i took my non hunting, non shooting room mate in college out plinking with a 22 one day. he had never fired a gun before. we were way out in the country under a bridge shooting at targets on the bank. a pigeon flew by about 50+ yards away. he shot at it (i know, that' s a bad thing to do with a 22) and took a bunch of feathers off its tail. the pigeon kept on flying.


i told him that it was a bad shot, since he didn' t drop the pigeon.