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This guide details plinking with the Marlin Model 60, emphasizing safe loading of its tubular magazine and the rifle's versatility with various .22 LR ammunition types. It covers basic shooting drills for semi-automatic function and engaging reactive targets, offering practical advice for beginner shooters. The instruction comes from Autumn, who demonstrates high expertise in safe firearm handling and marksmanship.

This episode of the Guns Magazine Podcast delves into the enjoyable and accessible world of plinking with firearms. Hosts Brent Wheat and Roy Huntington discuss various firearms suitable for plinking, emphasizing the importance of fun and reactive targets. They explore the appeal of .22LR rifles, single-shot centerfire rifles with reduced loads, and even black powder firearms, highlighting how plinking fosters a relaxed shooting environment accessible to all skill levels.

This video from Brownells, featuring Stephen Caleb, highlights the significant benefits of owning a .22 rimfire firearm. It emphasizes their versatility for varmint hunting, plinking, and crucially, for learning essential shooting fundamentals like sight alignment and trigger control due to low recoil and cost. The expert instructor debunks myths about .22s being only for beginners and stresses their practicality for skill maintenance, especially during ammunition shortages, recommending them as potentially the most useful firearm one can own.

This video explores the performance of .22 Short ammunition, comparing its size, capacity differences in firearms, and feeding reliability against .22 Long Rifle. It highlights the significantly reduced noise level of .22 Shorts, especially with a suppressor, and conducts a penetration test demonstrating their surprising effectiveness through multiple layers of cardboard, suggesting potential for quiet pest control.

Dustin Winegar emphasizes the critical importance of hearing protection when shooting firearms. He demonstrates the decibel levels of various calibers, from .22 Long Rifle to 7.62x54R, using a smartphone app and a chart of everyday sound levels. All tested firearms exceeded safe decibel thresholds, highlighting the potential for permanent hearing damage without protection.

This video presents a humorous skit emphasizing the critical importance of wearing eye protection at the shooting range. It visually demonstrates a handgun malfunction and uses a relatable, albeit exaggerated, scenario with a spent casing to highlight the potential dangers of inadequate eye safety. The creator, experienced in firearm handling and tactical gear, reinforces this essential safety message.

This video features a 'bulletproof' test where a tree is used as a ballistic medium to test various calibers from .22 LR up to .50 BMG. The Civilian Tactical host, demonstrating high-level firearms expertise, shows that even powerful rounds like .50 BMG can be significantly stopped by a dense tree, with none of the tested rounds achieving a complete pass-through. The test highlights the surprising terminal ballistics of different ammunition types against natural barriers.

This video from Civilian Tactical explores the concept of using a human body, simulated with ballistic gel, as a suppressor. The host fires a Derya Arms .22 rifle directly against a ballistic gel head and block, noting the shot sounded 'dead silent.' The experiment demonstrates the penetration depth of a .22 LR round through the simulated head and into the gel block.

This video demonstrates a ballistic test on a Belgian M1 steel helmet, evaluating its resistance against various calibers from birdshot to .223. The test, conducted by Civilian Tactical Host, shows that the helmet is not bulletproof against common handgun and rifle rounds like 9mm and .223. The host's energetic and demonstration-oriented style, coupled with expertise in tactical gear, provides a clear assessment of the helmet's limitations.