Enough dawdling, guys and gals, and a bump. I searched and found the oft-desired
.22 LR 'Smooth-bore', a rifle in this case and 'another' Savage 93 for me. ('by accident' I have a 93BVSS in .17 HMR, 24" 'bull' bbl, Pepper Laminate, what cartridge the Hawkeye bore-scope shows is a copper-fouler
to be reckoned with because of copper 'jackets'
vs bee's wax or "copper wash", so the norm in that caliber.) IMO, the '93' is a great gun in a
versatile caliber, up to one's definition of that. (got .22 LR
AND .22 WMR?)
Having done so more than once, I can lap a 'Savage 93' bolt-action RF to cycle with a butterfly's eyelash.
btw & IMO, if you don't shoot
any RF in a 'bolt' gun you're more 'spray and pray' than ready for some 'friendly competition' to prove you can shoot.
(
Bring it to my range, Dogs!!)
I have, or have on order today (along with more 150g .30 AR ammo for the brass) some Fed AND Win (crimped) #12 '.22 LR shotshells' to try alongside the (encapsuled) #12-shot CCI .22 LRs I have on hand.
Y'know,I really miss the ballistic testing I did with 'Nick D' and reported to/on the forum at Ammoguide.com. I hope to share with y'all what patterns I get from Taurus 4" 94 HG w/std twist and the 21" bbl Savage 93 'smoothbore' .. to make sense of
.22 LR shot ammo as much as anything. The 'promise' seems to be there.
I'm looking for a decent pattern at 10 yd, not just at barely 5. (uh, for starlings, cowbirds, and 'hosps', if you wondered) Many thanks to
Hick's Outdoors in Clio MI (a
premier local outfitter) for 'receiving' a gun for me that the factory or distributor no longer offers. t o g
(I could lop 5" off the barrel (to 16"?, for handling in a blind), re-crown it, and still be a 'legal length' firearm. Y'don't aim a SG, you point it. 30 ft ain't 'far', either.)