Jim Taylor
October 20th Texas .22 Magnum Day
Monday, October 20, 2025, 11:52

Took the Ruger American to the Range this morning. Wind was blowing pretty good but was an almost straight-on headwind and did not give me a real problem. Any inaccuracy I blame on Old Age, not the wind.

I cut the Ruger barrel back to 16 1/2" as I do not care for long barreled rifles. The .22 Magnum cartridges gets almost all of it's power in the first 12" so you really don't lose anything by cutting the barrel back.

Trying different ammo this morning.

That's supposed to be 1 1/8" .....