How to Take Your Plinking Game to the Next Level

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Plinking with firearms chambered in 22 LR is a blast. It is fun and accessible for everyone, from first-time shooters to range veterans. Plus, you can shoot for hours at a time without recoil making your shoulder sore or breaking the bank. If you enjoy taking your favorite rimfire guns to the range, make the most of your plinking time. Taking your plinking game to the next level could be as simple as having the right accessories or browsing Redfield scopes to max out your distance. Here are four strategies for enhancing your experience. 

Kel Tec CP33

Upgrading Your Targets

Reactive targets make any trip to the range more fun, and there is no shortage of possible options. Likely the most common reactive targets are steel models that ring with every hit. If you are in a competitive mood, individual targets on a steel dueling tree both ring and swing when hit. With “splatter targets,” a splash of color satisfyingly pops around every successful hit. For an even more dramatic reaction, find exploding targets for 22 LR. Plus, you can choose from a world of worthwhile DIY reactive targets, including water balloons, eggs, tomatoes, and water-filled soda bottles. Just be sure to clean up after!

Elevate Your Plinking Gear

Do you normally plink with a rifle? Give a handgun in 22 LR a shot, or a few hundred shots. There are all sorts of firearms that manage to level up your plinking game on their own. Consider a true standout in the rimfire arena, the Kel Tec CP33. The CP33 is accurate—the “CP” stands for “Competition Pistol,” and its quad-stacked magazine delivers a 33+1 capacity out of the box. Outfitting it with an aftermarket brace and a quality red dot makes for an epic plinking experience.

Make It Quiet

The Kel Tec CP33, like a variety of pistols and rifles chambered in 22 LR, comes threaded for a silencer. Suppressed shooting is undeniably fun and can be easier for many shooters to get into since rimfire silencers tend to be less expensive than models made for larger calibers. Plus, running subsonic and “quiet” ammo through a rimfire can is about as close as silencers get to Hollywood-quiet.

Go for Distance

When people think of long-distance shooting, large and specialized calibers like the 50 cal, 65 Creedmore, and 338 Lapua Magnum. However, a growing community of 22 LR enthusiasts are pushing this versatile little round to the limits of its range. While the typical range of 22 LR ammo is around 125-150 yards, extreme long-range shooters can hit targets at 300 to 500 yards. There are even recorded examples of shooters reaching ranges of 850 and 900 yards. That kind of extreme long-range 22 LR shooting certainly requires an understanding of MOA drop data—the calculations necessary to adjust for such distance. However, with a high-accuracy rifle, match-grade 22 LR ammo, and the right optics, you can take your plinking hobby farther than you might have guessed!

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