Yesterday, as usual, was the best day to buy a gun. They were on sale at a lot of places. $100 22's weren't unusual. Since Black Friday was reportedly a bust, guns will probably be on sale until New years Eve.
The one mile warning on a box of 22 ammo has been around for years but I have never found anything that proves it in the real world. Ballistic charts indicate that a 40 gr 22 bullet drops 97 inches, when fired without elevation, in 250 yards. At 1/2 mile, it drops 375 inches. Of course, the amount of powder can vary which somewhat changes the drop factor. Elevation and types of bullet can be the wild cards and are considered by all shooters. Even air density and wind can be a factor in the small chunks of lead.
