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Sighting In with Shooting USA - Inside CCI
 We’re Sighting In on one viewers question, “what are all the different options for in .22 rimfire?” We’re going to CCI in Lewiston, Idaho to find out what you can do with all the choices of the world’s most popular cartridge.
It’s a question that came in over a year ago. ”Jim, what are all the different 22 rounds good for?” Well, the truth is, I couldn’t quickly come up with the answer. But I can now, after going to see the specialists in rimfire, CCI Ammo in Idaho, where they make four million rounds every day in a wide variety of velocities and bullet designs and weights. It turns out there’s the right .22 round for every purpose and every choice of game. 
Rick Stoeckel, Ammunition Brand Manager, knows the importance of .22 choices in a tight economy, “The rimfire shooter today, they are hunters, they’re plinkers, target shooters. Varmint’s a big deal today, so you can, with all these different products, you can basically hunt, shoot targets, everything with a rimfire gun. So, it basically offers everything you need out there.”
We’re testing those choices of .22 for both accuracy and performance on game.
Related Links:
CCI Website
CCI Computer Game - Shooting Prairie Dogs with your mouse.
CCI Rimfire Ballistics for All Rimfire Products
John Rebuilds a 10/22
In keeping with the rim-fire theme of this show, John has a build up for Ruger 10-22 that will make the rifle more accurate, as well as, make it usable for just about any size shooter.
 The Accuracy will come from Shooters Ridge and their new line of replacement barrels for the Ruger. This one is in stainless, and is fluted with a recessed crown, plus a lot of other improvements you can’t see like the one-in-16 right hand riffling. All of this adds up to a ½ MOA guarantee at 50 yards with match grade ammo. With the action out of the factory stock, use a 5/32 Allen key to loosen the two bolts that secure the barrel locking block. These bolts are steel, and they thread into aluminum, so too much twist can strip these threads. With the factory barrel out of the way, slip the new barrel in its place, followed by the barrel block and the bolts, only about 30 inch pounds needed on these. Don’t over-tighten.
Now, the piece of this build up that will make the rifle more useable, it’s the Axiom rifle stock from Blackhawk. The key feature here is a five position adjustable length of pull. This design fully floats the new barrel, increasing accuracy. Once the barreled action is in the new stock, secure with the factory take down screw. We now have a very accurate rifle here, and we need the right optic.
Nitrex is the newest line of optics, under the ATK family of products, and they offer high quality at a reasonable price. This optic is a 3-9x42 variable, and the scope body is one inch.
 So, I am going to mount it up with a set of quad lock rings, and a one-piece base from Weaver. I’ve got everything tightened down, and the scope is aligned to the bore sight, now it’s time to go shoot. Before I started the project, I took the rifle out, in factory configuration, to shoot a group just for comparison. But after the first few shots with the accessorized rifle, it’s clear there is no comparison. Well, there’s your half MOA guarantee. That’s three shots easily within a quarter of an inch. 50 yards rested with CCI match ammo.
Definitely a worthwhile upgrade. We are off to a good start with this rifle, but John has more planned for it, so you will see it again in the future.
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Cowboy Action - Shooting a Stage
 Joe Hampton, alias Shallako Joe is the new Cowboy Action Shooting World Champion. We asked him to explain his strategy for shooting a stage.
We’re here at Stage nine of the 2008 End of Trail. I’m going to show you just how I would approach this stage, and stage my guns, and all that. We start off with the shotgun in hand at port arms. We’re going to shoot four shotgun. Put the shotgun back down. I like to start with the shotgun, it’s a lot easier because you get it out of the way. You don’t have to worry about it, and you can just stage it there, where it’s at.
Shoot five pistol on the buffalo’s. Then we are going to move over here, hit this lever, and release the running buffalo, grab our rifle, and shoot nine shots on the running buffalo.
 When the running buffalo comes out, you do have to lead it just a little bit, but not much. You still want to aim center of mass, because it’s not running that fast. One of the key things on this stage is that there are only nine rounds in the rifle. Most of the time, we shoot ten. So, you really need to count your rounds, and make sure you get nine off, or else you’ll be standing up here dry firing your rifle. And that will cost you time, before you can get to the next gun.
Then, we have the option of shooting the other five pistol from here on that running buffalo for a five second bonus, or moving back over here, and shooting these buffalo’s for no bonus. I will move back over here, because the running buffalo is a little bit difficult to shoot with a pistol.
You have to be careful on these, because you are shooting down at them, and it makes it a lot of difference if you’re shooting down at something that’s on the ground level, instead of at your level. You have tendency to miss these easier than ones that are higher, because you are shooting down at them, you shoot low underneath them.
One of the main things I do when I shoot a stage is I try to come up here, and run through the stage, and make sure I can stand right here and shoot the shotgun, put it down, shoot my pistol, and then move with the least number of steps over to my rifle, and accomplish everything I need to do. Keep your footwork short, your eye on the target, and I’ll see you next year, at End of Trail.
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