FlyingStick wrote:Hmm. Interesting idea! What's the sound like with Trailboss powder? Comparable to 22wmr?
Starting to think it's either 22LR or reloading. Both have their merits - but I know eventually I would have reloaded to cut down costs...
All of my mates are telling me 22mag, but I'm just not sure I can justify the extra cost of ammo when I will likely have my .223 with me when I'm using the .22, unless of course I'm walking the field.
The sound is up to you, you can load down to subsonic if you prefer.
As everybody has said, you should have a .22LR anyway - it's the cheapest and quietest way to put in _lots_ of trigger time.
Do you mates have WMR's themselves?
I owned one many years ago. It does hit harder than .22LR, especially at twice the range. But accuracy is not generally great. I haven't personally seen a WMR that consistently maintained 2MoA or better, although I know they do exist. I was reloading .222Rem when I had the WMR and the WMR never came close to the .222's accuracy, regardless of velocity - and the .222 was heaps cheaper to shoot.
Have two magazines, one with a full-power load for bigger game or longer ranges. And a second with lighter loads for close ranges, smaller game and coup de gras shots. Zero with the long-range stuff, and shoot the short-range stuff to learn your holdovers.
When I go out with the .204 I take 24gn bullets at 4400fps for long ranges, and 32gn trailboss loads at 2400fps for everything else.
A neighbour of mine has a WMR and last week told me he's looking for a .22LR. He lives down in the valley and even the WMR echoes for a very long way down there.
