Well all my .22’s are from like 1950 or something and are about as accurate as a musket. But I’m looking to get this after seeing it the first time in the gun store the other day. http://sgcusa.com/product_info.php?products_id=751
Its an exact replica of H&K MP5 sub-machine gun.
And .22 rounds are cheap and fun.
Its a good looking toy. I don’t have any experiance with it. I would try to find an accuracy report online just to make sure its not a .22 cal shotgun.
My wife was supposed to buy me one, but the keep selling out every time they come in. If you can get your hands on one deff. buy it. I should have mine in few weeks.
I had to re-read, I took it literally as “anything” you could buy under 3,000. I know that a 22-250 can poke some real nice holes, can’t imagine a rimfire .22 could touch the groups, just due to the available ammo and velocity.
If that guy is accurate to 200 yards (I consider accurate to be 1.5 MOA or less for a rimfire, then thats really farther than you will use it. A rimfire .22 at 200 yards is well under supersonic, and starting to fall fast anyways. At the muzzle it is moving at 2,120 FPS, and at 100 yards its already down to 1,435 FPS. Its just the nature of low weight low pressure ammo.
In the end, it looks like a cool toy, and if its what you wants, and suits your purposes, get it. Hell get two and sell one, seems like there is a demand. The price of .22 is very attractive. Even after hand loading, .223 is costing me 20 cents a round or so.