Rimfire Scope Installed

I got me a new scope. Ordered it off Ebay. It’s a 3-9x40mm Bushnell rimfire scope, for the Nylon 66 rifle. Some say the receiver on this rifle is too flexible to work well with a scope. Others say it will work fine. I’ll find out on Thursday.

Seems like the .22 is the biggest bargain in shooting. It’s accurate at under a hundred yards. The ammunition is nearly free. The rifles are cheap. You can kill surprisingly large game with it. You barely need ear protection. And it’s easy to shoot.

Milsurps can be very cheap and accurate and useful. But the ammunition costs money, and the optics are three times as expensive as rimfire optics. I know milsurps are useful for game a .22 can’t reliably kill, and I’m sure they’re better for self-defense. But on the whole, I give the nod to the .22. What do you think? Kim du Toit described it as a tool everyone should have, if memory serves. Like a beer opener.

If I can’t get good accuracy with the Nylon 66 and a scope, I’m going to get a Savage. They’re very cheap, and they’re supposed to be like lasers. I can’t think of anything that would improve my rifle shooting as much as a gun that accurately shoots dirt-cheap ammunition, with no recoil.

I still have to fill out the forms for my C& R license. If you ever want to pee yourself with fear in the middle of the day, send a request to the DOJ, forget about it, and then reach into your mailbox and take out a thick DOJ envelope with your name on it. I started thinking about all the tax returns I’ve ever filed. I overpay, because I’m lazy. But you never know when you might misplace a decimal point.

I know the IRS does its own black ops. They don’t need the DOJ to send their horrifying emails. But I couldn’t think of anything else I might have done wrong.