Buying a .22

[u/Random_Reddit_User_5]

Everybody on the internet is saying to get a .22 because it is easy and cheap to shoot. But honestly, what can you do with a .22? Plinking and very small animals. Am I looking at this the wrong way? My FSC instructor sayed to get a .243 because its relativity cheap to shoot and still powerful. And another friend told me to get a 25-06 but its ammo hella expensive. Please fell free to give me another point of view.

[u/Response-Cheap]

🤷🏻‍♂️ My centerfires and shotguns sit in the safe a lot more. .22 I can come home from work and mag dump 100 rounds off the back deck legally, and nobody cares. I don't think my neighbors would be as chill about 100 12 gauge rounds back to back off the deck. The big guns only come out on crown land or at the range, except for the odd time I'll bust out the Benelli to send a few 12 gauge rounds at a pest..

I'm starting to collect .22s.

They're super practical for hunting small game. You can bag armloads of small game per day. Good luck getting more than a couple deer tags a year though.

Great for a survival/shtf kit. You can toss a few hundred rounds and a little takedown .22 in your rucksack and barely notice the weight. Feed yourself for months in a survival situation.

I think everyone should own at least one .22 if they're serious about shooting. If it's just for an annual hunting trip, then yeah whatever centerfire you want, and a 20 round box of ammo is all you need. But if you plan to spend day after day, shooting for hours, you might want to think about a .22. You can shoot 1000 rounds for ~$100. Meanwhile, large centerfire rounds cost $1-2 per round. Meaning if you shot 1000 rounds of .30 06 or whatever instead, you just spent ~$1500 on empty casings and holey paper (maybe a deer or two if you're lucky).

It just makes sense.