[ford8nr]

Was at the range Tuesday morning tuning two .22lr rifles for silohette league. After sighting them in for 100yds I decided it was a windless day why not take a poke at the 242yd 12inch steel plate swinger. After 2 shots to figure out hold over and windage, I could peg it 3 out of 5 shots shooting off sand bags. PRETTY COOL. :D

[uvausmc]

I stretched my 10/22 out to 175 on a 8" plate. Same as you, once I figured out the holdover I could hit it almost every time. It is definitely satisfying to hear that little ping.

[243winxb]

You young guys must still have good hearing. :)

[Tempest 455]

Indeed, lot's of fun. My son and I did 330Y with a .22 and it was fun. Helps to have a spotter to call the splash to get on target.

[ford8nr]

Never heard the 'tink' especially with ear plugs in but did see the plate swing in the 20x scope. Great fun with a decent rifle - CZ452 Varmint.

[BemidjiDweller]

Last time I shot my Cricket, I was pegging empty liquor bottles at roughly 250 yards. Having a spotter helps immensely. Yes, we did clean up our trash.

[Sky]

327 yards with an 18" CMMG .22 AR upper with a Nikon 4x 223 scope. Not that often for the wind was blowing but sure kept the steel plates head down!! Really is amazing how far an accurate a .22 can shoot. One of our members posted some vids of doing 500 yard shots.

[merrill]

I was with a friend when he was busting baloons at 300yds. using a Thompson Contender pistol (single shot) with a 15in. barrel (I think). He was shooting subsonic ammo with a can (silencer). His gun had something like a 60 power scope on it as I recall.

[Rail Driver]

The farthest I've ever stretched a .22LR was an old bolt action single shot Winchester rifle out to 200 meters - dinged an 8" cast iron skillet 8 out of 10 times (grandfather's gun and farm)

[JFrame]

I envy you folks who have all that empty expanse to shoot...

Someday... :cool:


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[CharlieDeltaJuliet]

You young guys must still have good hearing

Hearing is overrated. I realized that the first time I stood within ear shot of the M777. Seriously though, that is an awesome shot, I am not even going to throw in the "with a 22lr". I realized how there are MANY, MANY, people that can barely hit a car sized target at 200+ meters, with a hi powered rifle. Great shooting..

[j1]

I love shooting steel plates. There is no walking to the targets to see how you scored. 22 rimfire rifle lets me shoot with no ear protection so it is easy to hear the ding. My 10 22 and I shoot a fourteen inch plate at 100 and 150 yards offhand. If I hit the plate I would have hit a deer. It takes a few to get the elevation holdover with a 22 then it is plate killing time. I will soon have a 200 yard target too.

[goon]

Strictly speaking, even .22LR is dangerous for your hearing and will cause permanent damage with most ammunition.
I shoot my .22 at 100 yards about three times a week and have stretched it to 175 before and matched my brother (shooting a .303 SMLE) hit for hit. People don't realize the potential of the round. I wouldn't take a shot at a game animal with it past 75 yards or maybe 100 if everything was in my favor, but it's fun to lob rounds in with it at long distance.

[CountryUgly]

First off Nice Shooting. I've never even considered shooting past a 100 yards with a 22lr. I just figured it was more trouble than it's worth. hearing what some of you has done with it I think it's time for me to go LR with a .22lr.

[Beagle-zebub]

I envy you folks who have all that empty expanse to shoot...

+1 :(

[ThePenguinKnight]

A few years back, when we went shooting at least once a week (often more than that), me and a friend played with shooting soda bottles and clay birds as far as we had space for. 250ish was about as far as we got to, but once you figure out the elevation, there was no stopping us.

I've heard stories of some folks in the eastern bloc using suppressed 22lr as anti-officer weapons up to 300 meters. I can't speak to the validity of those claims, but i certainly believe it possible.

[BCRider]

No "TINK!"? That's too bad. The TINK! is half the fun! :D

Too many of us get caught up in "this round is only good for this range" self limitations. We forget that the old and slow .45-70 was used for many long range shots out to 500 and more yards and required a rather tall rear ladder style sight. So good on you for stretching out and touching the gong at 240 yards.

[243winxb]

Small Bore (22lr) rifle competition is shot prone at 200 yds. My Lyman aperture sight is marked/calibrated up to 200 yards. A bunch of clicks and i can hit my 8" diameter steel plate at 200.

[sscoyote]

Here's to shooting 22 LR at LR--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNafED1Rv7k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whC3fwmOk5c&feature=channel&list=UL

[clamman]

Years ago I lived in the middle of a lot of farm land. In the spring before planting, I would shoot my 510 off the porch at dirt clods at least 500 yards, sometimes more. I wasn't aiming at a target, just liked seeing that little poof so far far away :D

[Fat_46]

My ex brother in law took a prairie dog at 247 a few years back. The guide and I were both spotting for him, and he walked the rounds right in. He mentioned it was odd, as he didn't see the prairie dog in the scope, as his holdover was immense!

[ford8nr]

Fat 46, didn't see it in the scope? That's odd, with a 100yd sight in my holdover was calc'd to be 56". Well within the field of view of a 20x scope at 242yds.

