Do you own a firearm chambered in .22LR?

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Simple enough question. I have made the comment that “everyone who owns guns has a .22”. While that may have been somewhat true in the past, I can’t say that is the case anymore. There are a lot of new gun owners out there with the small/medium sized handguns being popular for new buyers. Since I have to assume INGO is semi representative or at least made up of gun owners……..

(All valid polls include bacon. But I assume Bacon lovers also like their rimfire. Not liking bacon is weird. Not owning a .22 is weird.)

 

[MCgrease08]

Of course.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

A .22 LR should be everyone's first and last firearm.

 

[marvin02]

You can't own just one.

 

[blue2golf]

Plenty of .22 firearms, bricks of ammo and pounds of bacon.

 

[NHT3]

"do you think this is a silly question" should have been a possibility as well as bacon. I promise you there is a substantial number of people that don't. LOTS of new terrified gun owners that only own one center fire pistol and have no idea how to use it.

 

[Bennettjh]

Oh yeah. Cheap(er) and fun to shoot. A .22 rifle was my first "real" gun as a pup.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Yep. A few.




Not pictured: Remington 511-P and Remington Nylon 66.

 

[jerrob]

I do.
I'm not sure that I know any 2A friendly folks that don't own a 22.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I may or may not have about a dozen.

 

[2in1evtime]

yeah i have a few but very seldom shoot them unless i have a grandchild along

 

[indykid]

A couple of my favorites, made famous as laser rifles in the movie Spaceballs.

 

[gregr]

I wish I had a lot more than I do. I only have a Remington 552 Speedmaster. I`d thought about selling that thing, but, I bought it in 1980, brand new, the same year my twins were born, and I`m pretty sure my son wants that thing when I pass. It still looks brand new, and I`ve killed a TON of squirrels with that thing, and even a coyote, and I had sling swivels installed and it has a nice little Leupold 2x7 on top of it.

I wish I had another couple really high quality .22 rifles and several fun to shoot .22 revolvers...

 

[BigRed]

I thought a .22LR was standard issue to every real American.

 

[Expat]

I would hate to attempt to guess at how many...

 

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"do you think this is a silly question" should have been a possibility as well as bacon. I promise you there is a substantial number of people that don't. LOTS of new terrified gun owners that only own one center fire pistol and have no idea how to use it.

I agree with everything you said. And this probably sums up my question better then how I asked it. I see a shift in “gun ownership”. Gone are the days of a persons first gun being a .22 to learn marksmanship. Today it seems a persons first trek into becoming a gun owner centers around concealed carry or self defense. That isn’t necessarily bad. Just a paradigm shift of sorts.

 

[gregkl]

Just finished one that I recently bought because of INGO. It might be my most expensive firearm, lol.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I wish I had a lot more than I do. I only have a Remington 552 Speedmaster. I`d thought about selling that thing, but, I bought it in 1980, brand new, the same year my twins were born, and I`m pretty sure my son wants that thing when I pass. It still looks brand new, and I`ve killed a TON of squirrels with that thing, and even a coyote, and I had sling swivels installed and it has a nice little Leupold 2x7 on top of it.

I wish I had another couple really high quality .22 rifles and several fun to shoot .22 revolvers...

I picked this up for about 100 bucks at my LGS and refinished it to give to my oldest grandson for his 12th birthday. It's a Stevens Model 87D (another gill gun). It was made in 1959, same year I was born.

 

[Old Dog]

I thought everyone owned a .22LR!

 

[gregr]

I picked this up for about 100 bucks at my LGS and refinished it to give to my oldest grandson for his 12th birthday. It's a Stevens Model 27D (another gill gun). It was made in 1959, same year I was born.

Your oldest grandson is one lucky kid to have you for his grandpa. Which means that all of your grandkids are blessed to have you.