r/canadaguns • u/Random_Reddit_User_5 • May 12 '26

Buy recommendations Buying a .22

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.

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u/cutslikeakris May 13 '26

Largest Grizzly in the world was taken by .22 short by my mom’s ex’s grandma. She was a sweet little native woman who I met a few times.

So you can take game up to grizzly size…..

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u/Random_Reddit_User_5 May 13 '26

Yeah, I know a friend who killed a bear with birdshot so how bout that. He was bird hunting and was charged by the bear they called a game warden and everything but yeah black bear with birdshot.