The_Next_Generation
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For killing anything humanely, you are absolutely right. However, I have a 452 trainer and just last weekend had it out to 300yd on a 12" square plate for repeated hits with Federal Automatch (seems to shoot pretty well in my rifle).One hundred yards is stretching the edge of the .22LR's range envelope
With a 10x scope, my 452 trainer shot .5", 5-shot groups routinely @ 100yd using Eley and Wolf ammo. In my gun, the Eley seemed to run the best. Federal Automatch ran about 1.5-2", and Cyclone was either .75" or 3"..not sure why. YMMV.
If you're interested in staying scope-less, you might check out some rear-sight aperature inserts. They're 20 bucks or so and are available here: https://www.jnpgunsprings.com/product_info.php?products_id=145
I haven't tried them yet, but people seem to like them. Good luck!