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/Knuckle_of_Moose May 13 '26

Could you elaborate on what you mean by a survival situation? I don’t think a 22 is gonna do much against anything that can harm you.

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u/Iokua_CDN May 13 '26

It wouldn't be a primary defence weapon. It's for small game hunting, which would likely be most useful.

Lot less deer out there than you'd think

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u/Halfbloodjap May 13 '26

And a .22 is plenty to kill a deer in a survival situation. It might not go down right away, but it will.

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u/AlmightyJumboTron May 13 '26

I mean hell, one of the biggest grizzly bears ever killed was with a single shot from an old cooey .22 in 1953.

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u/Halfbloodjap May 13 '26

By a 5 foot nothing cree woman, and possibly with a .22 short. Thank you for one hell of a rabbit hole!