[Tempest 455]

When I was shooting at 330Y, the target was barely in the scope (just the top) because of the holdover. I don't remember the exact amount but around 14' if I recall. I had it set for 24X so I could see the hits on the Dirty Bird target.

[Clayne_b]

My best shot was 279 yards head shot on a squirrel. or 425 on a clay pigeon but that took me 10 shots to hit

here was a fun one.. 500 yards on a 30 inch target standing.. (turn your volume up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH7Yx4btFdY

Here is one at 213 yards threw the scope video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcHz_PsoCKw

275 yards, you can see the bullet flying threw the air!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykMkAu-NCAg

500 yards on a 8.5 inch target.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYDt8IuFu6U

I need to find my video camera charger cord so i can make some more videos!!!

Keep Shooting guys!!!!

[Carl N. Brown]

We used to have a ram target at the 200 meter (220 yard) mark. Since it was surrounded by clay that threw up dust spots when dry, it was easy to walk shots on to the target. With a .22 LR zeroed at 25 yards, it was easy to determine the holdover for 220 yards (about 48" with the ammo I was using) and hit the ram (half-scale about knee high) pretty consistently. (Added: I was using a 4x scope so the + and target were within the field of view.)

Penetration at 200 meters is not good. CS Landis "Hunting with the .22" describes a shot he took with a .22 at a groundhog at a paced-off 175 yards (noting that when his companions retold the story later they stretched it to 1/4 mile). He later decided that was too far to be taking shots at large small game like ground hog with a .22, not enough power for a clean kill.

[Virg461]

Shooting steel over the top of a plowed (and dry) clay field makes it easy to walk 'em in. Fun stuff. Sorta like field artillery.....:D

[Hardtarget]

We have 200 yds. at our range. A member put up a plate, maybe 16x22", so I gave it a shot. With my Savage mod 72, ( looks like a Stevens "Favorite" ), I got seven of ten hits. Really surprised me. My vision and those open sights! Never expected to hear that ping. :D

Should say...I painted the plate with white primer...so I could see it! :D

I've used two other .22s and gotten about the same results. Fun 'n games!

Mark

[sscoyote]

Interestingly, if u look at al the bullet drop figures these guys are giving it amounts to ~30 MOA at 225-240, and 50 MOA @ 300, assuming 50 and/or 100-yd. zeros.

[Driftertank]

I've taken pot-shots with .22 LR at ranges out to 300 yards or so, but never put any serious effort into it, so results have been mixed.

As far as effectiveness of the rounds, i've done rather extensive pest-control on a friend's property mostly shooting rodents colloquially referred to in these parts as "sage-rats." Most of them aren't much bigger than common Norway Rats, but it's annoyingly common to score good hits on them, even when only the head and shoulders are presented, and find only a blood trail when you go to collect them. Resilient little buggers. Challenging targets too, especially out past 100yd or when it's windy.

[j1]

I do not know what the holdover is but it is definitely within the scope. Just guessing maybe two feet when sighted in at about 75 yards. Scope is a 3-9 shooting at 9 power. Offhand is what makes it interesting. From a bench it would be impossible to miss after doping the holdover. Anything gets boring when you cannot miss. Even the 150 offhand is cannot miss if I can hold my concentration. I just went and got myself all excited. Gotta grab my 10-22 and fifty rounds of ammo. Nice day, no rain predicted till evening. Shooting good.

[tech30528]

Got to play a little bit yesterday on a rare (for this area) 150 yard flat range. I'm used to shooting 100 yards at home across a draw, but the flat range sounds totally different. It's wide open, so when you pull the shot all you hear is the action and then a substantial pause before the sonic boom comes back off the burm. I had been playing around with the 40 gr 1470 FPS Aguila Interceptors. The 10 22 I was shooting with was scoped for 100 yards and doesn't have a drop rail on it so I didn't try to dial it. Interesting enough, the holdover with this round from 100 to 150 yards was just 7 1/2 inches and shot consistent 7 inch groups. It's the fastest 40 gr 22LR round I've found and is less susceptible to wind drift than smaller rounds.

[sscoyote]

When 1 put a Kidd barrel on this Charger it cut accuracy in half with about every load i used. Then when i put the 3-9x PFI Rapid Reticle on top it became more fun than any other rig i shoot. Couple of these dogs were taken beyond 150 yds. One was shot 3 times in a row at 180 while wtaching the mirage through the optic. When it was horizontal i fired figuring an effective 10 mph avg. and it worked all 3 times--

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t49/sscoyote1/IMG_1255.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t49/sscoyote1/IMG_0726-1.jpg
20 MOA to 200-yd. line, then add these when necessary--

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t49/sscoyote1/IMG_1307.jpg

Slickest 22 LR optic ever made...IMO!

I then added the Accu-Shot monopod [this is a different monopod, but not as good as the Accu-Shot]on the pistol grip and it made it more flexible with tall Harris attached--

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t49/sscoyote1/IMG_1272.jpg

[ford8nr]

Had my 19yo son to the range this morning. After dialing the scopes in close enough (max elevation) to get into the mil dots. Even with the wind and wind correction using the dots, hitting the 12" sq plate 4 of 5 or 5 of 5 times in a row was common. His final string with the 10/22 target was 5 shots as fast as he could get on target yeilding 3 of 5 hits. We went through close to 300rds of ammo... GREAT FUN. :D