the Boyd's stock, and am working on getting pillars installed and bedding my new 457 Varmint in a Boyd's Pro Varmint.
That was fun to watch! I started loving rimfire at the Boy Scout Camp range, shooting 10/22's with range ammo and iron sites. So much fun! We lived in the city, so that was the only place we had a chance to go. I currently compete with my buddy at the range for ice cream. I bring 2 CZ's and we shoot the same lot of ammo. He's getting better, but I really like ice cream. So I swap ammo for ice cream. It is all good! Josh needs a MWLR t-shirt for his win. Just saying Chris.
Hey Josh, Mike over at Panther Hollow has asked his subscribers (I follow him too) to a shooting competition. I can 100% vouch that Mike is a stand up guy as I have actually talked and texted with him. I totally support the rimfire shooting community and think these challenges are good for the sport. Take care brother
I got into shooting when I was a pre-teen with a Red Ryder and then a break open pellet gun. I would save up my allowance and buy pellets and bb's. Then I joined the military and shot a variety of weapons and became a Small Arms Instructor. Then I worked at a prison for a dozen years and was on the SWAT team. But what really got me hooked on rimfire shooting was when I moved to Idaho. There are ground squirrels here by the ton. I had a Ruger 10/22 that I took out, but it didn't have a scope. It was time to figure out how to use a scope. For some reason I wanted a bolt action rifle so I bought a Marlin 25N and put the scope on that. My favorite 22 rifle for many years ended up being a Norinco JW-15 with a 3-9x40 scope on it. My daughter and her husband now have that rifle and it still is a tack driver. My friend got me into silhouette so I got a S&W 22A and put a pistol scope on it. Then over the years I went to a Henry lever and a peep sight. Then I took my son to a 22 NRL shoot and my pursuit of accuracy really kicked in. I am old now, and never really was a contender for competing, but I always had fun. I have a few rifles that really continue to make things fun...Bergara B14R, CZ 455 Trainer, Tikka T1X, and a Savage BRJ. A real passion that I have grown is building Ruger 10/22's. So many fun options to put together and when I'm done, there is always somebody wanting to buy them off of me; and I use the money to start a new one. Keep up the great videos!
@@PursuitofAccuracy Rays a pretty good guy. I met him at a PRS about 4 years ago. At that time he was still getting his "knife empire" going. Turned out he and I knew a lot of the same people from shooting at Perry.
I grew up on a farm and my first rifle was my mother's Ruger 10/22 sporter that she taught me to shoot with. I also had ammo as an allowance but I got Winchester Wildcats that were 97¢ a box back then and I mostly hunted pests and varmints with the occasional squirrel or rabbit.
Good shooting guys...see even at 50yds with the KYL you can get creative and make the challenge interesting with the timer. I always take a deck of cards and masking tape with me. I circle cut the cards and place them in between the top gaps of the swingers. Sounds easy..not with the timer set at 30 sec. Enjoy
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Oh yes My granpa showed me how to split fire wood with an axe. With a double headed axe you swing and just before you hit the wood you roll the axe just slightly and with straight grain wood the axe will flop over and the axe will throw the the piece of wood about 10 feet. when I was in my 50s`I could split 2 rick of wood in an hour and I would have to set down and rest. If it was straight grained I could split any diameter wood you could come up with. I did it in the mountain on wood logs over 30 inches in diameter. At almost 70 I would be lucky if I could split one log now. My brother and I bought one of the first color TV`s in the sixty at 5 dollars a rick. He had to have a hydraulic and Dad built him one but people would be amazed at the mound of wood we had piled up. You couldn`t put it into a 20x20 room because we had it stacked to high. Those were the days then my dad said if I had know I wouldn`t have dozed out so many trees.
Hi Josh, I like your videos a lot . Mike from Panthers Hollow challenging you for a match. I love to see you challenging Him with your best CZ 457 vs his Bergara B-14r. I bought to cz 457 because of the videos I watched from you. Now I have a chance to win a Arken scope, LOL. The video will be niceeeee.
