Practical user guide to the world's most popular caliber! This second edition of Gun Digest Book of .22 Rimfire is a complete handbook and user guide for shooters of the .22 Long Rifle. Collectors and shooters alike will appreciate the comprehensive coverage of current and vintage firearms. Hardcore rimfire shooters will find technical details that reveal how they can use headspace, rim thickness, and other factors to enhance the performance of their equipment.
New .22 rifles evaluated, including the Ruger American, Savage B-Mag, Ruger 10/22 Takedown, CZ 455, and more!
Expert advice to enhance performance of models that are amenable to alteration
New coverage of optics for rimfire firearms
Hands-on testing of the .17 WSM and other recent cartridges
Best ballistics introduction available! The author's experience and skill explaining how to choose ammunition will help shooters make the right choice. Reader feedback from the first edition of this book describes the information on ballistics as "the best introduction available!"
With the introduction of new models and discontinuing of others, any book on rimfires is a snapshot in time of a field that changes rapidly. In Gun Digest Book of .22 Rimfire, 2nd Edition, author James E. House provides thorough discussions of types of ammunition, ballistics, and firearms that will be of long-term use to rimfire shooters everywhere.