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Les wrote:

Alpha1 wrote:It dosnt make any difference why do you need to moderate a .22. any way. Why do you need a moderator on a 25 yard range when every one is wearing ear muffs. Its a fashion thing and serves no purpose what so ever on a indoor .25 range.

A lot of the shooters at my club have permissions where they shoot rabbits etc. They use subsonic ammunition and a moderator to disguise the muzzle noise, and when they come to the club the moderator is usually still on the rifle.

Some clubs are fairly close to residential areas, and a moderator helps with the noise reduction. It becomes a bit pointless if the club allows firearms up to 44 mag, though.


Then there are the ones who just think a moderator looks 'cool' ..........................

Monday night they shoot .22 99% of the .22 rifles I have seen up to now have go faster stocks and moderators the scopes are way over the top. Everybody is wearing ear muffs. Tuesday night they are shooting 38/357 under levers and what ever other full bore caliber the range allows every one wears muffs not a moderator in sight any were. It makes me chuckle to my self. But what the heck its there money. I just find it strange.
Any way such is life. But they do let me shoot there go faster guns apart from the building swaying right to left and left to right because the scopes are way over the top its all good fun.

Quite often it can be the same guys on both nights by the way so shooting .22 on Monday they need to be moderated but shooting .357 on Tuesday all they need is a set of ear muffs. Dangerous stuff this .22 ammunition.
Then on a weekend they are shooting black powder revolvers under levers and side by side short barrel shot guns. Other weekends they shoot full bore rifles on MOD ranges and some of them even shoot .50 Cal. My observation is this .22 stuff its obviously far to potent a round we need to stop shooting it immediately.
I call on all you .22 shooters to give it up join with me lets get rid of all these evil guns. You gotta laugh