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The velocity numbers are also inflated by marketing and the use of the non lead pellets. If you don't mind trashing your piston you can use the PBA pellets and get the speed, but you won't have the accuracy. The diabolo pellets aren't designed for supersonic flight and will destabilize...

I am not certain as to the local laws where you are, but in North Dakota an air rifle is considered a firearm. It is not sold as one in the sense of paperwork; but as far as the police and DNR are concerned it is a firearm. From my readings on various air rifle forums I feel rather confident...

We butcher our own deer, and while there certainly isn't much meat on the ribs, there still is there. My fathers and I have been told we don't leave enough on the bones for cats to bother with the bones. I have shot a mule deer before. I wasn't sure how big they were so I went with the...

I guess I must be doing something wrong then. I hunt white tails in section 2C in North Dakota and, for a few years, used a .243. Never lost one I hit with that. But I did feel it wrecked a lot of meat. So I tried my .223 and found that it made the deer just as dead and just as quickly, with...

Ask this over on rimfirecentral.com Those guys over there are probably the best resource on all things .22.

We get around 60 lbs of meat out of a big doe. It's maybe a little small, but if you hit the deer where you are supposed to they fall every time. As far as power goes, yeah its light; but .223 kills humans quite effectively so it should do in critters the same size and smaller. I have...

The furthest one ever went from where I shot it was about 40 yards. He walked away. Didn't even know he was dead.

Take a look over at RimfireCentral.com - Rimfire Community! You will find all the info on this that you could ever want, as well as a large group of amazingly knowledgeable and helpful individuals. Matt N

That is exactly what it is for. You put it on your rifle and start shooting groups. Move it a touch and shoot a group, measure the group, move it, shoot, measure, repeat. At some point you will find a point that it prints nice small groups. It is for the person who doesn't hand load and...

If you like to tinker, the 10/22 for sure. There is an endless list of mods and goodies for it. You can turn it into anything from a zombie hunting mess of lights and lasers and scopes to a sleek, clean target rifle. I can't say I have ever seen a 1914 Browning 22lr, but I imagine if it was...

What kind of deer is that? I mean you no offense, but it looks small. I know here in the states depending on where you are the whitetail deer ranges from a good size to labrador-retriever sized. Matt N

Its the trickle down/up effect. The military is going to spec stuff out to manufacturers. Those manufacturers are going to invest LOTS of money in R&D to get that contract. If they don't, they have to recoup the investment. Enter the civilian consumer. Also, you have GI's using gear in...

I hunt whitetails with a .223. Longest shot I have taken is in the 200yd range, the deer fell in its tracks. My rifles in .223 for hunting are a Ruger M77 in stainless - not sure which MK model, probably II. The other is a Rock River Arms Coyote with a 20" barrel. I use off the shelf ammo...

I will probably catch some flack for this, but out to 250 - 300 yards, I use a .223. I figure if it can kill a man, it can kill a deer. And it has. Every time for me anyway. I have never lost one. For ranges beyond and out to 500, I would use a .25-06. Or if you want just one rifle, the...

The deer I shot this deer season fell flat on its face in a small creek on the first shot. It was a total miss. The second shot, it was facing away from me. The bullet entered behind its ribs on the right and lodged in its front right shoulder. It didn't flinch and trotted off. That was...