I still have a foundation on my centerfire rig, but on my Rimfire I simply didn’t like having a 20+ pound rifle. Love both stocks but for me the manners has made for better balance and a lighter rifle and my match scores are improving so I’m happy with the change over
Rumor being the optimal word there. My scope came footage all has mil reticles on ffp scope. Anyone can take the target size and compare it to the reticle sub tensions to verify my distances
Wow Josh I had about the same thing except my brother and I started with pellet guns my Sheridan and his Crossman. Dad always made sure he got the best of everything. We got 22`s when we couls afford them because ever at 25 cents a box mom had to save to get some. I got a Mosberg brother got one of the first 10/22`s. When I was in my 50`s I had my BACK OPERATED ON AND A TITANIUM ROD PUT IN after many years of bouncing on a backhoe and I drove my pickup into the woods and set and nap then when I would wake up I shot squirrels. I got to where I was shooting about 20 in 2 hours in my dads pecan orchard and he said one day after 30 years of tell your going to kill them all off to saying eagles, coyote, bobcats, and foxes have to eat to so I always picked them up and he ate the young ones and I laid out the old ones and no matter where I put them they were always gone the next day. I did that every day from june to november and in 2 hours I could do the same and after that all the neighboring orchard wanted me to clean out their squirrels and I did it on my own gas and bullets and after a year they all where smilling because they rarely saw something they use to see 20 or 30 anytime the went into their orchard. If you ever went into a pecan orchard you can understand the amount of squirrels I thinned out. They will come back in time.
A 5mm Sheridan Silver Streak? That was my pellet gun as a kid, and I still have it. Unfortunately the seals went out on it, 30 or 40 years ago, but that thing was deadly in its day. Six to seven pumps and it was good out to about 50 yards. Still have a yellow box of pellets for it.
Theres has been a challenge offered up to the both of you guys by Mike at Panther Hollow. You guys need to check his latest video as he has called you both to the mat. GOOD LUCK
Hey guys nice shooting. I would like to see a 22 long rifle match With Josh And Chris shooting against Mike and Joe ray the Cyclops. I would like to see some shooting done with factory stock rifles.
Hey Josh! Mike over at Panther Hollow is calling both you & Chris out for a shoot out! He says he is just down the road so wouldn't it be awesome to have 3 youtube channels shoot it out!
Josh and Chris, Panther Hollow has called you two out. Talking some serious stuff. Even mentioned infants and diapers a couple of times. Says y'all are neighbors and I think he wants to meet up for a shoot out.
A little off topic but would love to see a video on the best way to remove that damn carbon ring , my cz457 varmint mtr and b14r It’s being super stubborn I’m using boretech rimfire blend. Any ideas
If youve got a really stubborn ring put some boretec carbon remover on a bore mop and use a short rod and let that mop sit in the chamber for 30 mins or so. Then use your brush on your normal rod and scrub the chamber. If its really bad you may need to do this a few times.
With pillars you could do 30in lbs easily. If its straight would id start at 20 in lbs and see what happens from there. Remember its inch pounds and not foot pounds
I'd try 5 dogs shooting range in Bakersfield. I used to compete in sporting clays events and that was one of the ranges we shot at. Rim Fire and most any type of shooting events are way bigger in the midwest and other places. Can't get a kid off the computer long enough to get envolved. Our club has a Tuesday night youth league for $5 we supply the ammo and rifles (3k Anschutz Rifles mind you) and we get maybe 2-3 kids to shoot. i have been seeing and bidding on lots of club rifles for sale on GB because of lack of use. very very sad to see that.
My Son got married last weekend and all the relatives were in town and since i live about 1 mile from the range everyone hit me up to shoot and my Brother in Laws daughter had never shot before. So I loaded up a .22 Browning Buckmark pistol and a Anschutz 54 and a Walther UIT match and my rebarreled Bergara. His daughter took the shooting like a duck to water and has a big time as well as the other kids. The Bro in law said he had no idea a .22 could be so accurate at 50 and 100 yards and he needed to revisit RF shooting my Niece wants me to build here a .22 now. She want's one that looks like one of my F class rifles. we weren't even shooting match ammo i took a brick of Norma Tac and let them have at it. it really does shoot surprisingly well for the cost and at 50 yards it shoots better than Tenex and Eley Match in 3. of my rifles and a pistol.
Mike from Panther Hollow is challenging both of you to a competition ‼️ Said he can outshoot both of you. He’s giving away an Arken EP5 to a viewer if y’all accept the challenge?
